A Look Inside

85 PAGES In The Bible

Are The Key To Understanding It And Discovering Its Vital Truths

J. Michael Schroeder

Table of Contents

Explanatory Notes

Preface: Author's Testimony and Purpose (Essential)

Acknowledgments

Introduction

I.     Rightly Dividing The Word Of Truth

1. What is the Word of Truth    
2. Where is the Word of Truth    
3. The Fundamentals of Right Division    
4. Dispensationalizing the Word of Truth    
5. Table of Dispensations

II.     The Dispensations of The Bible

1. The Genesis Dispensations
   1. Innocence
   2. Conscience
   3. Government
   4. Promise
2. Dispensation of the Law    
   1. The Exodus    
   2. The Gentile Captivity    
3. Dispensation of the First Advent: Kingdom at Hand    
   1. Magnification of the Law    
   2. The "Gospels:" Matthew, Mark, Luke and John    
   3. Jesus of Nazareth, Who Was He?
4. The Acts Transition: The Kingdom Offered    
   1. The "Great Commission:" The Ministry of the 12 Disciples
   2. Forming of the "New Nation": The day of Pentecost
   3. The Beginning of the End: The Scattering
5. Dispensation of the Gospel: The Transition Completed    
   1. A New Message and A New Direction: The Apostle Paul
      1. Paul Contends with the 12    
      2. The Diminishing of Israel, The Rise of the Gentiles    
   2. Israel's Fall    
   3. Overlapping Messages    
   4. Paul in the "Home Stretch"    
6. New Testament Timeline Graphic
7. Dispensation of the Grace of God: "The Mystery"
   1. The Fellowship of the Mystery: The "One New Man"    
   2. The Middle Wall Removed: The Ordinances
      1. Circumcision    
      2. Baptism    
      3. The Communion Table    
      4. Signs and Wonders    
      5. Holy Days and Dietary Laws    
   3. The Body of Christ: Coming unto the Knowledge of the Truth
      1. Mystery of the Gospel: Salvation by Grace through Faith    
      2. Eternal Destination in Glory    
      3. Mystery of the Change    
      4. Mystery of the Rapture    
      5. The Promises    
   4. Faith, Practice, Reward
      1. Faith    
      2. Practice
         1. Prayer    
      3. Sin
         1. The Remedy for Sin: What It isn't    
         2. The Remedy for Sin: What It Is    
      4. The Life We Now Live In The Flesh.    
      5. Reward
8. The New Testament/Covenant: The Prophetic Program fulfilled
   1. The "Great Tribulation"    
   2. Daniel's "70 weeks"    
   3. The Hebrew Epistles: To and For The Tribulation Saints
      1. The Doctrine of Salvation by Faith    
      2. The Tribulation Saints Are Born Again    
   4. The 1000 year Reign of Christ: The Millennial Kingdom Instituted
      1. The Heavenly City: The Bride of Christ
9. Entire Bible Time Line Graphic: The Panoramic View

III.     The Institutionalized Church: Wrongly Dividing The Body of Christ    

1. Roman Catholicism: The Jewish/Pagan Oligarchy
   1. The Jewish Connection.    
   2. Establishment, Apostolic Succession and Papal Infallibility    
   3. Roman Catholic Doctrine:
      1. Holy Scripture    
      2. Salvation    
      3. Confession.    
2. The Pagan Influence    
   1. The Bloodless Sacrifice of the Mass    
   2. Holy Days of Obligation: Christmas and Easter    
   3. Adoration of Mary and other "Saints"    
   4. Last Rights, Purgatory, Penance    
   5. The Cross: The Worship of Relics and Symbols    
3. Protestantism: Catholicism With Reservations and Apologies    
   1. Martin Luther: Father Of The Reformation
      1. Luther's Small Catechism:
         1. Baptism    
         2. The Lord's Supper    
         3. The Keys    
         4. The Confessional    
   2. John Calvin: Father of Reformed Theology
      1. The Armenian Controversy and Its result: TULIP    
      2. TULIP Considered and Answered    
      3. Summation    
      4. The Error Reformed Theology Has Produced    
4. Protestant Evangelicalism: The Road Back To Rome    
   1. Revival in England: Wesley and Whitfield    
   2. The American Great Awakening
      1. The First Wave: Jonathan Edwards    
      2. The Second Wave: Francis Asbury and Devereux Jarratt    
   3. Revivalism
      1. The First Wave: Charles Finney    
      2. The Second Wave: D. L. Moody and Charles Spurgeon    
   4. Perverting God's Word: The "New" Version of the Bible: Wescott and Hort    
5. Neo-Evangelicalism: The World Wide Evangelical Explosion    
   1. The Non-Charismatic Arm: Billy Graham's Roman Catholic Connection    
   2. The Charismatic/Neo-Pentecostal Arm
      1. Roman Catholic Influence    
      2. Basic Neo-Pentecostal Beliefs    
      3. History and Doctrine    
6. Conclusion   

IV.     God's Present Dealing With National Entities

1. America: God's Current Favored Nation?
2. The Modern Nation of Israel: Instituted by God or Man?

V.     Book Summary    

Comparison Of The Prophesied Kingdom And The Mystery

Bibliography    

Endnotes