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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.
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.
The lordship salvation controversy (also called lordship controversy) is a theological dispute regarding a soteriological question within Christianity on the relationship between faith and works. This debate has been notably present among some non-denominational and Evangelical churches in North America at least since the 1980s.
The Neonomian doctrines of Richard Baxter have often been compared to Lordship salvation, which caused a controversy with the Marrow Brethren in the 17th century. [8] [9]The doctrines of Lordship salvation have been debated within Evangelical Christianity since at least the early 20th century, when Lewis Sperry Chafer debated B. B. Warfield the topic.
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.
He was a co-founder with Lewis Sperry Chafer of Dallas Theological Seminary. He authored several books including The Principles of Theology, a systematic theology text based on the 39 Articles of the Anglican Communion. Theologically conservative, Griffith Thomas was an Anglican and an early dispensationalist.
Ryrie was born to John Alexander and Elizabeth Caldwell Ryrie [3] in St. Louis, Missouri, and grew up in Alton, Illinois.His paternal grandfather, John Alexander Ryrie Sr. (1827-1904), served as a correspondent in the late 1870's of the earliest known Plymouth Brethren meeting in the United States, which was started in Alton by Scottish settlers in 1849. [4]
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 ...