The Highway Forums General Discussion Theology Discussion Forum Are Calvinism and Premillennialism Incompatible?

<blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr>[color:"blue"]"Understanding Dispensationalists" by Vern Sheridan Poythress ( although I disagree with his Pre-mil)</font><hr></blockquote><p>Hmmm, Vern Poythress was my advanced Greek professor when I was at WTS and I can tell you with confidence that Dr. Poythress is thoroughly Amil. [img]http://www.the-highway.com/w3timages/icons/grin.gif" alt="grin" title="grin[/img] His book, Understanding Dispensationalists is excellent in that it is 1) irenic in tone 2) hits the core issue that separates [hermeneutics] 3) offers some indefensible arguments against Dispensationalists/Premillennialists. I also had Dr. Poythress for a N.T. class and I must say I've always wondered how I ever got through it. This was before he got married and the demand he put on his students was unbearable. [img]http://www.the-highway.com/w3timages/icons/drop.gif" alt="drop" title="drop[/img] I will never forget how some of us agreed to "team up" in groups of five or six in class so as to be able to keep up with his presentation on the overhead projector. The speed that the transparencies were shown was so fast that one simply could not take notes from one to the next. So, with six of us teaming up, we were able to focus on every sixth one knowing that the five we missed were covered by our mates. [img]http://www.the-highway.com/w3timages/icons/rofl.gif" alt="rofl" title="rofl[/img]<br><br>As a not to much an aside, his book, The Shadow of Christ in the Law of Moses is also an excellent read.<br><br>BIO: Vern S. Poythress received a Ph.D. in mathematics from Harvard University, a Th.D. in New Testament from the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, a M.Litt. in New Testament from the University of Cambridge, a Th.M. in apologetics from Westminster Theological Seminary, an M.Div. from Westminster Theological Seminary, and a B.S. from California Institute of Technology. He is presently Professor of New Testament Interpretation at Westminster Theological Seminary.<br><br>In His Grace,