Gospel and law : contrast or continuum? : The hermeneutics of dispensationalism and covenant theology
"As recently as the spring of 1972," writes Daniel P. Fuller. "I regarded myself as holding essentially to covenant theology." But in this carefully reasoned examination of the scriptural evidence regarding law and gospel. Fuller makes clear why he finds it "impossible...to hold that system any longer." Rejecting the sharp distinction drawn by Luther and Calvin between an Old Testament Covenant of Works and a New Testament Covenant of Grace. fuller argues that Mosaic law--no less than the gospel proclaimed by Jesus--required only the obedience of faith, and repudiated the idea that works merit divine blessing. Further, he sees in Christ the telos of the law "not in the sense of being its termination, but as climaxing it as the One who is in a continuum with it." Challenging both covenantal and dispensationalist positions, Fuller's stimulating study reaffirms the Reformers' emphasis on grace and faith, while underscoring anew the unity of the scriptures. -Publisher
Print Book, English, ©1980
Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, ©1980