Galatians 3:1-6 There is a foundation and a fuel of the gospel. When we come to Reformed theology, depending on where we’re coming from, we might tend to see the foundation very well. The foundation is what we typically mean by the “doctrines... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
GENESIS 1:26-27 A handful of premises shape the beginning of biblical ethics: 1) Ethics begins with God’s revealed character. 2) God’s revelation begins in the initial creation and covenant. 3) All human beings are bound in and by this... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Lecture 12 of 12 in Covenant Theology John 5:19-29 There is a real objectivity of the covenant that both extreme strands of the Reformation have obscured. By a collectivizing, horizontalizing tendency, the Presbyterian-Reformed tradition has... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Lecture 11 of 12 in Covenant Theology Amos 9:9-12 What does a covenant theologian think about Israel today? The answer is we think exactly what the Bible says. God’s promises to Israel have not failed and will not fail. The full answer is a... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Lecture 9 of 12 in Covenant Theology Romans 5:12-21 If Dispensationalism is one modern extreme that fractures the biblical drama, a new school known as the Federal Vision (FV) flies to the other. It accuses the modern Presbyterian and... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Lecture 8 of 12 in Covenant Theology Romans 9:6-8 In everything in life, there is the way that God sees things and there is the way that man sees things. This profound difference is not simply a difference when the subject is covenant theology and... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Lecture 7 of 12 in Covenant Theology Matthew 5:43-48 What do you think of when you think of common grace? Sometimes those words are used to mean that grace which leads to salvation for all people: namely, that ability to choose Christ which... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. ROMANS 12:2 For Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the first rule of... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Lecture 6 of 12 in Covenant Theology Perhaps the chief problem of method today is the overall trend of suspicion against systematic theology. We have said at the outset that Covenant Theology is a hybrid of biblical and systematic theology, though... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
