Bultmannism (3 of 3 notes)

Part One
INTRODUCTION: 5 CONTEMPORARY THEOLOGY
A DISPENSATIONAL THEOLOGY
By Charles F Baker

Had modern man been living in Egypt at the time of the Exodus or in Israel during the earthly ministry of our Lord, he would have been much aware of supernatural miracles, but in this present day he has taken up the old atheistic slogan: The fact that miracles are not happening today is proof that they never did happen. The answer to this problem is a dispensational one. Sir Robert Anderson addressed himself to this problem in his book, The Silence of God, and gave a very satisfactory answer to why outward, physical miracles do not occur today, based largely upon the dispensational character of God’s dealings with the nation of Israel. Peter also deals with the same problem when he reminds us that in the last days men will appeal to this doctrine of historical continuity for rejecting any belief in the visible return of Jesus Christ, by saying that all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation (2 Peter 3:4). Peter’s answer is that such men have made themselves willingly ignorant of the past divine interventions into human history. The very fact that many scientists of stature have been firm believers in the Bible as the inspired Word of God is evidence that science does not necessitate the demythologizing of the Bible before it can be accepted. Some of the modern theologians (?) who look to science as an infallible guide have seemingly not even taken the first step essential to becoming a Christian; for “him that cometh to God must first believe that He is” (Hebrews 11:6), and how can men who call themselves Christian atheists qualify as theologians, to say nothing of calling themselves Christian. They should be called Atheologians.

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