Christ and Covenant Theology

In the biblical drama of the living God's works in " creation and redemption, writes Cornelis Venema, "no theme is more " lustrous than that of God's gracious intention to enjoy communion with
humans who bear his image and whose lives have been broken through
sin.
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This collection of Venema's essays summarizes and defends a broad
consensus view of the doctrine of the covenants in the history of Reformed
theology and clarifies several areas of dispute.






Venema argues that (1) the distinction between a pre-fall covenant of
works and a post-fall covenant of grace is an integral feature of a biblical
and confessionally Reformed understanding of the history of redemption; (2) the
distinction between a pre-fall covenant of works and a post-fall covenant of
grace is necessary to preserve the sheer graciousness of God's redemption
in Jesus Christ; and (3) the doctrines of covenant and election are corollary
doctrines, not opposed to each other, but mutually defining.






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