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John Owen on Israel
What did John Owen believe regarding Israel? Was his opinion a lone voice, or were their others that shared his opinion? Continue reading
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Mosaic Confusion (Part 5)
Geerhardus Vos claimed, “Paul nowhere sets the Sinaitic covenant in its entirety over against the Abrahamic covenant”. But when John Owen came to study Hebrews 8:6, this is exactly what he saw. The bible frequently presents the Mosaic covenant in contrast with the Abrahamic and New covenants. Continue reading
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Mosaic Confusion (Part 4)
John Murray’s covenant theology stands at one end of the covenantal spectrum. This article considers a better solution. A view somewhere near the middle of the Reformed spectrum Continue reading
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Mosaic Confusion (Part 3)
If the Mosaic Covenant is conditional, if it is a covenant of works, how could anyone living under it be saved? In answering this question, we will consider three different covenant theologies. Three different approaches from within the Reformed tradition that progress from bad, to better, to best. Continue reading
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Mosaic Confusion (Part 2)
Considering how Dispensational and Reformed Theologians each respectively understand the Mosaic Covenant helps us to identify a key point of difference. Continue reading
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Mosaic Confusion (Part 1)
Covenant Theology isn’t a singular, monolithic, and unified system of theology. It represents a wide spectrum of views. Take for example the Mosaic Covenant. Continue reading
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Tenet No.3
While many dispensationalists may think any affirmation of The Covenant of Works would concede too much, Dispensational Federalists do not take significant exception to the body of truth that is commonly espoused under that designation. Continue reading
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Is Dispensational Federalism an Oxymoron?
The answer is, no. The biblical covenants are the common property of every believer. We all have a covenant theology! Continue reading
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Tenet No. 2
Dispensational Federalists affirm The Pactum Salutis. It simply must be admitted that a pretemporal intra-trinitarian agreement, pact, or plan of redemption, is a biblical reality. Continue reading
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Tenet No. 1
Dispensational Federalists affirm the representative headship of Adam and Christ. Any affirmation of the doctrine of justification necessarily implies an affirmation of representative headship. This concept undergirds the doctrine of justification, and we can’t have the one without the other. Continue reading
About Me
Andrew Young is the Editor of DispensationalFederalism.com. He has previously served as an Elder and Associate Pastor at Riverbend Bible Church, New Zealand. He currently serves as a board member of Trinity Theological Institute and Gracebooks NZ, he teaches monthly at Wiararapa Bible Church, attends Onekawa Bible Church with his wife and four children, and is happy to be referred to as a Reformed Dispensationalist.
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