Re: new covenant theology

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From: "jack syme" <drsyme@cablespeed.com>
To: "George Murphy" <gmurphy@raex.com>; """"ASA"""" <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 8:58 PM
Subject: new covenant theology

> George wrote:
>
> "Christian theology is to be done from the standpoint of faith in Christ.
> That means, among other things, that the OT is to be read in the light of
> the NT. (But, N.B., after it's been read on its own terms!) The NT is
> full of christological readings of the OT. This does not negate the
> "original intent" of the OT writers but adds to it - which makes sense if
> those writers, & the whole of scripture, were inspired by the Spirit of
> Christ."
>
>
> George, do you consider yourself a "New Covenant" theologian? What you
> say sounds exactly like what these guys say:
>
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1928965113/qid=1109814845/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/102-0091881-2822561?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

An outline of NCT is at http://www.ids.org/ids/wnct.html . There is indeed
some similarity with my position but also some significant differences.
E.g., I would avoid suggestion of a discontinuity between the covenant in
Christ and the "covenant. I would certainly not say, "The New Covenant is
made up of a totally regenerate membership since Christ has died only for
His people (the elect)." The idea of limited atonement is quite foreign to
my Lutheran approach. Nor would I say, "The Law of Christ is the law in the
New Covenant era. The issue is not whether or not believers in the New
Covenant era are under law. The issue is which law are the believers under
in this present era."

In general, NCT seems to be a variety of Reformed theology. I am not
Reformed, though I have found the ideas of some Reformed theologians, such
as Barth & Torrance, very helpful.

Shalom,
George
Received on Wed Mar 2 22:08:58 2005