“Reformed Is Not Enough”

Recovering the Objectivity of the Covenant

Douglas Wilson, Moscow, Idaho: Canon Press, 2002

"The Church today is in dire need of reformation. One of the great reformational needs in the Church today is the need for us to understand the objectivity of the covenant, and so that is the thrust of this book." (p. 13)

Instances of the use of the word "Christian": three times

1. Acts 11:26         believers in Antioch called by outsiders
   
2. Acts 26:24-29        presentation of the gospel to King Agrippa
   
3. 1 Peter 4:14-17         use within the body of Christ
   

"The phrase "becoming a Christian" is strongly entrenched in our evangelical traditions and is an essential part of evangelical "systematics." It is a matter of systematic and biblical theology and not a question of exegesis. Invariably, it is used to refer to the moment of regeneration." (p. 17)

Internal and external covenant and their signs

How Christian are you? Do you struggle with the covenant membership or church attendance and covenant faithfulness or Christlikeness?