Description: Covenant shapes our life with God. This book shows how Christ and his work are the heart of that covenant relationship. Since God lives in covenant with his redeemed people, covenant theology provides a framework for Christians to grow in their life with God, to read the Bible, and to love the church.
Brief description: Harrison Perkins (PhD, Queen's University Belfast) is pastor of Oakland Hills Community Church (OPC), a senior research fellow at the Craig Center for the Study of the Westminster Standards, online faculty in church history at Westminster Theological Seminary, visiting faculty at Birmingham Theological Seminary, and a visiting lecturer in systematic theology at Edinburgh Theological Seminary. He lives in the Detroit metro area with his wife and son.
Review Quotes:
"With this book we have the best contemporary account of the Bible's own unifying structure." --Michael Horton, Westminster Seminary California
"I have been waiting for a book like this one, a book that does not merely regurgitate the storyline of Scripture but summons systematic theology to make covenantal connections across the canon." --Matthew Barrett, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
"Harrison Perkins has approached the topic of covenant theology in a unique way here and provided a theological feast in the process." --Keith A. Mathison, Reformation Bible College
"Harrison Perkins masterfully helps us understand God's covenants and redemptive plan by expounding and applying the venerable tradition of Reformed, classic covenant theology." --Stephen J. Wellum, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary