Faith That Makes Sense

            The theology of discontinuity, often called dispensationalism, is one of the branches of evangelical theologies. Ramesh Richard believes resources of such a theology can answer the question of the fate of the unevangelized well. He also believes the Scriptures favor such a position. Theological support for the inclusivist position mostly comes from the Old Testament where some people were saved without personally confessing Christ. Another piece of theological support for it comes from the “holy pagan” tradition of Melchizedek, Abimelech, Job and other non-Jewish people who had encounters with the true living God of the Bible. This has led to a position that ‘a person who is informationally messianic, whether living in ancient or modern times, is in exactly the same spiritual situation,1 in an inclusivist’s thinking.           Covenant theology, inclusivist theology, and dispensational theolo...

       Hegel  was the first prominent person  to highlight the absolu teness of the Christian message as part of his philosophy of religion and he refers to Christianity as the “absolute religion” in many places in his writings. 1  Martin Luther called Christianity the true and only religion. The traditional Protestant understanding of this concept is based on John 14:6, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the father except through Me.” It was Ephraim Lenning who raised  a number of  doubts about the absoluteness of Christi a nity and its superiority over other religions.  According to him, all religions may be true, or all may be false. But the proof is millions of years away.  He talked about the “ugly b a d ditch” Christianity faces with history on one side and the absolute on the other. He said Christianity should be judged not by a historical apologetics, but by an experience of the heart. Kierkegaard’s ...