Neogillist
Puritan Board Freshman
I have been wondering lately how the covenant theology of most Calvinistic Baptists differ from Reformed Theologians. I know there are some Baptists who hold to NCT, while others hold to CT, and yet differ from the Reformed on a few points; yet others like John McArthur are dispensational, and thus not truly Reformed.
I think John Gill was the first theologian who designed a baptistic covenant theology quite close to that of the reformers, and yet I heard Dr. Daniel Curt (a reformed baptist) say that his covenant theology was hyper-Calvinistic. Consequently, I am really not sure where most baptists stand, since they all seem to be dissagreeing among themselves over the covenant theology, while all agreeing over the issue of baptism. It appears to me that the lack of agreement among baptists on their covenant theology suggest that they have a hard time reconciling credo-baptism with CT.
From studying John Gill, I can tell his covenant theology was very consitent with his position on baptism, but I don't know about other baptists like Spurgeon, etc. I read that even John Piper doesn't know what he holds to in terms of CT and NCT. He finds aspects of both systems interesting.
I would appreciate to get some explanations on this.
I think John Gill was the first theologian who designed a baptistic covenant theology quite close to that of the reformers, and yet I heard Dr. Daniel Curt (a reformed baptist) say that his covenant theology was hyper-Calvinistic. Consequently, I am really not sure where most baptists stand, since they all seem to be dissagreeing among themselves over the covenant theology, while all agreeing over the issue of baptism. It appears to me that the lack of agreement among baptists on their covenant theology suggest that they have a hard time reconciling credo-baptism with CT.
From studying John Gill, I can tell his covenant theology was very consitent with his position on baptism, but I don't know about other baptists like Spurgeon, etc. I read that even John Piper doesn't know what he holds to in terms of CT and NCT. He finds aspects of both systems interesting.
I would appreciate to get some explanations on this.