Regardless the issue is rather that Accordance should have a well rounded library - and for the several thousand dollar investment that I've made in their platform I would expect them to offer a library that compares with their competitors (Logos, etc.) - of which the Bullinger module is available. One needs to look no further than Scofield to see the pitfalls of this. All study Bibles interject the views of their own - as do commentaries. I have two copies of the Companion Bible in my library - though the print is extremely small - and I would prefer the Accordance integration - for sermon and class prep. is a stretch at best - and his appendices in the companion Bible are a wealth of information for - however the study notes themselves throughout are extremely useful and do not show any bias other than to the truth of scripture - If his opinions on various topics show themselves - it would be in those appendices - but not the notes throughout the Bible.
I certainly don't agree with Bullinger on all points - and for that matter - I don't agree with everything Webb or Ironside have written either. Interesting comments on the bias of study bibles. These two views, diverse as they are, are nevertheless the legitimate offspring of the ultra-dispensational system to which we refer. Bullinger’s positions are glaringly opposed to what is generally accepted as orthodox teaching, as, for instance, the sleep of the soul between death and resurrection and it is a most significant fact that while he did not apparently fully commit himself to any eschatological position as to the final state of the impenitent, most of his followers in Great Britain have gone off into annihilation, and there is quite a sect in America who began with his teaching who now are restorationists of the broadest type, teaching what they are pleased to call universal reconciliation, which to their minds involves the final salvation not only of all men, but of Satan and all the fallen angels. This Bible has many valuable features and has been a help in certain respects to God’s servants who have used it conservatively, but it contains interpretations which are utterly subversive of the truth. Bullinger, though he died before it was completed.
These views have been widely spread through the notes of “The Companion Bible,” a work partly edited by Dr. Bullinger, a clergyman of the Church of England. Of these ultra-dispensational systems, one in particular has come into prominence of late years, which, for want of a better name, is generally called “Bullingerism,” owing to the fact that it was first advocated some years ago by Dr.
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