Covenant Theology: The Law, Justification, and Sanctification

Posted: 23 Mar 2018 10:58 AM PDT @Foundersblog When the Protestant Reformers recovered the doctrine of justification by grace alone through faith alone on the basis of Christ alone, they recovered the heart of the gospel. By the mid-1600’s in England, heirs of the Reformation learned that the doctrine of justification by faith alone was … More Covenant Theology: The Law, Justification, and Sanctification

The Law

We are not autonomous. That is, we may not live according to our own law. The moral condition of humankind is that of heteronomy*: we live under the law of another. The specific form of heteronomy under which we live is theonomy, or the law of God. God rules the universe by law. Gravity is … More The Law