This is Part Three of my Covenant Theology Series. You can also read Part One – Covenant Theology Versus Dispensationalism: An Introduction and Part Two: The Basics of God’s Covenant Story. Covenant Theology, Part Three: Tracing the Promise Through Scripture Up to this point, we have talked about what Covenant Theology is and how it understands the Bible as one unfolding story centered on Christ. Now it is time to see whether this actually works when we open the Scriptures. Does the Bible…

In the first article, we stepped back and acknowledged something many Christians have never been taught to notice. We all read the Bible through a framework, whether we realize it or not. Covenant Theology and Dispensationalism represent two very different ways of organizing Scripture, and those differences shape how we understand everything from the Old Testament to the end times. Now it is time to slow down and ask a simpler question. What exactly is Covenant Theology? At its heart,…

Most Christians read their Bibles faithfully without ever realizing they are reading through a theological framework. That is not a criticism. It is simply reality. Everyone reads Scripture with assumptions, patterns, and instincts shaped by preaching, study Bibles, books, and church culture. Two of the most influential frameworks in evangelical Christianity are Covenant Theology and Dispensationalism. Many believers have absorbed elements of one or the other without ever knowing their names (this is especially true in the case of Dispensationalism…