A Better Covenant

As stated on the front page, New Covenant Journal exists to exalt Jesus Christ. It strives to do so by providing good instruction for the head and the heart. And in the spirit of full disclosure, we want you to know that our teaching flows from a theological perspective which embraces the Doctrines of Grace (aka Calvinism, Reformed Theology, TULIP, Sovereign Grace), the baptism of believers (i.e., not babies), and New Covenant Theology (in opposition to Covenant Theology and Dispensational Theology). If the latter means little or nothing to you, thank the Lord for His gracious providence because this journal is designed to enlighten you.

On the homepage, you will find a sort of magazine/website hybrid. Similar to a typical web page, the layout will contain information (some static, some changing), links, recommended resources, etc. You will also find the articles of the current issue, the “magazine” portion. These compositions will be written and edited as if for a published periodical and displayed accordingly. We hope to post four issues annually.

Each issue divides into two major sections: New Covenant Thinking and New Covenant Living. The former presents lessons from the perspective of New Covenant Theology, exposing the weaknesses and errors of the other theological systems. The latter seeks to bring the Lordship of Christ and the grace of His Gospel to bear upon the diverse facets of life. Topics will include family, work, friendship, book reviews, movie reviews, logical thinking, how to vote, how to pray, how to develop holiday traditions, and lots of other things that we haven’t thought about yet.

For the foreseeable future, we will not be featuring a blog, but one of our contributors does. He writes about New Covenant Theology and much more. You can get there from here.

Along the way, we will provide links, audio, video, essays, etc., of good sound theology, even if their authors are not New Covenant Theology adherents. Though we would love for everyone to stand eye-to-eye with us, we recognize that many good and godly folks see things differently. On matters where we do agree, we happily recommend them to you. (We may lead you to matters where we disagree, too, but we’ll be sure to point that out.)

While on the topic of disagreement, we want you to know that we consider all who believe the Gospel to be our brothers and sisters, even if we strongly oppose some of their theological views. So while we may try to knock them off of their platforms, we do not consider them out of the party. We like those guys. We desire to display truth and biblical fidelity, not to create strife and division.