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Tozer, Aiden Wilson (1897–1963). Christian and Missionary Alliance minister and popular evangelical author and mystic. Tozer’s conversion in 1915 was marked, as he wrote, by “an old-fashioned Biblical invasion of my nature by the Holy Spirit.” Active in witnessing thereafter, he was ordained in 1920. Self-educated, Tozer read widely, with a special love for poetry, the Church Fathers and the mystics of the church. Tozer pastored churches in West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana and, for more than thirty years (1928–1959), the Southside Alliance Church of Chicago, before becoming preaching minister of the Avenue Road Alliance Church of Toronto, Canada (1959–1963). Elected vice president of the Alliance in 1946 andre-elected in 1949, he resigned that position in 1950, the year he became editor of the Alliance Weekly (later Alliance Witness and currently Alliance Life). A prolific writer, Tozer wrote approximately thirty books. His first published volume, Wingspread (1943), was a biography of A. B. Simpson, founder of the Alliance. Other volumes included The Pursuit of God (1948), The Root of the Righteous (1955), The Knowledge of the Holy (1961) and The Christian Book of Mystical Verse (1963). As editor, author and speaker, Tozer ministered to the evangelical community in North America and abroad, making him one of the most influential American evangelicals of the mid-twentieth century.

Bibliography. D. J. Fant, A. W. Tozer; A Twentieth-Century Prophet (1964). N. A. Magnuson

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Dispensationalism is a religious interpretive system and metanarrative for the Bible. It considers biblical history as divided by God into dispensations, defined periods, or ages to which God has allotted distinctive administrative principles. According to dispensationalism, each age of God’s plan is thus administered in a certain way, and humanity is held responsible as a steward during that time. Dispensationalists’ presuppositions start with the inductive reasoning that biblical history has a particular discontinuity in the way God reacts to humanity in the unfolding of their, sometimes supposed, free wills. Also: Dispensationalist

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Aberhart, William (“Bible Bill”) (1878–1943)

as a schoolteacher, Aberhart first emerged into prominence as a Baptist Bible teacher in Calgary, Alberta. His weekly classes on dispensationalism filled the downtown Grand Theater and were broadcast to a radio audience that was estimated at 350,000. When the …

Allis, Oswald Thompson (1880–1973)

Allis focused on the Pentateuch and Old Testament prophecy. In Prophecy and the Church (1945) Allis registered significant objections to dispensational premillennialism and his God Spake by Moses (1951) became a standard defense of the traditional conservative understanding of pentateuchal …

Apocalypticism

feelings of hatred toward Catholics, the residues of which continue to exist today (See NATIVISM). In the twentieth century, dispensationalist interpretations of Ezekiel 38 and 39 have provided a convenient framework for viewing the Soviet Union in apocalyptic terms. …

Barnhouse, Donald Grey (1895–1960)

to devout Methodist parents, Barnhouse enrolled at age seventeen in the Bible Institute of Los Angeles (BIOLA), where he learned dispensational theology under Reuben A. Torrey. After a brief sojourn at the University of Chicago, Barnhouse entered Princeton Theological Seminary …

Berkhof, Louis (1873–1957)

as president of that institution. Around 1920, Berkhof helped purge the Christian Reformed Church of the perceived influx of dispensational fundamentalism and higher-critical modernism. The latter struck him as the far-graver error. Consequently, the second half of his career, …

Bible and Prophetic Conference Movement

fundamentalism, the movement played an important role in forming coalitions of conservative evangelicals, serving to train new leaders and introducing dispensational premillennialism into the churches. Borrowing from an English practice already underway, in 1869 a group of American evangelicals …

Bible Church Movement

follow closely the preaching and teaching which is centered on the text. A strictly maintained doctrinal position, including inmost cases dispensationalism as taught in the Scofield Reference Bible. is characteristic of these churches. Bible churches are fully autonomous. Church officials …

Biblical Interpretation

Bible, but mostly as a source for mediating the direct witness and activity of the Holy Spirit. The growth of dispensationalism, with its insistence that the Bible be interpreted literally wherever possible and with its abiding concern for the fulfilling …

Blackstone, William Eugene (1841–1935)

age eleven. A successful business career in building and property investments helped finance his religious interests. Blackstone was a zealous dispensationalist who authored Jesus Is Coming (1908). This popular and widely translated book explained how the signs of the times …

