Did Calvin believe that the Old Covenant was a covenant of works (promising eternal life as a reward for perfect human obedience) or a covenant of grace (giving life based on grace, not on human merit)? In his Institutes, he speaks of an absolute dichotomy between the OT and NT. The OT is a ‘legal [...]
Entries from March 2010
Calvin’s legal covenant
March 9th, 2010 · No Comments
Tags: Theology
The End of the World
March 4th, 2010 · 3 Comments
The wonderful Epistle of Barnabas from around 100 A.D. says that there are seven days of world history. One day is as a thousand years with the Lord. So there are 6000 years until the return of Christ. In Bishop Ussher’s chronology, the world commenced on the evening of September 20, 4004 B.C. Barnabas’s six [...]
Tags: Christian Life · Old Testament · Theology