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is a sense in which this is the volume in this set that I was aiming for when I first got the idea of reading the set, The reason is that this is the volume where dispensationalism is discussed, If there is one thing that Dallas Seminary has been known for in the past it is their commitment to dispensationalism, I found it interesting that Chafer defended it with the same manner that he did his Calvinism in the book on soteriology, He consistently says that anyone who proposes another scheme of things simply hasnt studied the Bible! If they would only do that with an open mind they would come to the same conclusions as Chafer.
It is also interesting that while he made a great deal about the reformers contribution on the doctrine of salvation he concedes that the did not believe in a dispensational understanding of the Word of God.
When their modern descendants point this out they are guilty of slavishly

following the reformers and not thinking for themselves, I would think that you cant have it both ways,

In his discussion of the dispensational scheme he is perhaps the best representative of the “classic dispensationalist, ” I read just the other day an article by Daryl Bock, a current member of the Dallas faculty, about how classic morphed into revised and has become progressive dispensationalism, I have to wonder what Chafer would think of this series of events For the sake of current dispensationalists I am glad of the development,

I did learn many things in this book among them is that classic dispensationalists come perilously close to saying the OT is based on works and the NT on grace.
When I say works I mean the sacrifices and when I say grace I mean the absolute free pardon granted by God, I can see why that emphasis developed into the Lordship Salvation controversy, Essentially, the heirs of Chafer stated that Jesus does not have to be ones Lord in order to be his Savior, You can see where this could be misunderstood and lead to antinomianism,

I found the integration of eschatology with soteriology interesting to say the least, I dont know that I fully understand all of it yet, but I admire Chafer for working to do this in this set of books, I am sure I refer back to these volumes in the future,
Lewis Sperry Chafer was an evangelist and educator, founder and first president of Dallas Theological Seminary originally Evangelical Theological College, and an influential proponent of Christian Dispensationalism and vehement opponent of covenant theology.
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