I thought it a good idea to have one post with all my reviews of New Covenant Theology by Tom Wells and Fred Zaspel. IMO it was a great book and generally on the money. Perhaps there is work to do with how we use the term “law” in the NT and I need to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Israel’
new covenant theology overview
Posted in Book Reviews, Theology, tagged Israel, New Covenant Theology on April 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
premillennialism, israel, calvinism and the temple
Posted in Reformed Theology, Theology, tagged eschatology, Israel on March 18, 2010 | 19 Comments »
I’ve been listening to a set of sermons by John MacArthur entitled: Why Every Calvinist Should be a Premillennialist. MacArthur advocates what some call “Futuristic Premillennialism” which means that he believes in a future millenium involving the national people of Israel. (This is opposed to a “Classic Premillennial” view which sees the millennium as not [...]
paedobaptism and acts 2:39
Posted in baptism, Reformed Theology, Theology, tagged baptism, Israel, New Covenant Theology, Reformed Theology, The Church on March 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A favourite paedobaptist proof-text (if I can be forgiven for putting it so crudely) is Acts 2:38, 39: And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the [...]
baptism and circumcision
Posted in baptism, Reformed Theology, Theology, tagged baptism, Israel, New Covenant Theology, Reformed Theology, The Church on March 8, 2010 | 11 Comments »
In the recent past, I have been attracted to the arguments in favour of paedobaptism (pb). The reasons for such attraction are varied: the high view of children in such a system; the sheer volume of theological giants who have articulated the view; the, at first glance, strong claims from church history as to the [...]
new covenant theology 2 – israel and the church
Posted in Theology, Uncategorized, tagged Israel, New Covenant Theology, Reformed Theology, The Church on February 20, 2010 | 5 Comments »
If, while dispensationalists have tended to deny all connections between Israel and the church, and covenant theologians have tended toward an identification of the two as one entity, NCT has sought to forge a more basic typological connection. Wells points out: …it is evident that the writers of Scripture read the terms of the Abrahamic [...]
