Binding: PaperbackPage Count: 208Publisher: Baker Books ISBN# : 9780801071959
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Description : Since biblical times covenants have been a part of everyday life. Simply put, they are promises, agreements, or contracts. But how do they translate into faith and the reading of Scripture? Are covenants merely elements of a narrative? Or do they represent something more? And what are the eternal implications of "cutting" a covenant with God?Introducing Covenant Theology , author Michael Horton unwinds the intricacies of crucial covenant concepts, showing how they provide a significant organizational structure for all of Scripture. They give us a context in which to understand the voices and message of the biblical narrative. They provide life with a goal and history with a meaning.Introducing Covenant Theology will give you a new understanding of covenants and covenant theology, providing a framework for an important theological concept."A masterful survey of the covenantal frame of God's self-disclosure in Scripture. For serious students it is a winner." --J. I. Packer, Board of Governors' Professor of Theology, Regent College "A rigorous and articulate defense of a traditional view of covenant theology. Horton's federalist emphasis gleans from well-established Reformed writers while adding his own highly readable and insightful commentary." --Bryan Chapell, president, Covenant Theological Seminary "Horton has brought covenant theology to life in a way which engages modern thought and appeals to contemporary students and pastors alike. His book is a clear guide to an essential topic." --Gerald Bray, research professor, Beeson Divinity School, Samford University About the Author Modern Reformation magazine. He is the author/editor of more than twenty books, including Christless Christianity , The Gospel-Driven Life , and The Gospel Commission .
Monergism Review :
God of
Promise, by Michael Horton, is a lucid summary and defense of that traditional
understanding of Covenant Theology which has its roots in the first Federal
Theologians of the Reformation; and which has been defended and developed, more
recently, by such scholars as Louis Berkhof and Meredith Kline. Both as a
condensation of a vast body of Reformed writings, and a modern defense of the
same, it is perhaps unequalled among one-volume introductions to that vital
skeletal framework of all biblical revelation, Covenant Theology. more...
