James A. DeJong is Associate Professor of Theology at Dordt College, Sioux Center, Iowa. His article appeared in the January 23 Renewal and is reprinted by permission. Herman Bavinck has a twenty or thirty page essay in the first volume of his dogmatics. Cluttered with Latin titles and obscure names, it is a survey of […]

CANONS OF DORT Jesus Christ “was made sin, and became a curse for us and in our stead, that He might make satisfaction to divine justice on our behalf” (II, 2). “It was the will of God that Christ by the blood of the cross, whereby He confirmed the new covenant, should effectually redeem out of […]

Reformed theology has historically been known for its keen interest in the doctrine of God’s covenant with man. It was the Reformed theologians, more than e.g. the Lutherans or the Roman Catholics, which developed this doctrine on the basis of the Biblical givens. Hence one cannot understand the Reformed faith or lay claim to being Reformed […]