Problem with Evangelical Theology

Ben Witherington III is Professor of New Testament for Doctoral Studies, Asbury Theological Seminary. His publications include Troubled Waters: Rethinking the Theology of Baptism (2007), Making a Meal of It: Rethinking the Theology of the Lord's Supper (2007), The Living Word of God: Rethinking the Theology of the Bible (2007), What's in the Word: Rethinking the Socio-Rhetorical Character of the New Testament (2009), and The Problem with Evangelical Theology: Testing the Exegetical Foundations of Calvinism, Dispensationalism, Wesleyanism, and Pentecostalism, Revised and Expanded Edition (2015).

• Overture: The Legacy of the ReformersPART ONE. Augustine's Children: The Problems with Reformed Theology1 Oh Adam, Where Art Thou?2 Squinting at the Pauline "I" Chart3 Laying Down the Law with Luther4 Awaiting the Election ResultsPART TWO. On Dispensing with Dispensationalism5 Enraptured but not Uplifted: The Origins of Dispensationalism and Prophecy6 What Goes Up, Must Come Down: The Problem with Rapture Theology7 Will the Real Israel of God Please Stand Up?PART THREE. Mr. Wesley Heading West8 Jesus, Paul, and John: Keeping Company in the Kingdom9 New Birth or New Creatures? 10 Amazing Prevenient Grace and Entire SanctificationPART FOUR. The Long Journey Home-Where Do We Go from Here?11 Reimagining the Mystery12 And So?Coda: Rebirth of Orthodoxy or Return to Fundamentalism?NotesWorks CitedIndex