Heidelcast 62: Nomism And Antinomianism (5)

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on February 19, 2014 | 1 Comment

The Heidelcast is working through The Marrow of Modern Divinity (1645) as a model for how to account for justification and sanctification, how to keep them together, without losing either and without confusing them. The circumstances in which The Marrow first appeared were . . . Continue reading →

The Covenant Of Works Was Repeated And Delivered On Mt Sinai

R. Scott Clark

on February 18, 2014

But that the covenant of works was also, for special ends, repeated and delivered to the Israelites on Mount Sinai, I cannot refuse— 1. Because of the apostle’s testimony, ‘These are the two covenants: the one from Mount Sinai which gendereth to . . . Continue reading →

HT566 History Of Covenant Theology

R. Scott Clark

on February 5, 2014

Course Description An introduction to Reformed federal or covenant theology. The course surveys the historical-theological development of covenant theology, its exegetical foundations, and systematic-theological consequences. Fall Semester. 2 Credits. Course Goals —Academic Goal: To enable the student to understand and discuss intelligently the . . . Continue reading →

Sacred Bond Now Available In Kindle

R. Scott Clark

on December 27, 2013 | 11 Comments

I ran into Zach Keele this morning. I mentioned how much I’ve appreciated Sacred Bond and he mentioned this morning and he mentioned that there is now a Kindle version. If you’ve been looking for a clear, simple introduction to traditional Reformed . . . Continue reading →

Samuel Bolton’s Survey Of Opinion On The Mosaic Covenant

R. Scott Clark

on November 27, 2013 | 7 Comments

My friend and colleague Mike Brown published a revision of his excellent MA (Historical Theology) thesis (Westminster Seminary California) in 2012 as Christ and the Condition: The Covenant Theology of Samuel Petto (1624-1711). As part of the background to explaining Petto, Mike . . . Continue reading →

Samuel Petto: Moses Is And Isn’t A Covenant Of Works

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on November 27, 2013 | 2 Comments

It will now be asked, what manner of covenant was that at Mount Sinai, which is called the worst covenant? What kind of covenant was it? Sol. In general, it was a covenant of works, as to be fulfilled by Jesus Christ, . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 50: Making Some Sense Of The Republication Debate Pt 3: With Chris Gordon

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on November 23, 2013 | 2 Comments

Beginning at least in the 1560s, it was non-controversial for Reformed theologians to teach that God, before the fall, entered into a legal, probationary covenant with Adam, who was the representative of the whole human race, the condition of which was perfect . . . Continue reading →

No One In The Reformed Tradition Has Taught That The Mosaic Covenant Was Exclusively A Covenant Of Works

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on November 19, 2013 | 1 Comment

This is the key. No Reformed thinker that I am aware of has taught that the Mosaic covenant was exclusively a covenant of works. I wonder if perhaps people hear us teaching this under the influence of dispensationalism, which teaches that each . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 49: Making Some Sense of The Republication Debate Pt 2: With Chris Gordon

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on November 16, 2013 | 19 Comments

Parts of the confessional Reformed world in North America are in the midst of a controversy over whether it is biblical, confessional, and historically Reformed to teach that the Mosaic covenant was, in some sense, a republication of the covenant of works. . . . Continue reading →

Are God’s Demands Always Gracious? (Updated)

R. Scott Clark

on November 14, 2013 | 49 Comments

David Robertson is pastor in the Free Church of Scotland. He has a blog and recently he reviewed Tullian Tchividjian’s latest book, One Way Love. There has been some back and forth and most recently Robertson has written an Open Letter. In . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 48: Making Some Sense Of The Republication Debate Pt 1: History

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on November 9, 2013 | 42 Comments

Heidelcast 47: Heidelcast: Conditions And The Covenant Of Grace (pt 2)

Heidelcast

on November 2, 2013

On today’s Heidelcast, part 2 of our discussion about conditions in the covenant of grace. In episode 46 I tried to establish a distinction between two kinds of conditions in the covenant of grace: antecedent and consequent. An antecedent condition is a work, . . . Continue reading →

J. H. Heidegger On The Mixed Quality Of The Covenant Of Grace Under Moses

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on November 1, 2013

The Law-Giving Of The Covenant; Its Twofold χεσις In the covenant that God made with the people of Israel from Mount Sinai, God stipulated the law from the people, first immediately in the ten words promulgated (Ex. 20:1–8), then mediately, from the . . . Continue reading →

Bullinger On the Superiority Of The New Covenant

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on October 31, 2013

Now in order that I might conceal nothing in this matter, I will briefly mention how the church of Christians, which was established after the birth of Christ, excels. First, we are indeed better off than those who lived under the law . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 46: Conditions And The Covenant Of Grace (Pt 1)

Heidelcast

on October 27, 2013 | 1 Comment

In Reformed theology we speak of three covenants, the pre-temporal covenant of redemption, the covenant of works, and the covenant of grace. In the covenant of redemption there are two aspects, works for the Son and grace for the elect. The Son was . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 45: What’s New About The New Covenant? (Pt 2)

Heidelcast

on October 19, 2013

In this episode, part 2 of 2, we look specifically at what is new in the new covenant. Here’s part 1. Jeremiah 31:31–34 looks forward to four future blessings in the new covenant. The New Testament takes up those categories and elaborates . . . Continue reading →

Has The Church Replaced Israel?

R. Scott Clark

on October 17, 2013 | 3 Comments

It is a common canard among Dispensationalists that Reformed theology must teach that the church “replaces” Israel. They call this “Replacement Theology.” That must is what is known as an a priori, something that someone “knows” before they’ve actually looked at the . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast 44: What’s New About The New Covenant? (Pt 1)

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on October 13, 2013 | 3 Comments

We speak often about the old and new covenants or Old and New Testaments but what are they and especially what is the Old Testament or the old covenant? What is the relationship between the Old and New Testaments and what is . . . Continue reading →

The History Of Covenant Theology

R. Scott Clark

on October 2, 2013 | 2 Comments

Until recently, it was widely held that covenant theology was created in the middle of the seventeenth century by theologians such as Johannes Cocceius (1609–1669). In fact, covenant theology is nothing more or less than the theology of the Bible. It is . . . Continue reading →

Companion To Reformed Theology Reviewed

R. Scott Clark

on September 4, 2013 | 9 Comments

—By Jon Hoglund. A good “Companion” introduces one to classic texts in a field and to areas of current debate in scholarly literature. Apart from Richard Muller’s monumental Post-Reformation Reformed Dogmatics, there is no such volume for Reformed history and theology from . . . Continue reading →