Covenantal Position

[JM]

What are your views concerning the Covenants?

Covenant Theology (also known as Covenantalism or Federal theology or Federalism) is a conceptual overview and interpretive framework for understanding the overall flow of the Bible. Covenantalism uses the theological concept of "Covenant" as an organizing principle for Christian theology.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covenant_Theology

New Covenant Theology refers to a theological view of redemptive history primarily found in Baptist circles and contrasted with Covenant Theology and Dispensationalism.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Covenant_Theology

Modified Covenant Theology: While studying the imputed righteousness of Christ, I found a way in my mind to merge the NCT / lutheran view of the law with tradtional reformed covenant theology. Basically, I have redefined the covenant of works and classified Sinai exclusively as a covenant of works while retaining a covenant of grace which NCT denies. Below are my comparisons between CT NCT, and MCT. Dr. Richard Bacon, a covenant theologian who has written many books and even coauthored a book with Gary Crampton was kind enough to comment on my thoughts. Included in this comparison is a dialogue which we shared. I will be writing a more in-depth article on MCT soon.

http://www.5solas.org/media.php?id=573

As a current in Christian theology, Dispensationalism teaches biblical history as a number of successive economies or administrations, called dispensations, each of which emphasizes the continuity of the Old Testament covenants God made with His chosen people through Abraham, Moses and King David. However dispensationalism conceptually also exists beyond issues of just Christian doctrine. For example the Bahá'í Faith uses the general concept of dispensations as described but in the broader context of all the major religions of humanity.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dispensational_Theology

Progressive dispensationalism is one of two views in mainstream dispensationalism, the other being the traditional view.

The major difference between the traditional and progressive dispensationalist views concerns the relationship between the dispensations. Traditional dispensationalists perceive the present age of grace as an "intercalation" or parenthesis in God's plan, and therefore is unrelated to the past and future dispensations. However progressive dispensationalists reject this idea of a parenthesis, and perceive the present age of grace as a key link or progression in relation with the past and future dispensations. The term "progressive" comes from this theological concept of progression between the dispensations, and is not related to the social or political use of the term.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressiv ... ationalism

A Comparison of Three Systems: Dispensationalism - Covenant Theology - New Covenant Theology
http://www.angelfire.com/ca/DeafPreterist/compare.html

Peace,

~JM~

 

[JM]

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