Talk:Dispensationalist theology

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[edit] Latter-Day Saints

Since this article focuses on Evangelical dispensational theology, having the "Latter day Saints" section on dispensationalism at the top is confusing to readers. So I moved the "Latter day Saints" to "other dispensational schemes" section. Lamorak 14:53, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

works for me, but I would like to see a history section, as to how the theory evolved, when it was established, etc. Bytebear 01:34, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

That's a very good idea, because dispensational schemes predate the emergence of Evangelical dispensationalism by at least a century (i.e. Isaac Watts, John Edwards). I think I (or someone else) will create a new article entry called either "dispensations" or "dispensational schemes." That would be a better fit for a broader article on the history of dispensation and to show those outside of Evangelicalism also have dispensational arrangements. I'll do some additional research and when the article is in decent shape, I suggest we then move the LDS scheme there. Lamorak 15:57, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Again, no complaints, as I understand it. This will go over the concept of dispensations, the history of the concept, but no actual list of dispensations? I think it would be POV to exclude the LDS position, and should probably be listed as part of the history, as the LDS concept is an outgrowth of the original concept. Bytebear 01:04, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Page in General

Dispensationalism isn't this hard, and I have more than 115 books on biblical subject; many on Dispensationalism. Nevertheless even I'm stumped when I view this page. Learning Dispensationalism isn't that hard but it appears that a number of people have either inadvertently or deliberately made the subject "unlearnable". A lot of this material appears unsourced and I put in a few comments into this page. This material needs references for many of the statements that it's making, otherwise I recommend a complete revamping of the whole page! To those who really want to learn the argument, I recommend J. Dwight Pentecost's book "Things to Come" published by Zondervan. I'm using my old copy in dealing with this page; I'm currently ordering a new book in case there were any updates to Pentecost's book. At least one Wiki user on another page asked the question of what Dispensationalism is and maybe, if I have time, I'll try to fix this page but the material here would confuse anyone.--MurderWatcher1 (talk) 22:40, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

This page used to be quite simple :) - sorry I created it at this point though as it is just a mess--not that I claim it was good to begin with as I just lifted it from the already bloated Dispensationalism page. Looks like it might need further breakdown or maybe just a focused effort at keeping things deleted... maybe expand the talk page here. eleuthero (talk) 04:50, 10 March 2008 (UTC)