Main Idea: To equip you to understand the Bible better in private and public study. This workshop was originally given at Truth and Grace Mennonite Church on November 2, 2025. Because there was review at the beginning and Q&A at the end, the teaching portion is shorter than part one.
Author: Julian Stoltzfus
What is Dispensationalism? A Brief Introduction
I had intended to move on to other topics after publishing a pair of articles on dispensationalism and covenantalism. But I’ve received a fair amount of feedback from those articles, which revealed that not everyone has the same idea of what constitutes dispensationalism. So I decided to write another article outlining some basic features just … Continue reading What is Dispensationalism? A Brief Introduction
Wet Fish Epistemology
In our current group of editorials we are thinking about thinking, answering questions like: Why do we believe what we believe? What supports and shapes our presuppositions and our conscious convictions? What are we standing on? I’ve divided our survey of epistemology into seven spheres: tradition, culture, philosophy, experience, technological media, social media, and Scripture. … Continue reading Wet Fish Epistemology
How to Study Your Bible – Part One
Main Idea: To equip you to understand the Bible better in private and public study. This workshop was originally given at Truth and Grace Mennonite Church on October 12, 2025.
My Concerns with Dispensationalism
In the previous article in this column I covered a few of my concerns with Covenant Theology. That included an overview of each view and the differences, which I will not rehash at length here. In short, both covenantalism and dispensationalism are meta-systems (whole-Bible theologies) for understanding the overarching storyline of the Bible. Proponents of … Continue reading My Concerns with Dispensationalism
Becoming Like Jesus (2 Corinthians 3:18)
Spiritual growth happens as the Spirit shows us the glory of Jesus and by that sight changes us into His image.
Freightliner Epistemology
Previously, I outlined several “spheres of epistemology,” and I want to think with you about one of those in this editorial: tradition. Remember, epistemology feels like a complex term, but it really just refers to what we are standing on. That is, what are the things—such as culture, philosophy, and media—that shape our beliefs? When … Continue reading Freightliner Epistemology
Obeying with Joy (1 John 5:3)
Experiencing the love of God as made known to us in the substitutionary death of Jesus Christ is essential to unburdened, joyful obedience to God’s commands.
My Concerns with Covenant Theology
Dispensationalism and Covenant Theology[1] are two theological systems which govern how we interpret the overall storyline of Scripture. Each seeks to describe how God’s redemptive purposes unfold through history. These are “whole-Bible theologies,”[2] ways of understanding God’s redemptive purposes throughout Scripture. Anyone who has seriously studied the Bible belongs somewhere in one of these camps, … Continue reading My Concerns with Covenant Theology
The Gospel – Power to Transform
Note: I recently dug up this paper which I wrote as a part of the Christian Ministries certificate I completed at Elnora Bible Institute. I'm posting it here in hopes it will help others understand how the gospel framework affects our entire Christian life. Thesis: The gospel as revealed in God's inerrant, infallible Word must … Continue reading The Gospel – Power to Transform