brothermiller
Puritan Board Freshman
Greetings in our Lord Jesus Christ brethren.I have been a dispensationalist for quite a long while.I have never regarded it as unbiblical until recently in the last 6 months or so.I have heard sermon after sermon spewed from Southern Baptist and Independent Baptist pulpits over the years as a thus saith the Scripture.I decided since I believed what I believed because thats what the preacher teaches and it is more popular so it must be.Many have told me I was not to question eschatolgy {i.e.dispensationalism}because it has been past down from the New Testament Apostles on through the centuries.
I figured well before I make a decision to reform I will have to decide that after an exhaustive investagation.Many in the Independent Baptist circles defend dispensationalism even to the point of marking you as a heretic.I must under great conviction tell my baptist brethren Southern Convention and Independent Fundamentalist that I fear dispensationalism is a serious error launched upon the reformation Puritans as a evil Counter-Attack on sound doctrine.
For those brethren who think dispensationalsm is not to be questioned I beseech you brethren by the mercies of God to be as the Berean`s to search the Scriptures whether these things be so.{Acts 17:11}
My research has shown that Scofield`s life disqualified him from being a leader of any kind in the Church.What my research based upon documents proved him to be.Also he did not even have a Biblical education and how men today accept his notes as a thus saith the Scripture amazes me.DR Scofield was a title he gave himself and he ignored {2nd Peter 1:20} and {Rev 22:18-19}.
Also {Proverbs 18:13} He that answereth a matter before he heareth it,it is folly and shame unto him.
I will have to put it into sections.
It is incredible that only one book has been written about one of the most influential men in Evangelical history. That book is "The Life Story of C. I. Scofield" by Charles Trumbull, Oxford University Press, New York, 1920. In 1960, William BeVier, a Master's student at Southern Methodist University, completed a thesis, "A Biographical Sketch of C. I. Scofield." This has not been published, but it is found in some Evangelical school libraries and contains important information. In 1942-43, the late Arno Gaebelein wrote a series of articles for Moody Monthly, "The Story of the Scofield Reference Bible."
Until 1984, these were the only sources offered by Evangelicals for material on the life and credentials of their most prominent Bible teacher whose notes have influenced the church and changed its direction. Thorough research was begun in 1984 by Joseph M. Canfield to compile his book, The Incredible Scofield. His information was gleaned from many sources. Genealogical data was supplied by Ruth Scofield Kennedy from a branch of the Scofield clan.
Other records come from:
University of Michigan Historical Society.
Episcopal Historical Society.
Encyclopedia of the History of St. Louis
Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
Kansas Historical Society.
U.S. Department of Justice, National Archives.
U.S. Census for Michigan 1869, Lenawee County.
U.S. Census for Tennessee, Wilson County.
Confederate Research Center.
City Directories, court records, newspaper articles of the period, both American and British, ship sailings, etc. Information was obtained from the papers of Emeline Papin's Estate, Cyrus' sister, on file in St. Louis County Courthouse, Clayton, Missouri. Some facts were gleaned from Laura Scofield Lames, another sister, St. Louis Directory, 1877, public libraries, and many other sources too numerous to mention.
Canfield did a masterful job of searching out the material for his book, which may be obtained from J. M. Canfield, 129 Kyfields, Weaverville, N.C. 28887.
I figured well before I make a decision to reform I will have to decide that after an exhaustive investagation.Many in the Independent Baptist circles defend dispensationalism even to the point of marking you as a heretic.I must under great conviction tell my baptist brethren Southern Convention and Independent Fundamentalist that I fear dispensationalism is a serious error launched upon the reformation Puritans as a evil Counter-Attack on sound doctrine.
For those brethren who think dispensationalsm is not to be questioned I beseech you brethren by the mercies of God to be as the Berean`s to search the Scriptures whether these things be so.{Acts 17:11}
My research has shown that Scofield`s life disqualified him from being a leader of any kind in the Church.What my research based upon documents proved him to be.Also he did not even have a Biblical education and how men today accept his notes as a thus saith the Scripture amazes me.DR Scofield was a title he gave himself and he ignored {2nd Peter 1:20} and {Rev 22:18-19}.
Also {Proverbs 18:13} He that answereth a matter before he heareth it,it is folly and shame unto him.
I will have to put it into sections.
It is incredible that only one book has been written about one of the most influential men in Evangelical history. That book is "The Life Story of C. I. Scofield" by Charles Trumbull, Oxford University Press, New York, 1920. In 1960, William BeVier, a Master's student at Southern Methodist University, completed a thesis, "A Biographical Sketch of C. I. Scofield." This has not been published, but it is found in some Evangelical school libraries and contains important information. In 1942-43, the late Arno Gaebelein wrote a series of articles for Moody Monthly, "The Story of the Scofield Reference Bible."
Until 1984, these were the only sources offered by Evangelicals for material on the life and credentials of their most prominent Bible teacher whose notes have influenced the church and changed its direction. Thorough research was begun in 1984 by Joseph M. Canfield to compile his book, The Incredible Scofield. His information was gleaned from many sources. Genealogical data was supplied by Ruth Scofield Kennedy from a branch of the Scofield clan.
Other records come from:
University of Michigan Historical Society.
Episcopal Historical Society.
Encyclopedia of the History of St. Louis
Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.
Kansas Historical Society.
U.S. Department of Justice, National Archives.
U.S. Census for Michigan 1869, Lenawee County.
U.S. Census for Tennessee, Wilson County.
Confederate Research Center.
City Directories, court records, newspaper articles of the period, both American and British, ship sailings, etc. Information was obtained from the papers of Emeline Papin's Estate, Cyrus' sister, on file in St. Louis County Courthouse, Clayton, Missouri. Some facts were gleaned from Laura Scofield Lames, another sister, St. Louis Directory, 1877, public libraries, and many other sources too numerous to mention.
Canfield did a masterful job of searching out the material for his book, which may be obtained from J. M. Canfield, 129 Kyfields, Weaverville, N.C. 28887.
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