The Covenants
What the Jews Heard at Pentecost and Why It Matters for Infant Baptism
When Peter stood up at Pentecost, his audience was entirely Jewish. What did they hear when he declared that “the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself” (Acts 2:39)? What they heard would have immediately governed their covenant practice […]
Sacramental Scaffolding: Calvin on the Continuity of the Old and New Covenants
Everyone is moving to Florida. Everywhere I look there are new roads, new subdivisions, new buildings piercing the sky. New everything. Several years ago, my oldest son and I sat and marveled as we watched construction workers scaling up and down a building using several stories of scaffolding […]
The Covenant of Works and the Covenant of Grace in Galatians
Michael Horton, Justin Holcomb, Walter Strickland, and Bob Hiller explore Galatians 4–6, unpacking Paul’s contrast between the old and new covenants, the freedom of life in the Spirit, and the practical shape of Christian discipleship, where believers bear one another’s burdens and keep in step with the Spirit. on this episode
Faith, Not Works: Justification in Galatians
Many have criticized the Reformation’s understanding of justification, claiming it is either overstated or fundamentally mistaken. In this episode, Michael Horton, Justin Holcomb, Walter Strickland, and Bob Hiller walk through Galatians 1–3 to show why justification stands at the very heart of the gospel. on this episode
Should I Believe in a Covenant of Grace If It’s Not Mentioned in the Bible?
So the covenant of grace is also just about this reality of Romans 4, that Abraham—and David, in Psalm 32—are talking about the same way of salvation and receiving the same way of salvation that we receive in the New Covenant… The Covenant of Grace is just saying: these benefits came from Jesus Christ always, even before he came in the incarnation. His work was applied beforehand.
