God's Covenants and Justification

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=60 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="005015a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>God's Covenants and Justification</B></FONT><B>    |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Gods Covenants and Justification"><B>home</B></A></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=420 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://pro-rege.net/" target="_Blank" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://pro-rege.net/" target="_Blank">Support Biblical Higher Education Worldwide</A> |   <script type="text/javascript"> //<![CDATA[ // Fill in email address here var address = 'r'+'a'+'l'+'p'+'h'+'.'+'b'+'o'+'e'+'r'+'s'+'e'+'m'+'a'+'@'+'c'+'a'+'n'+'r'+'c'+'.'+'o'+'r'+'g'; // Either fill in a non-email address here to serve as the text displayed in the link var title = 'Contact'; // or leave the 'title' variable empty (change to: var title = '';) // and the text of the link will default to displaying the email address if (title == '') { title = address; } document.write('<a href="mailto:'+address+'">'+title+'</a>'); //]]> </script>  </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I>This page is being compiled by Rev. Ralph Boersema. If you would like to receive an email to let you know when something new is added to this site, just send a message to the contact address above.</I></div> <bR> <div> Among Christians of the Reformed faith there are today ongoing discussions about  how to understand the dynamics of God's covenants and his justification of his people through the imputed righteousness of Jesus Christ. This page provides links to a number of documents and sites dealing with these topics:</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="dialog.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="A Dialog">Is That All?</A> - </div> <div> A non-academic conversation about the Rev. Mr. Norman Shepherd</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="quiz.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="A quiz on Justification">A quiz on Justification</A> </div> <div> Give this quiz a try!</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Articles by Dr. J. Faber</B></div> <bR> <div> The following are editorials published in 1982 in <A HREF="http://www.premierpublishing.ca/" target="_Blank" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.premierpublishing.ca/" target">Clarion</A>, a Canadian Reformed Magazine. Dr. Faber was professor of Dogmatology and Ethics at the <A HREF="http://canrc.org/college/" target="_Blank" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://canrc.org/college/" target="_Blan">Theological College of the Canadian Reformed  Churches</A>, Hamilton, ON. These articles are presented here with permission.</div> <bR> <div>  <a href="HTMLobj-9/Clarion_31_no_14.pdf"><u>Shepherd's Dismissal From Westminster Seminary.pdf</u> </a>  </div> <bR> <div>  <a href="HTMLobj-11/Shepherd_View_Covenant.pdf"><u>Shepherd's Concept of the Covenant.pdf</u> </a>  </div> <bR> <div>  <a href="HTMLobj-10/Cov_of_Works.pdf"><u>Covenant of Works?.pdf</u> </a>  </div> <bR> <div>  <a href="HTMLobj-12/Gratuitous.pdf"><u>Gratuitous -- A Word From the Beginning.pdf</u> </a>  </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Studies by the Rev. Mr. Norman Shepherd</B> </div> <bR> <div>  <a href="HTMLobj-14/Law_and_Gospel.pdf"><u>Law and Gospel in Covenantal Perspective.pdf</u> </a>  (2004)</div> <bR> <div>  <a href="HTMLobj-15/Answers_To_Some_Questions.pdf"><u>Answers_To_Some_Questions.pdf</u> </a>  (2007)</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.trinity-pres.net/audio/norman_shepherd.php" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.trinity-pres.net/audio/norman">Audio Lectures and Sermons</A> (off site)</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Studies by the Rev. Mr. Ralph Boersema</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://pro-rege.net/rfb/theology/shepherd/" target="_Blank" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://pro-rege.net/rfb/theology/shepher">Norman Shepherd and His Critics</A></div> <div> This 90 page study demonstrates how many of the criticisms of Norman Shepherd's theology are based on misinterpretations of his writings. It is very different from the study posted here until July 31, 2007. The positions Mr. Shepherd really holds are fully within the Reformed camp and biblically orthodox.</div> <bR> <div>  <a href="HTMLobj-16/Covenants.pdf"><u>Thoughts on God's Covenants.pdf</u> </a>  </div> <bR> <div>  <a href="HTMLobj-21/My_Position.pdf"><u>How I Regard God's Covenants and Justification</u> </a>  </div> <bR> <div>  <a href="HTMLobj-22/Covenant_of_Works.pdf"><u>Should We Speak of a Covenant of Works?</u> </a>  </div> <bR> <div>  <a href="HTMLobj-17/Covenant_Children.pdf"><u>How to Regard Children in the Covenant.pdf</u> </a>  </div> <bR> <div>  <a href="HTMLobj-18/Young_Child_communion.pdf"><u>Young Child Communion?.pdf</u> </a>  </div> <bR> <div>  <a href="HTMLobj-20/Circumcision.pdf"><u>Biblical Circumcision Today.pdf</u> </a>  </div> <div> This includes an argument for infant baptism.</div> </td> </tr></table></body>