John Murray and James B. Torrance on Covenant Theology
Whatever opinion we might have on the covenants of God with man, we cannot escape the fundamental truth that covenant theology is the best way of presenting the Biblical development of God’s revelation in the history of mankind. Therefore, our duty is to learn to think in covenantal terms, because t...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sciendo, De Gruyter
2019
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Perichoresis
Year: 2019, Volume: 17, Issue: S1, Pages: 91-117 |
| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament HC New Testament NBC Doctrine of God NBK Soteriology |
| Further subjects: | B
Covenant
federal theology
grace
interpretation
worship
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| Summary: | Whatever opinion we might have on the covenants of God with man, we cannot escape the fundamental truth that covenant theology is the best way of presenting the Biblical development of God’s revelation in the history of mankind. Therefore, our duty is to learn to think in covenantal terms, because thinking in covenantal terms means to think biblically. When God, in His sovereignty, has chosen to deal with man, He has chosen to do so through two covenants: the covenant of works, made between God and Adam as the representative head of all mankind, and through the covenant of grace, made between God and Christ on behalf of those who were predestined and elected in Christ. |
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| ISSN: | 2284-7308 |
| Contains: | In: Perichoresis
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2478/perc-2019-0006 |