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New Covenant theology (or NCT) is a Christian theological position teaching that the person and work of Jesus Christ is the central focus of the Bible. [1] One distinctive assertion of this school of thought is that Old Testament Laws have been abrogated [2] [3] or cancelled [4] with Jesus's crucifixion, and replaced with the Law of Christ of the New Covenant.
The New Covenant (Ancient Greek: διαθήκη καινή, romanized: diathḗkē kainḗ) is a biblical interpretation which was originally derived from a phrase which is contained in the Book of Jeremiah (Jeremiah 31:31–34), in the Hebrew Bible (or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible).
New Covenant theology is a Christian theological system that shares similarities with and yet is distinct from dispensationalism and Covenant theology. [3] New Covenant theology sees all Old Covenant laws as "cancelled" [4] or "abrogated" [5] in favor of the Law of Christ or the New Testament. Douglas J. Moo has argued that 9 of the Ten ...
Steve Lehrer and Geoff Volker, adherents of New Covenant Theology, are critical of this view, even though they received formal training through Covenant Theology seminaries. They refer to Hebrews 10:11–14 to conclude "The sacrifice of Christ or the imputation of the passive obedience of Christ does two things for the believer.
Zens is best known for pioneering New Covenant Theology. [3] [4] Zens is also an expert on the Anabaptist history and theology. [5] Early life and education.
King pioneered a field of theology that he termed "covenant eschatology" which most call full preterism. Within fundamentalist and conservative evangelical contexts, he contended that biblical eschatology was not related to the end of the space-time universe, but to the transition of the Old Covenant to the New Covenant.
A Biblical Theology of the Book of Leviticus (2015) J. Gary Millar, Calling on the Name of the Lord: A Biblical Theology of Prayer (2016) Peter T. O'Brien, God Has Spoken in His Son: A Biblical Theology of Hebrews (2016) Andrew T. Abernethy, The Book of Isaiah and God's Kingdom: A Thematic-Theological Approach (2016)
Continental Baptist Churches was an association of "Calvinistic" Baptist churches holding New Covenant theology, organized in June 1983.The roots of this movement are in the Baptist Reformation Review, founded by Norbert Ward at Nashville, Tennessee, in 1972, and the Sword and the Trowel, edited by Ron McKinney of Dallas, Texas. [1]