Moses, Westminster, and Your Ministry

Anthony Burgess, Westminster Divine, writing “On Works in the Mosaic Covenant,” says, “I do not find in any point of Divinity, learned men more confused and perplexed (being like Abraham's ram, hung in a bush of briars and brambles by the head) as here.” Westminster's use of Leviticus 18:5, Romans 10:5, and Galatians 3:12, may reveal an unresolved tension among the Westminster Divines regarding the Law of Moses. Effective gospel ministry and preaching requires that we resolve this tension lest by default and despite our confession we become preachers of works rather than ministers of grace.