The Gospel is Law: Karl Barth on the Relationship between Law and Gospel (March 31, 2017)

The relationship between Law and Gospel is a fierce perennial debate, especially between the Lutheran and Reformed Churches. The Lutheran doctrine of Law and Gospel tends towards dualism and the Reformed tends towards identity, and although the Lutheran approach has had wider acceptance (even by much of the Reformed Churches), the […]

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Karl Barth on the Five Abrogrations in the Federal Theology of Johannes Coccejus (June 26, 2013)

Peter A. Lillback suggested in his book, "Binding of God, The: Calvin's Role in the Development of Covenant Theology", that John Calvin had Proto-Covenant Theology ideas, because Covenant Theology was developed after Calvin by his followers. Calvin's teaching on Covenant Theology, especially in the Institutes of the Christian Religion, Book […]

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