To possibly stir up a little different approach to determining a true NC hermeneutic grid I was wondering what everyone thought about what "effect" the premils or the amils would have upon "forming" this theological construct.  Why were covenantalists for the most part amil?  Why are the dispensationalists for the most part premil?  I think the truth about why people are eschatologically prone to a certain position can be found somewhere in the previous two statements.  Doesn't the NC have to determine it's own limits so that the language is tight enough that those involved can know exactly what they are standing so that those who are curious can't ask unanswered questions?  Isn't the stagnation to building a hermeneutical structure due to the disagreement on an eschatological "growing point", at which additional issues differentiate.  Probably in the near future one or the other eschatological views will dominate with the statement that NCT requires their view.  Will everyone retake a look at their end-time view for the sake of NCT or will they use it to jockey for position within the movement?  I pray it is not the last.  Hopefully yours, Doug Skiles.
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