Deciphering Covenant Theology (Part 16)
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Looking Deeper into the Problems with Covenant Theology (2)
1. CT is a mainly deductive approach to reading the Bible.
As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
Read the series.
1. CT is a mainly deductive approach to reading the Bible.
“…1 Samuel 28 where a medium from Endor sets up a conversation between living Saul and dead Samuel. We will begin by exploring what the text says, making special note of what the author communicates in the immediate context.” - DBTS Blog
“…total depravity does not mean utter depravity…. So the idea of total in total depravity doesn’t mean that all human beings are as wicked as they can possibly be. It means that the fall was so serious that it affects the whole person.” - Ligonier
What is the church’s mission? How does the mission of the church relate to the mission of God? Are they the same, or different?
“The book with Crossway is a concise commentary on Romans. It emphasizes tracing Paul’s argument, and I designed it for Bible study—alone or as a group….The book with Logos is an annotated phrase diagram of Romans.” - Andy Naselli
Reprinted with permission from As I See It, which is available free by writing to the editor at dkutilek@juno.com.
“…every worldview under the Sun must deal with the problem of pain and suffering….. having God in the equation is humanity’s last best hope of making sense of this issue.” - Reasons
“These five convictions Carter contends are derived from the biblical data and form the metaphysical convictions that accompany his twenty-five theses of what he means by trinitarian classical theism—which he uses interchangeably with Christian Platonism.” - London Lyceum
“The day before the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, a small book by Jonathan Leeman and Andy Naselli was released: How Can I Love Church Members with Different Politics? Nobody knew at the time how much we’d need it.” - TGC
“There have been, of course, a great many attempts by Reformed Baptists to close the gap with various forms of hermeneutical intrigue, starting in the 1680s and persisting today in 1689 Federalism, New Covenant Theology, and Progressive Covenantalism.” - Mark Snoeberger
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