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2023 Foreword Indies Bronze Winner for Religion What God wants his people to know about the end times. Christians' fixation on the end times is not new. While eschatological speculation has sometimes resulted in distraction or despair, Scripture does speak about the end. So what does God most want us to know and do with prophecy? In After Dispensationalism, Brian P. Irwin and Tim Perry sympathetically yet critically sketch the history, beliefs, and concerns of dispensationalism. Though a minority view in the sweep of church history and tradition, dispensationalism is one of the most influential end--times systems today, and there is much to learn from it. And yet, sometimes it gets sidetracked by overlooking the prophets' main concerns. Irwin and Perry reexamine the key texts and show that Ezekiel, Daniel, and Revelation primarily give a word of hope to God's people.

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In this scholarly but accessible book, Brian Irwin and Tim Perry patiently show us how to read the prophetic passages of Scripture in a way that is sound, sane, and hopeful. As such, it is a gentle antidote to the sensationalist, fear-mongering eschatology of recent decades. I do hope that After Dispensationalism finds a wide readership. --Brian Zahnd, author of When Everything's on Fire This book should be in pastors' libraries, seminary and university classrooms, and church study forums. If you've ever wondered why folks keep talking about 'the rapture' or the 'blood moon, ' this book cuts through the confusion with clarity and insight to give the historical and biblical foundations for a more nuanced understanding of contemporary apocalypticism. --Jeffrey C. Pugh, author of The Homebrewed Guide to the End Times: Theology After You've Been Left Behind

In this scholarly but accessible book, Brian Irwin and Tim Perry patiently show us how to read the prophetic passages of Scripture in a way that is sound, sane, and hopeful. As such, it is a gentle antidote to the sensationalist, fear-mongering eschatology of recent decades. I do hope that After Dispensationalism finds a wide readership. --Brian Zahnd, author of When Everything's on Fire This book should be in pastors' libraries, seminary and university classrooms, and church study forums. If you've ever wondered why folks keep talking about 'the rapture' or the 'blood moon, ' this book cuts through the confusion with clarity and insight to give the historical and biblical foundations for a more nuanced understanding of contemporary apocalypticism. --Jeffrey C. Pugh, author of The Homebrewed Guide to the End Times: Theology After You've Been Left Behind

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Brian P. Irwin is associate professor of Old Testament and Hebrew Scriptures at Knox College in Toronto, Ontario. Tim Perry is professor of theology at Providence Seminary in Otterburne, Manitoba.

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