Essays on election, republication, and the covenants Venema, Cornelis P. Primary Author mixed material bibliography New Jersey Southern Illinois University Press 2017 monographic en English

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xxxii, 462 p.; 23 cm "In the biblical drama of the living God's works in creation and redemption," writes Cornelis Venema, "no theme is more lustrous than that of God's gracious intention to enjoy communion with humans who bear his image and whose lives have been broken through sin." This collection of Venema's essays summarizes and defends a broad consensus view of the doctrine of the covenants in the history of Reformed theology and clarifies several areas of dispute. Venema argues that (1) the distinction between a pre-fall covenant of works and a post-fall covenant of grace is an integral feature of a biblical and confessionally Reformed understanding of the history of redemption; (2) the distinction between a pre-fall covenant of works and a post-fall covenant of grace is necessary to preserve the sheer graciousness of God's redemption in Jesus Christ; and (3) the doctrines of covenant and election are corollary doctrines, not opposed to each other, but mutually defining. Election (Theology) Covenants--Religious aspects--Reformed Church Reformed Church--Doctrines Covenant theology 231.769781629952512 Transformatio Library Bandung Theological Seminary 231.76 Ven c 03202300098 Non Fiction 231.76 Ven c 98516 2023-03-28 11:25:52 2023-03-28 11:28:33 machine generated