Thunder Speak

There are few things of higher importance to me right now on my theological horizon than these three things. A crucial article that helped me with this appeared in ModernReformation awhile ago. Surfing the web, I noticed that the link was broken. Speaking of links, one site EVERYONE should have bookmarked is Reformation Ink. It is a superb site run by Shane Rosenthal, who has worked closely with the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals and ModernReformation.

So anyway, since the link was broken, I took the initiative to get it back on the web. It asks the question, "Does the Covenant schema (i.e., the Covenant of Works/of Grace) confuse or distort in any way the Law/Gospel distinction?" Charles Arand (Concord Seminary) answer "Yes" for the Lutheran camp. Michael Horton (Westminster Seminary, CA) replies for the Reformed camp in "The Covenantal Summons." Both articles are precise and cogent.

My desire in republishing these is to make it available for my friends who are studying this and hopefully make it available to a wider audience. If I have broken ANY copyright rules, please contact me and I will remove these immediately. My only aim in this is edification, not robbery. Please let me know if this is illegal (though I own a copy of the issue, and the electronic copy is on my computer).


Here is Arand's article, the Lutheran perspective:

Here is the Horton article, from the Reformed camp:


I hope you enjoy these articles, and they stimulate your thinking on this issue. If the Law/Gospel distinction is new to you, while these articles are helpful, I would wait on reading them. The same if covenant theology is novel. First go read some of the articles at Reformation Ink, or better yet, read the articles by Ligon Duncan here. Of course, if you do all that reading, you won't need to come back for these, but, oh well.

May we all be entranced by our covenantally faithful God, through Jesus Christ our Lord.