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Apparently not only is there a Jew/Gentile distinction among believers, there is also a Church/Israel Dichotomists//non-Church/Israel Dichotomists distinction among believers. Can I use two forward slashes/division marks in a row? Just how deeply can we divide up the Body of Christ? Ah, the good news - Paul asks is Christ divided, a rhetorical question, the obvious answer being no. Contrarywise, your stance in your book - if your excerpt is representative - is divisive in tone and spirit, IMO. You artificially set up either/or fallacies for argumentative purposes to promote your theology rather than engaging in honest pursuit of truth. For example, you say, "Dispensationalists teach that the Old Testament Law does not apply. This "Church Age" of no Law..." First, "Dispensationalists teach that the Old Testament Law does not apply." Then This "Old Testament Law does not apply" changes to "no law." No law? What about the law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus? No, we're not given that option. We either believe in the Old Testament law, or we have "no law." Either/or propositions have to include all possibilities to be valid. Your argument is fallacious; your consequent forfeiture of the law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus being the reason your tone is so without grace and heavy handed. Very few situations in life are either this or that. Not only must the two choices include all the possibilities, but also they must be mutually exclusive. Not everyone who believes one thing that the Church/Israel Dichotomists/Dispensational Premillinialists/Pre-Trib Rapture/no law group you have painted for us here believes EVERYTHING the Church/Israel Dichotomists/Dispensational Premillinialists/Pre-Trib Rapture/no law group believes that you should think you've won all these points in argument by some imagined preponderance of evidence. You haven't given any of these points sufficient consideration, never mind all of them. As to individual points, for the most part, you've offered off-handed (I know we are supposed to believe you have gazillions of hours of previous research), condescending remarks. As to all of the points, you've set up your own me vs the Church/Israel Dichotomists/Dispensational Premillinialists/Pre-Trib Rapture/no law group dichotomy - not valid. Just trying to be honest, James. Tom

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