Moses

What is Torah?

Posted by Camden Bucey on July 5th, 2010 in: Covenantal Structure, Old Testament

Strictly speaking, Torah is law.  It is the codification of God’s commands so that his chosen people would live faithfully.  In the Old Testament canon, Torah is considered as the Pentateuch – or Genesis through Deuteronomy.  It is a collection of historical accounts and precepts recorded for the people of God. In a more theological [...]

Eschatology in Job

Posted by Camden Bucey on April 25th, 2010 in: Covenantal Structure, Geerhardus Vos, Genesis, Headline, Two Age Structure

Eschatology precedes soteriology. This little phrase from Richard B. Gaffin, Jr. encapsulates so much of Geerhardus Vos’ eschatological program. The phrase is meant to convey the idea that God has a plan of eschatological, consummated life laid out for Adam even before the fall into sin.  The Covenant of Works was put into place with [...]

Was Adam an Historical Figure?

Posted by Camden Bucey on March 3rd, 2010 in: Covenantal Structure, Genesis, Headline

Pete Enns continued his series on creation in the Old Testament as cosmic battle for the BioLogos Foundation. The latest is titled Adam is Israel. Enns writes But there is another way. Maybe Israel’s history happened first, and the Adam story was written to reflect that history. In other words, the Adam story is really [...]

A Five Minute Introduction to Meredith Kline

Posted by Camden Bucey on December 23rd, 2009 in: Covenantal Structure, Meredith Kline, Two Age Structure

Camden covers Meredith Kline and a few of his books during this episode of Theology on the Go.

Kline on Daniel’s 70th Week

Posted by Camden Bucey on December 14th, 2009 in: Covenantal Structure, Meredith Kline, Prophets

Daniel 9:20-27 is one of those passages that gets the covenantal/dispensational fires going. It seemed discussions would constantly find their way to this passage back when I was having regular discussions with dispensationalists. I happened to be reading Meredith G. Kline’s “The Covenant of the Seventieth Week” recently and thought I would pass this quotation [...]

The Law is not of Faith on Office Hours

Posted by Camden Bucey on November 17th, 2009 in: Covenantal Structure

The latest Office Hours is out and Bryan Estelle, David VanDrunen and John Fesko speak with R. Scott Clark on The Law is not of Faith: Essays on Works and Grace in the Mosaic Covenant.  The discussion was engaging.  This is a very difficult subject and the participants gave a great overview of many of [...]

Some More Thoughts on The Mosaic Covenant

Posted by James J. Cassidy on July 31st, 2009 in: Covenantal Structure

I am thankful to my good brother Camden who has provoked some nice thoughts about the Mosaic Covenant in this post. Also, of recent interest, especially in light of a provocative review by Mark Karlberg in the recent JETS, is this book on the same subject. I continue to have some reservations, however, about the [...]

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Is Pentecost Repeatable?

Posted by Camden Bucey on July 20th, 2009 in: Covenantal Structure, Featured

I believe that Pentecost was a once-and-for-all event and is therefore not repeatable.  Some would consider my view to be dangerous for the life of the church.  Quite frankly, I am persuaded that presenting Pentecost as a repeatable event is the dangerous view.  Pentecost served as a unique event in redemptive-history.  Pentecost was the pouring [...]

The Exodus of Abraham

Posted by Nicholas T. Batzig on July 15th, 2009 in: Covenantal Structure

Genesis 12:10-20 sets out the remarkable account of Abram in the land of Egypt. It is remarkable on several accounts. It is the first instance of the sinfulness of Abraham. This is generally the focus that many expositors place in their explanation of the passage. God uses sinful men and women, who even go so [...]

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The Song of Solomon: A Covenantal Approach

Posted by Camden Bucey on July 3rd, 2009 in: Covenantal Structure, Featured

In the Spring 2000 issue of the Westminster Theological Journal, Iain Campbell wrote a wonderful article detailing a covenantal approach to interpreting the Song of Solomon.  Dr. Campbell was featured on Christ the Center episode 67.  Given the seemingly dominant trend of interpreting the Song as a sanctified sex manual, Campbell’s approach is quite refreshing.  [...]