Contemporary Theology (3 of 3 notes)

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

We should use great care in pinning labels upon particular persons, unless that label is derived from his own name, such as Bultmannianism. Bultmann, Brunner, and Barth have been grouped together as Neo-orthodox, and yet there is a wide gulf between the views of these men. E. J. Carnell, Carl Henry, and Dewey Beegle have been classified as Neo-evangelicals, and yet they differ considerably in their views of the inerrancy of the Scriptures. We may refer to Pentecostalists, Nazarenes, and Dispensationalists as Fundamentalists, and yet there are areas of wide divergence in their doctrines and practices. It is doubtless unwise and unfair to categorize men with such labels and then either condemn or justify them by association. When labels are used they should be well-defined and care should be taken to make sure that the individual actually comes under that definition.

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