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Lewis Sperry Chafer (February 27, 1871 – August 22, 1952) was an American theologian. He co-founded Dallas Theological Seminary with his older brother Rollin Thomas Chafer [ 1 ] (1868-1940), served as its first president, and was an influential proponent of Christian Dispensationalism in the early 20th century.
Dallas Theological Seminary (DTS) is an evangelical theological seminary in Dallas, Texas.It is known for popularizing the theological system of dispensationalism.DTS has campuses in Dallas, Houston, and Washington, D.C., as well as extension sites in Atlanta, Austin, San Antonio, Nashville, Northwest Arkansas, Europe, and Guatemala, and a multilingual online education program.
Several popular-level textbook-style works emerged during this period within Evangelical theology, from Lewis Sperry Chafer's eight-volume Systematic Theology to Wayne Grudem's stand-alone title Systematic Theology, a particularly sophisticated non-textbook example being the epistemological worldview theology of Carl F.H. Henry, contained in ...
John Flipse Walvoord (May 1, 1910 – December 20, 2002) was a Christian theologian, pastor, and president of Dallas Theological Seminary from 1952 to 1986. He authored over 30 books, focusing primarily on eschatology and theology, including The Rapture Question, and was co-editor of The Bible Knowledge Commentary with Roy B. Zuck.
Charles Caldwell Ryrie (March 2, 1925 – February 16, 2016) was an American Bible scholar and Christian theologian. He served as professor of systematic theology and dean of doctoral studies at Dallas Theological Seminary and as president and professor at what is now Cairn University.
Lewis Sperry Chafer (1871 – 1952) influenced modern free grace theologians. [14] [15] [16] The doctrines of Sandemanianism concerning salvation, which were popularized by the non-comformist Robert Sandeman (1718 – 1771) and the Baptist preacher Archibald McLean (1733–1812) have often been compared to the modern Free Grace movement.
Andrew Mark Henry is an American scholar of religion who hosts the YouTube channel Religion for Breakfast, which provides videos explaining religion from an academic perspective. Henry started the channel in 2014 while studying for a PhD in religious studies at Boston University , which he completed in 2020.
Lewis Chafer's first public declaration that he was a dispensationalist appeared in that journal's pages. In 1936, he published a 60-page response to criticism from Mauro and other fundamentalists, entitled "Dispensationalism". That same year, Chafer renamed his school Dallas Theological Seminary. [5]