If I were a serious advocate of covenant theology, determined to
put a stop to new-covenant theology, 1 I would set up an
‘automatic correct’ on my computer, one which would enable me,
by means of a single keystroke, to enter the word
‘antinomianism’ in any manuscript on which I might be working.
I am sure I would find myself using the word so often when
writing against new-covenant theology, that I would wonder
however I got by without the ‘automatic correct’! I say this
because, it seems, whenever a covenant theologian tackles any
new-covenant work, as long as he can slap the sticker
‘antinomianism’ on it, and dismiss the writer as an ‘antinomian’,
he successfully hits the ball into the long grass. Out of sight, out
of mind! Very nice, too! No need for further thought, no more
consideration, no serious weighing of Scripture: new-covenant
teaching is ‘antinomianism’, and that’s bad! End of story! |
