For over 2 years in Amarillo, Texas my family attended a Calvary Chapel. We enjoyed our church family but there was always a state of confusion why there was an incredible amount of pulpit time dedicated to rapture rhetoric. There was a fine point focus of the nation of Israel as well. It was so confusing as to why we were always being drilled with "rapture out of the earth" talk & teaching when the Bible clearly teaches we are waiting for the return of our Lord & King, Jesus.
My family's choice to eventually leave the Calvary Chapel came down to a move of the Holy Spirit that exposed this exact notion shared by a man named George Mueller:
“My brother I am a constant reader of the Bible, and I soon found out what I was taught to believe (by Darby’s doctrine) did not always agree with what my Bible said. I came to see I must either part company with John Darby, or my precious Bible, and I chose to cling to my Bible and part from Mr. Darby.” – (George Mueller, a contemporary and one time supporter of John Nelson Darby)
We chose to part with our Calvary Church pastor and congregation due to a teaching we didn't even know a name for until a couple of years later. This system is called Dispensationalism. Below is a brief video overview of Dispensationalism and its dangers as well as a letter written a number of years ago to Calvary Chapel. It is incredibly insightful and necessary.
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