All tagged Covenant Theology
Calvin on Divine Promises and Curses
The application for the Christian to the believer is simple. Live in light of God's cross-generational covenantal blessings and curses. But also, rest assured that the faithful freedom of God is not tied in any way to us.
Nine? Try NoMarks: A Response to Jonathan Leeman (Part 2)
The Scriptures teach moral responsibility from the womb. They teach faith from the womb. God can save at any age because salvation is a restored relationship to God not one's mental comprehension of Him.
Nine? Try NoMarks: A Response to Jonathan Leeman (Part 1)
With respect to Leeman's attempt at piety over the role parents I wish he would quote some Scripture. Instead I will mention some.
Covenant Through New Eyes: Part 7 – The World of the Temple
In the World of the
Israel, America and the Nations
Modern day Israel can only be in covenant with God through the true Israel Jesus. Psalm 2 teaches us that the nations of the world, including Israel, have only two options before them: make peace with Jesus or perish under His crushing rod.
Why I Love Integrated Worship
A child who is immersed in Christian worship will necessarily be shaped by that immersion. Conversely, when the children are whisked away to the church annexes they are denied such formation. Further, the act removing the children from Christ’s Body (the church) seems to run straight against the words of our Lord when he
Covenant Through New Eyes: Part 5 – The World of the Patriarchs
n the world of the patriarchs god's focus zooms in from the world of Noah to the land of Canaan. It
Covenant Through New Eyes: Part 4 – The World of Noah
The inspired authors of scripture saw history unfolding in such a way that the world is constantly being destroyed and remade. With each new world comes new ways that man is to relate to God and act in the world. This is played out over and over again in the pages of the Old Testament.
Covenant Through New Eyes: Part 2 — The Covenant's Framework
Today's post will serve, in many ways, as a foundation for the following eight installments. Jordan lays out a "five-fold pattern" for the way God works in the world. We will come to see, in the coming weeks, that this pattern is repeated over and over as God tears down old worlds and raise up new ones throughout Biblical history.
You Cannot Love Jesus Unless You Love the (Visible) Church
There is a very large branch of the evangelical church that (perhaps unknowingly) promotes a type of "relationship with Jesus" that is entirely ethereal (like Plato's forms). People go around asking questions like "Do you have to go to church to be a Christian?" while the apostle Paul is rolling over in his grave.
Presbyterian without Promise (Murray Edition)
"The efficacy of infant baptism principally consists in this that it is to us the certification or seal that God works in accordance with this company provision and fulfills his covenant promises. It is, after all, the Lord's own nurture which infant baptism signifies and seals."
Presbyterian without Promise
Yes, God has promised the salvation of our children. Yes, He has promised directly to them to save them. And yes, some of them spurn His covenant of promise and become apostate.
Book Review: Biblical Theology: The Common Grace Covenants by Jeffery Niehaus
Niehaus’s Biblical Theology is a joy to read. It is pleasing to the mind (theology) as well as the soul (poetry).
Contextual Uncleanness & God's Covenant in Ezekiel 36
17 “Son of man, when the house of Israel was living in their own land, they defiled it by their ways and their deeds; their way before Me was like the uncleanness of a woman in her impurity. 18 Therefore I poured out My wrath on them for the blood which they had shed on the land, because they had defiled it with their idols. - Ezekiel 36:16-18
Covenants in Jeremiah 32
38 They shall be My people, and I will be their God; 39 and I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me always, for their own good and for the good of their children after them.
Covenants in Isaiah 54
13 “All your sons will be taught of the Lord;
And the well-being of your sons will be great.
14 “In righteousness you will be established;
You will be far from oppression, for you will not fear;
And from terror, for it will not come near you. - Isaiah 54:13-14 (NASB)