Brookes, James Hall (1830–1897)

The Truth, an influential premillennial journal that assailed liberals and encouraged conservatives in their battle against Protestant apostasy. As a dispensational premillennialist Brookes was instrumental in promoting the view that Christ might return at any moment. Among the most notable …

Cameron, Robert (c. 1845–c. 1922)

from Brantford, Ontario, Cameron was a prominent figure in the Niagara Bible Conference, who first embraced and then rejected strict dispensationalism’s doctrine of a secret and imminent return of Christ before the tribulation of the last days. In 1884 he …

Chafer, Lewis Sperry (1871–1952)

Within the emergent evangelical/fundamentalist movement of the early twentieth century, Chafer emerged as a champion of the premillennial and dispensational segment. In addition to numerous books, which include Satan: His Motive and Methods (1909), True Evangelism (1911), The Kingdom …

Culbertson, William (1905–1971)

missionary and evangelistic speaker. He repudiated liberal theology and called for strict separation from liberal church bodies, and vigorously promoted dispensationalism. Out of the pulpit, Culbertson was reticent and deliberate, but he proved to be a successful administrator who preserved …

Dallas Theological Seminary

in the principles and interpretative insights associated with the Keswick and Northfield Conferences) and the absence of the teaching of dispensationalism and premillennialism, which he felt singularly provided insights for understanding and unfolding the Scriptures. In essence, the school sought …

Darby, John Nelson (1800–1882)

Darby, John Nelson (1800–1882). British promoter of ecclesiastical separatism and dispensational premillennialism. Born in London, England, of wealthy Irish parents and named in honor of Admiral Lord Nelson, Darby graduated …

Dispensationalism

Dispensationalism. A hermeneutical approach to the Bible that became a movement within American evangelicalism after the 1870s. The term originates …

Dispensationalism

Dispensationalism. A hermeneutical approach to the Bible that became a movement within American evangelicalism after the 1870s. The term originates …

Eschatology

and theological liberalism. At the same time that postmillennialism was in decline, a new kind of premillennialism became popular. Dispensationalism, developed in the 1830s in England by John Nelson Darby, came to America in the 1870s and found its …

Eschatology

Jerry Falwell, Tim LaHaye, Pat Robertson and others been willing to re-evaluate their social responsibility. See also AMILLENNIALISM; APOCALYPTICISM; Dispensationalism; FUNDAMENTALISM; POSTMILLENNIALISM; PREMILLENNIALISM. BIBLIOGRAPHY. R. G. Clouse, ed., The Millennium: Four Views (1977); E. S. Gaustad, ed., The …

Faith Healing

group looked to the resurrection for the fullness of healing. On the other hand, conservative theologians, particularly those of a dispensationalist persuasion, maintained that the gift of healing had ceased with the apostolic age. J. A. Dowie, an emigrant …

Frost, Henry Weston (1858–1945)

served as secretary of the Mission (1889–1893) and later was home director at Philadelphia (1893–1919). As a Presbyterian and a dispensationalist, Frost was sought after as a Bible conference speaker. He was also a prolific author, producing numerous pamphlets, books …

Fundamentalism

A. J. Gordon and R. A. Torrey joined with others from the Methodist tradition to push varieties of Holiness doctrine. Dispensationalists spread a new kind of premillennialism, which gained popularity in many circles. Though they often differed, these conservatives built …

Fundamentalist-Modernist Controversy

conservatives engaged in theological innovations that would influence the fundamentalist movement of the 1920s. Most significant was the development of dispensational premillennialism, primarily by the Englishman John Nelson Darby. Popularized in America by Bible and prophecy conferences, the Scofield Reference …

Fundamentals, The

completed the task. In addition, Torrey edited a four-volume edition published in 1917. All these editors were involved in the dispensational premillennial movement, though that doctrine was not conspicuous in this publication. The authors of the essays were mostly respected …

Gaebelein, Arno Clemens (1861–1945)

devote his full time to writing and conference speaking. Gaebelein was a leading figure in the growth of American dispensationalism and fundamentalism. Adopting dispensational premillennialism in the late 1880s, he soon became one of its most articulate advocates. He …

