Why do some make much of being pre-mil?

[Bill The Baptist]

my bet is that in a few more decades "evangelical" churches will be mostly amil. The popularity of the new Calvinists may also make the amil view more popular among rank and file Christians.

I've wondered about this and suspected the same thing. The Baptist church I attend removed premillennialism from its faith statement several years ago, about the same time the leadership went in a decidedly Calvinistic direction on soteriology and first talked about installing elders.

I agree that the church is slowly changing in regards to its view on eschatology. As Paul Washer once said in a sermon, "There is a reformation going on in the church today, but most people over 40 have no idea it is happening."

 

[Zork]

Don't know. Some people have their theological battle lines drawn in strange places.

Frankly, if it's not directly related to one's salvation, I won't get into a fruitless debate about it. While I disagree sharply with somebody who believes in the charismatic/pentecostal take on the Holy Spirit, if he/she trusts in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior alone for their salvation, then they are saved, even if they are in error on a secondary issue (albeit a secondary issue that can lead to serious error if allowed to take the adherent outside Scriptural boundaries).

You're not saved because you do or don't believe in pre-mil eschatology, and that needs to be remembered on BOTH sides of the argument. Good Christians (even in the Calvinist/Reformed camp) disagree on non-essential issues, and this is one of them. As Francis Schaeffer once remarked: Nobody's theology will be 100 % perfect.

Well said. Agree 100%