3 - The Error of the Conditional Covenant

This is a reading of Prof. David Engelsma's pamphlet "The Unconditional Covenant in Contemporary Debate." This pamphlet is available for free in our web store.

"One of the gravest threats to the Reformed churches since the synod of Dordt is the contemporary denial of justification by faith alone within the reputedly conservative Reformed churches.

This error is very old. Virtually all the Reformation confessions mention, expose, refute, and condemn it.

What is new about the contemporary form of the ancient heresy is that it bases itself on the biblical doctrine of the covenant. The particular view of the covenant, however, that the present-day denial of justification by faith alone appeals to is that of a conditional covenant. "

This pamphlet is read by Terry Dykstra.