Covenant Theology
New Audio: Exposition of the Nine Points (Pt 1)
Today, in the Adult Class at OURC I began a series of talks explaining the “Nine Points” of “pastoral advice” adopted by URCNA Synod Schereville in 2007. Here is the first 30 minute talk:
Gordon Essay Online: Abraham and Sinai Contrasted
“Abraham and Sinai Contrasted in Galatians 3:6-14” in The Law is Not of Faith: Essays on Works and Grace in the Mosaic Covenant, ed. Bryan Estelle, J. V. Fesko, and David VanDrunen (P&R, 2009), pp. 240–58. The book is available through the . . . Continue reading →
The Marrow of Modern Divinity on Republication
“Nomista: But, sir, were the children of Israel at this time better able to perform the condition of the covenant of works, than either Adam or any of the old patriarchs were, that God renewed it now with them, rather than before? . . . Continue reading →
Works of the Law as Boundary Markers?
Have I not over-emphasised the social and national dynamic behind Paul’s language and seriously underplayed Paul’s analysis of the radical helplessness of the human situation and his concern for the salvation of the individual?” For my part, I have no desire to . . . Continue reading →
Melchior Leydekker on the Covenant of Works
Because so many folk define “Dutch Reformed theology” as if it began in the early 19th century or in the early 20th century—one always wonders, “From where did those churches and people come?—it is too frequently claimed that the doctrine of “the . . . Continue reading →
Bullinger is Back
And on the web here. If you’re interested in Reformed theology beyond Calvin (and you should be) then this resource will be of interest.
Does Baptism "Save"?
Merrit asks this question: “Two friends and I have been talking about this verse (1 Peter 3:21) and passage for quite some time today. The more we seem to talk about it the more confused I seem to get about it.
MGK: Theonomy, Ethics, and Perspectivalism
At Matt’s Berit Olam.
What is the "Covenant of Redemption" (Pactum Salutis)?
Martin found a nice, brief definition in a musty, old book.
Herman Witsius on Republication
Thanks to John Hendryx at Monergism for compiling this.
What Justification By Faith Apart From Works Does Not Mean
Creed or Chaos Explains.
The "Novelty" of Republication…in 1597?
For this cause, when he was to repeat that covenant of works to the people of Israel, he first gave the law written in tables of stone; then he made a covenant with his people saying, “Do these things and ye shall . . . Continue reading →
Three Ways of Relating to the One Covenant of Grace
Sometime back the question was raised: We know that there are at least two categories of people within Scripture, the elect, and the non-elect. However, it might be apparent that there is a third class of people, those who have taken the . . . Continue reading →