(REPOST FROM OLD BLOG) I’ve been trying to do a (very) wee bit of reading up on the Federal Vision (FV) controversy recently in order to understand the issues. In so doing, I came across this quote by Doug Wilson, a big player in the FV conversation, in describing the Mosaic Law during his dialogue [...]
Posts Tagged ‘the law’
was the mosaic law gracious?
Posted in Justification, Reformed Theology, Theology, tagged Justification, Reformed Theology, the law on March 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
future justification in galatians 5
Posted in Justification, Theology, tagged Justification, the gospel, the law on March 19, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Is there an already/not-yet to justification? I think possibly there is. In Galatians 5:2-6 we read: 2Look: I, Paul, say to you that if you accept circumcision, Christ will be of no advantage to you. 3I testify again to every man who accepts circumcision that he is obligated to keep the whole law. 4You are [...]
new covenant theology 10 – two critical texts on the sabbath
Posted in Bad Theology, Piety, Practice, Reformed Theology, Theology, Uncategorized, tagged New Covenant Theology, the law on March 17, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Tom Wells, in Chapter 14, looks at some Pauline texts he deems ‘critical’ in the debate over the Sabbath controversy. He begins the chapter by reminding his readers to read their Bibles by giving “logical priority to the NT” (p239): Why is that so? Because revelation is progressive and we have come to its high [...]
new covenant theology 9 – the sabbath in the NT
Posted in Book Reviews, Practice, Reformed Theology, Theology, tagged eschatology, New Covenant Theology, Reformed Theology, the law on March 13, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Fred Zaspel continues chapter 13, now looking at the Sabbath in the NT. In the OT, the fulfilment of the promised rest was associated with YHWH’s Servant and “with ideas of redemption and eschatology”. For the sake of brevity Zaspel limits his look at how this is fulfilled in Jesus by restricting his scope to [...]
reformed baptist vs new covenant theology
Posted in Reformed Theology, Theology, tagged New Covenant Theology, Reformed Theology, The Church, the law on March 12, 2010 | 1 Comment »
My last few posts have charted Tom Wells’ and Fred Zaspel’s interactions with a Reformed Baptist. There is much that Reformed Baptists and New Covenant Theologians have in common; indeed, they have more in common than not. Nevertheless, there are significant areas of disagreement between the two camps, particularly with respect to how we should [...]
new covenant theology 6 – what laws do christians need?
Posted in Reformed Theology, Theology, Uncategorized, tagged New Covenant Theology, Reformed Theology, the law, Theology on March 2, 2010 | 5 Comments »
In answering a critique of NCT by Reformed Baptist Rich Barcellos, Tom Wells asks some penetrating questions in chapter 11. For brevity, I’ll look at two of them. Firstly, what types of laws do Christians need? Wells argues that NT laws are characterised by encouragements to the believer to conform to “who he is” (p179). [...]