Gray, James Martin (1851–1935)

inspiration, he was one of the contributors to The Fundamentals (1910–1915). Gray also infused the Institute with his interest in dispensationalism and was one of the seven editors of the Scofield Reference Bible (1909). As a teacher and administrator, …

Haldeman, Isaac Massey (1845–1933)

was deeply committed to the fundamentalist crusade against “worldliness” in any of its forms but especially the theater. As a dispensationalist he had radical views of cultural pessimism. In The Signs of the Times (1910), he provided a popular reading …

Hildebrand, Henry (1911– )

in the Mennonite Brethren Church. He trained for three years at Winnipeg Bible College, where he was influenced by premillennial dispensationalism. During the early 1930s he worked as an itinerant evangelist on the Canadian prairies. In so doing, he …

Horton, Thomas Corwin (1848–1932)

an evangelist. Ordained into the Presbyterian ministry in 1884, Horton soon went to Philadelphia to serve as associate pastor with dispensationalist and missions leader A. T. Pierson at Bethany Presbyterian Church (1885–1889). He then pastored the First Congregational Church (1900–1903) …

Ironside, Henry (“Harry”) Allen (1876–1951)

formal education ended with grade school, Ironside read widely in history, literature, philosophy, theology and biblical studies. His theology was dispensational, as was common in Brethren circles. Adept at publishing his sermons and lectures, Ironside eventually wrote forty-six books and …

Jews, Christian Missions to

and claimed about 100 converts between 1878 and 1904 when it ceased operations. Since the turn of the century, dispensationalists have shown the greatest interest in evangelizing Jews. Inspired by the model of faith missions then operating overseas, several …

Kyle, Melvin Grove (1858–1933)

F. Wright, Kyle edited (1922–1933) the respected theological journal Bibliotheca Sacra just prior to its 1934 removal to the new dispensationalist seminary in Dallas, Texas (See DALLAS THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY). Kyle was also known for his books and articles, most notably …

Ladd, George Eldon (1911–1982)

Questions about the Kingdom of God (1952) established his reputation among conservatives as a proponent of classic premillenialism rather than dispensationalism. His Jesus and the Kingdom (1964), later republished as The Presence of the Future (1974), was intended to bring …

McClain, Alva J. (1888–1968)

Winona Lake, Indiana, and in 1948 Grace College was established. He resigned his position in 1962. An advocate of dispensational premillennialism, McClain served as a member of the revision committee of the Scofield Reference Bible (1954–1963). His writings include …

McIntire, Carl (1906– )

McIntire led a group that separated to form the Bible Presbyterian Church. Rigidly fundamentalist, McIntire and the Bible Presbyterians adopted dispensational premillennialism, proscribed all consumption of alcohol and demanded strict separation from anyone not adhering to fundamentalist standards. The headquarters …

McNicol, John (1869–1956)

and contributed an article to The Fundamentals. He sought to exercise an irenic influence among fundamentalists, but his rejection of dispensational premillennialism proved to be a point of contention with some. An effective administrator, McNicol was greatly concerned with improving …

Millenarian Movements

Dispensational Premillennialism. Given more to speculation about the “signs of the times” than date-setting are the dispensationalists, whose teachings first came to America in the 1870s. Based on the views of England’s John Nelson Darby, this …

New Evangelicalism

evangelicals made some significant changes, however. Beginning with George Ladd’s Crucial Questions about the Kingdom of God (1952), many abandoned dispensational theology and rejuvenated the ethically important idea of the kingdom of God’s partial realization in the present age. New …

New Religious Right

Lifestyle issues are important, as they try to live according to the clear principles of Scripture. Most are premillennialists and dispensationalists. Some are charismatics, but most are not. The political platform of these groups includes stands against abortion, the …

Niagara Conferences

and premillennial advent” of Jesus Christ. The latter was a favorite topic of Niagara Conference speakers, many of whom were dispensationalists, and many of whom were involved in organizing the major prophecy conferences of the late nineteenth and early twentieth …

Northfield Conferences

Moreover, in keeping with Niagara and similar conferences of the time, many speakers at Northfield strongly promoted premillennialism and even dispensationalism. At first the Northfield Conference involved a single meeting for adults, but in time separate sessions were established …

Parsons, Henry Martyn (1828–1913)

