Beyond the Wicket Gate

[...] should be noted that the Abrahamic Covenant was actually made in Chapter 15, when Abraham cut the sacrifices and God Himself passed [...]

[...] faith in Jesus Christ.’”(7) However, according to Galatians 3:16, the object of the Abrahamic Covenant was Christ Himself. Moreover, Paul began his epistle to the Romans with these words: “Paul, [...]

The Alleged Distinctiveness of Israel In his review of John Gerstner’s book, Wrongly Dividing the Word of Truth, John A. Witmer of Dallas Theologic [...]

The Alleged Distinctiveness of the Church Witmer then moved on to discuss the logical conclusion of his thesis regarding Israel: that the Christian C [...]

[...] epistles. In fact, the consistent Dispensationalist will deny that the Gospel and the Christian Church are found in the Old Testament. The Reformed expositor, however, sees the New Testament as [...]

[...] reference to Isaac and Ishmael in Galatians 4:22-31. Here, he equates the Christian Church — made up of believing Jews and Gentiles — with Isaac, the “son of promise” and [...]

[...] then moved on to discuss the logical conclusion of his thesis regarding Israel: that the Christian Church is a completely unique entity which was unknown in the Old Testament era. We need not spend [...]

[...] Michael S. Horton writes an insightful piece on the heresy of covenantal nomism, which tries to avoid the charge of legalism by teaching that one enters the covenant by [...]

[...] a video on YouTube in which he attempted to defend Daniel F.N. Ritchie from the charge of covenantal nomism. While denying that Ritchie is teaching "justification on account of good works," [...]

[...] 's case, explicit) monocovenantalism. As I did in Chapter Five (Theonomy's Doctrine of Covenantal Nomism), he also discusses Bahnsen's endorsement of Shepherd and his problematic definition of & [...]

[...] critique of Theonomy (Reconstructionism) that summarizes many of the points I made in Judicial Warfare. [...]

[...] , Brian Schwertley has not only followed much of my line of thought in the 2009 edition of Judicial Warfare (a copy of which he has in his possession), but he even uses many of the same quotes that I [...]

[...] and faith is the condition of the covenant." As I discussed in Chapter Five of Judicial Warfare, Bahnsen and Rushdoony in particular adopted Daniel P. Fuller's redefinition of faith as & [...]

[...] ; in the Church of Scotland, sparked by the republication of Edward Fisher's, The Marrow of Modern Divinity. There are a lot of correlations to the present controversies in today's Reformed churches [...]

[...] he should feast him at his table with ever so many dainties? - Edward Fisher, The Marrow of Modern Divinity, page 194. [...]

[...] thirst there, nor yet get a drop of water to cool the tongue. - Edward Fisher, The Marrow of Modern Divinity, page 246. [...]

[...] Despite the claims of Brian Schwertley, Daniel F.N. Ritchie, and other self-professed Presbyterian proponents of Theonomy, Dr. [...]

[...] In his latest lecture on the subject of Christian Reconstructionism and the Federal Vision, Brian Schwertley has not only followed much of my line of thought in the 2009 edition of Judicial Warfare (a [...]

[...] The Alleged Distinctiveness of Israel In his review of John Gerstner’s book, Wrongly Dividing the Word of Truth, John [...]

[...] The Alleged Distinctiveness of the Church Witmer then moved on to discuss the logical conclusion of his thesis [...]