The law [as a covenant of works] regards us as creatures originally formed with sufficient ability to yield perfect obedience to it; and accordingly, it requires us to retain and exert that ability in performing perfectly all the duties that we owe to God, ourselves, and our neighbors. Whereas the gospel considers us as sinners, condemned to death in all its extent and totally destitute of strength to perform the smallest degree even of sincere obedience; and it declares to us what God, as a God of infinite grace and mercy, has done and what He offers and promises still to be and do for us (Isa. 42:6–7; Matt. 18:11; Rom. 5:6–10). It declares that in the Lord Jesus believing sinners have righteousness and strength and that in Him they are justified and have life eternal. Accordingly, the doctrines, offers, and promises of it continue to be dispensed to them as long as sin remains in them, but no longer.
John Colquhoun | A Treatise on the Law and Gospel (Grand Rapids: Reformation Heritage Books), 132.
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Tony Phelps
Tony grew up in Rhode Island. He was educated at BA (University of Rhode Island) and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He worked in the insurance industry for ten years. He planted a PCA church in Wakefield, RI where he served for eleven years. In 2015–18 he pastored Covenant Reformed Church (URCNA) in Colorado Springs. He is currently pastor of Living Hope (OPC). Tony is married to Donna and together they have three children.
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