In the same vein, Parsons was a board member of the Toronto Willard Tract Depository, a publishing company which promoted dispensational premillenialism. He also wrote a number of books and articles, primarily on premillenialism, and served as an instructor at …

Pentecostal Movement

was viewed as a special enduement with power. The third and fourth streams issued from the Plymouth Brethren doctrine of dispensational premillennialism and from the faith-healing movement, which saw in Christ’s atonement a provision for physical as well as spiritual …

Pettingill, William Leroy (1866–1950)

time served as vice president of the Independent Fundamental Churches of America. In his preaching, teaching and writing, he promoted dispensational premillennialism, and was a popular speaker at Bible and prophetic conferences. As editor and author, Pettingill founded two periodicals: …

Plymouth (Christian) Brethren

in common projects (usually the sponsoring of Bible conferences, camps or missions). J. N. Darby, an Exclusive leader, developed dispensationalism, the theology most popular throughout the movement. Open Brethren emphasize evangelism and missions, and have been influential in many …

Political Theology

The theocratic vision of New England has been revived by the New Right of the 1970s and 1980s. Even dispensationalism, which has been the quasi-official theology of much fundamentalism in the U.S. and Canada, can be classified as apolitical …

Premillennialism

glorified bodies to intermingle with the other inhabitants of the earth. In the twentieth century, premillennialism has been identified with dispensationalism, although it is not necessary to follow such a rigid chronology of biblical interpretation to believe in the premillennial …

Press, Protestant

The Truth (1874–1897), served a wide audience. Arno Gaebelein, a missionary to Jews and a leading figure in North American dispensationalism, founded Our Hope (1894–1957), a magazine devoted to Jewish missions and prophetic study. The Christian Herald, a magazine still …

Rapture of the Church

divided over whether the rapture will happen before, during or after the tribulation. Pretribulationism, which is nearly identical with dispensationalism, argues that the rapture will occur before the tribulation. Though pretribulationists try to find the teaching throughout church history, …

Scofield, Cyrus Ingerson (1843–1921)

Scofield, Cyrus Ingerson (1843–1921). Bible conference speaker and defender of dispensational premillennialism. Born near Clinton, Michigan, Scofield was raised in the Episcopal Church. As a child his father moved the …

Scofield, Cyrus Ingerson (1843–1921)

Institute in 1915) and wrote Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth (1888), which established him as a leading defender of dispensational premillennialism. In 1895 Scofield left Dallas for Northfield, Massachusetts, being influenced by D. L. Moody to pastor the …

Scofield Reference Bible

Scofield Reference Bible. A highly influential study Bible providing a dispensational premillennialist interpretation of Scripture. The Scofield Reference Bible was edited by C. I. Scofield, a lawyer and Congregationalist minister. …

Theology

Eastern Orthodox theology. A dominant motif or organizing principle may also describe theology, as in the case of covenant and dispensational theology, and, more recently, process, narrative, liberation and feminist theologies. BIBLIOGRAPHY. F. Whaling, “The Development of the Word …

Thiessen, Henry Clarence (1883–1947)

New Testament (1943) and Introductory Lectures in Systematic Theology (1949; rev. ed. 1979). A conscientious and exacting scholar with a dispensational orientation, Thiessen’s area of expertise was the New Testament. E. E. Cairns

Thomas, William Henry Griffith (1861–1924)

an itinerant teacher and Bible conference speaker. He died in Philadelphia. Thomas united Anglican churchmanship and Augustinian Protestantism with dispensationalism and support of the “higher” or “victorious” Christian life. He spoke often at Keswick and prophetic gatherings in England …

Ultradispensationalism

Ultradispensationalism. A movement within dispensationalism which argues that the church began after the Day of Pentecost. All dispensationalists make a sharp distinction between Israel …

Ultradispensationalism

Jews, but not for Gentiles entering the church (1 Cor 1:13–17), for whom Spirit baptism is sufficient. See also Dispensationalism. BIBLIOGRAPHY. E. W. Bullinger, How to Enjoy the Bible (1900); C. F. Baker, A Dispensational Theology (1971); C. …

Unger, Merrill F. (1909–1980)

well as to numerous other religious periodicals. His teaching and writings reflect the theological orientation of the school he served: dispensational premillennialism. J. D. Hannah

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