Elective course

Covenant Theology, Scripture, and Reformed Confessions

Interim elective written from within the Reformed and Presbyterian tradition.

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About the course

• Author: Dr. Wayne Cook
• Languages: English, Spanish, and French.
• Units: 10
• Counts toward: Certificate of Ministry; Associate of Divinity; Master of Theology (Th.M.); Master of Divinity (M.Div.). These are internal ministry recognitions, not official degrees.
• Textbook: The Westminster Confession of Faith and Shorter Catechism (1647)
• Required readings: Covenant Theology, Scripture, and Reformed Confessions: Required Readings

Units

1. 1. Unit 1 - What Is Covenant Theology?
2. 2. Unit 2 - The Covenant of Redemption and the Covenant of Works
3. 3. Unit 3 - The Covenant of Grace from Adam to Christ
4. 4. Unit 4 - Old and New Covenants: Continuity and Discontinuity
5. 5. Unit 5 - Law and Gospel; the Three Uses of the Law
6. 6. Unit 6 - Why Confessions? Scripture as Norm, Confessions as Servant
7. 7. Unit 7 - The Three Forms of Unity: Belgic, Heidelberg, Dort
8. 8. Unit 8 - The Westminster Standards
9. 9. Unit 9 - Reading Scripture the Reformed Way: Grammatical-Historical and Christ-Centered
10. 10. Unit 10 - Confessions in the Life of the Church Today