Shepherd the Flock

Prophesying of the New Covenant, the prophet Ezekiel says in 37:24-26,
“My servant David shall be king over them, and they shall all have one shepherd. They shall walk in my rules and be careful to obey my statutes. They shall dwell in the land that I gave to my servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. [...]

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Although it’s been a few months since I posted some initial thoughts and review of the book, Five Views on Law and Gospel, I’d like to pick the topic back up and, in time, give a full review of this book. Because of the length and depth of the book, my intention is to post [...]

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The book Five Views on Law and Gospel “explores five major approaches to the relationship between the law and the Gospel, each author presenting his particular perspective on the issue and responding to the other four.”
The contributors and their respective positions are as follows:

Wayne G. Strickland: Dispensational
Dr. Walter C. Kaiser Jr.: ‘Evangelical’
Douglas J. Moo: ‘Modified [...]

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I have posted on the Sabbath and the Law of God a lot recently, as it is been a particular area of my study as of late. But whenever I’m infatuated with any particular study of theology, whether that be the Law, or eschatology, or thematic Biblical Theology, I always come to a point where [...]

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Why do we term our basic understanding of scripture as ‘Covenant Theology’? What is meant by this term? Why do we stress studying the covenants of scripture specifically, rather than just ‘dispensations’ or biblical history in general?
I think the paragraphs below, particularly the last one, aptly demonstrates how biblical history is bound up and structured [...]

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