The covenant of redemption is essentially God’s blueprint for our salvation. Just as a house begins with a plan of meticulous engineering and technical design, so also did our redemption. . . Continue reading
In the ancient Near East, covenants were basically the same as in our modern world. They were commitments that created relationships with sanctions. Of course, the ceremonies and rituals associated. . . Continue reading
What is a covenant? Covenant is not a word we use in everyday conversation. Yet, in Reformed circles we tend to toss it around quite a bit. We thank God. . . Continue reading
Covenant. As anyone who has read the Bible knows, that word seems to be one of God’s favorites. Yet it is more than just a word that appears frequently (over. . . Continue reading
Like a lot of American evangelicals, the faith I was taught as a teen-aged convert was a sort of Dispensationalism. There were no charts that I recall but I did. . . Continue reading
In this series we have considered briefly the importance of the church as the Christ-confessing covenant community and the importance of Abraham in the Bible’s own account of the covenant. . . Continue reading
So far we have looked at one aspect of Reformed covenant theology (as distinct from other kinds of covenant theology), which distinguishes it from those varieties of popular evangelical theology,. . . Continue reading
It is exciting to discover what are sometimes called “the doctrines of grace,” i.e., the teaching that even though by nature we are dead in sins and trespasses, we came. . . Continue reading
If you are an adult you know about mediators. It is not uncommon now, when one signs a contract, to agree to “binding arbitration” or to “mediation” either in lieu. . . Continue reading
Friday and Saturday of this past week AGR’s R. Scott Clark had the privilege of speaking to congregation of Covenant Presbyterian Church (OPC) and to their guests in Ft Worth,. . . Continue reading