Have you heard of Cyrus Scofield?

More specifically, have you heard of the Scofield Reference Bible?

Stephen Sizer is a theologian and author with quite a lengthy biography and he joined me on my podcast to chat about the dangerous influence of Scofield (including who he was and who he worked with).

Cyrus Ingerson Scofield: Charlatan and Heretic | Stephen Sizer

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What's the big deal?

Well, over a century ago, he spread the idea of biblical dispensationalism—a false doctrine—through a variation of the Bible called the Scofield Reference Bible. It was really just republications of standard Bible translations but with added footnotes on each page.

The promise, when referring to Abraham’s descendants, speaks of God blessing them, not of entire nations ‘blessing’ the Hebrew nation, still less the contemporary and secular State of Israel.

– Stephen Sizer

Many Bibles today still use the Scofield footnotes, knowingly or unknowingly.

So what's in the footnotes?

Thanks to Oxford University Press in the early 20th century, millions upon millions bought Bibles with Scofield’s footnotes, gradually shaping their belief that biblical Israel is today’s Israel and that Jews are God’s chosen people.

In short, Jews aren’t God’s chosen people, nor is Israel His chosen land—a false doctrine gripping evangelical Christians and Jews alike, driving the former to blindly champion Jews and modern Israel.

'Jews are not God's chosen people'

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🎙️ Podcast episode

Stephen explained all this, including dispensationalism and why it’s unbiblical.