Thursday, December 20, 2007

Millennial exclusion and Word of the Kingdom

The dispensational outlook of the Word of the Kingdom represents a departure from traditional, evangelical Christianity, proposing soul salvation, a “works-based” mode of redemption.

This doctrine is maintained by a variety of radicalized dispensational theologians whose disparate understandings can be, at times, bewildering. The form described in the critique referenced here emanates from Cornerstone Christian Fellowship in Jacksonville, Florida, its pastor John Herbert, and the teachings of Arlen L. Chitwood and Cindy Ziegler.

My critique consists of three critical objections:

1. The Word of the Kingdom advocates salvation by works;
2. Leaders and lay leaders of the Word of the Kingdom have broken fellowship with evangelicals, and have condemned, out of hand, all Christians who reject their doctrine;
3. The Word of the Kingdom alters the meaning of scripture through faulty methods of biblical interpretation.