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One of the ways that the New Evangelicalism showed itself was in the rejection of dispensational, pre-tribulation theology.
“By 1954 it was evident that the Seminary had introduced a doctrine foreign to Colorado Conservative Baptists--the accepted dispensational premise was being abandoned in favor of reformation theology. In relation to this position is the theory of the post-tribulation rapture of the church. Dr. Burdick is reported to hold strongly to this ‘post-trib’ position, and President Vernon Grounds has stated, ‘As for myself, I am in a state of indecision. ... I will not say that I am a pre-tribulationist. ... I simply do not know, though I incline toward the ‘post’ view’” (from “Divided We Fall,” page 5, compiled by Wayne Musson, Lake Crystal, Minnesota). In 1962, it was estimated by a Denver Seminary graduate that “half of the graduates now take the post-trib position, about 25% take the pre-trib position, and the other 25% are so confused they do not know what to believe.”
The stronger churches withdrew. “With the Conservative Baptists’ renunciation of the separatist position, a complete exodus of all hard-core Fundamentalists was now inevitable” (Beale, In Pursuit of Purity, p. 293).
The pamphlet Hard Core vs Soft Policy described 15 differences, one of which was the following:
On Dispensationalism. The Hard Core were dispensational premillennialists, arguing this view makes the rapture of the church the ‘Blessed Hope’ of the church. The Soft Policy downplayed the dispensational interpretation of Scripture.
So a major difference between the Hard Core and the Soft Core had to do with the interpretation of prophecy.
“Everyone knows that that united front was strongly dispensational, pre-tribulation rapture, the restoration of Israel, and a literal millennial rule on this earth” (Larry Oats, To the Praise of His Glory, p. 134).
The interpretation of Bible prophecy is no small thing. It is not a “non-essential.” The stronger men in the Conservative Baptist Association separated from those who rejected pre-tribulationalism.
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