Dispensationalism, Language, and Scripture
September, 22-23

The third Council on Dispensational Hermeneutics will meet September 22-23 on the campus of Baptist Bible Seminary in Clarks Summit, PA.

The theme is “Dispensationalism, Language, and Scpriture.”

Ten papers will be presented with an allotted time of 30 minutes each. An hour of discussion among the participants will follow.

The council meetings serve to add academic weight and credibility to the effort at keeping objective interpretation of scripture at the forefront of modern biblical presentation in churches and academia. The event serves as a forum for traditional dispensationalists to discuss hermeneutics and related matters.

The Council will be moderated by Dr. Mike Stallard, Dean of Baptist Bible Seminary.  

Questions? Contact Joy McGinniss at 570.585.9227 or email jmcginniss@bbc.edu.


Schedule of Presentations:

Wednesday, September 22
10:30 a.m.	Plenary - Alan Ingalls: “Conditionality in Prophecy (Jer. 18)”
1:30 p.m.	Workshop A - Bruce Baker “The Royal Psalms: Literary Considerations for Identification” Workshop B - Dave Olander “The Essential Use of Original Languages in Dispensationalism”
3:30 p.m.	Plenary - Dan Fabricatore “A Lexical and Exegetical Examination of ”
7:00 p.m.	Plenary - Mike Stallard “The Certainty of Prophetic Language”
Thursday, September 23
10:30 a.m.	Plenary - Dave Fredrickson “The Usefulness of Speech Act Theory for Interpreting Matthew 5:38-42”
1:30 p.m.	Workshop A - Mal Couch author/Mike Stallard reading “Proving Dispensationalism Beyond the Word Dispensation” Workshop B - Jonathan Master “Learning Hermeneutics from the Bible: Prophecy and Fulfillment at the End of the Old Testament."
3:30 p.m.	Plenary - Robert Thomas “Jesus’ Handling of Israel’s Covenants: A Dispensational Study”
7:00 p.m.	Plenary - Marshall Wicks “Systematizing the Dispensational Hermeneutic”

Steering Committee
Members of the Steering Committee are Dr. Rod Decker (Baptist Bible Seminary), Dr. George Gunn (Shasta Bible College), Dr. Joe Parle (College of Biblical Studies), Dr. Mark Soto (Grace Seminary), Dr. Elliott Johnson (Dallas Theological Seminary), and Dr. Mike Stallard (Baptist Bible Seminary).


Barndollar Lecture Series
The series was established in 1993 in memory of W. Walker Barndollar. It honors his years of service to BBC&S as a professor committed to the pursuit of academic excellence. The desire was that Seminary faculty would choose a speaker with academic credibility who could model the finest in English Bible exposition to seminarians.

Baptist Bible Seminary will host Dr. Thomas Ice, Executive Director of the Pre-Trib Research Center, Lynchburg, VA, as this year’s guest lecturer. Dr. Ice will address the topic “History of the Doctrine of the Rapture.”

Learn more about the Barndollar Lecture Series here.


Our Hope Blog
For further discussion of the Council and other topics, check out the personal blog of Dr. Mike Stallard, Dean of Baptist Bible Seminary: Our Hope.

Go to www.our-hope.org/