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News Announcements
April 2009
April 14, 2009 -- Covenant Radio Promotional Contest
Covenant Radio is currently running a promotional contest that will conclude on June 1, 2009. Here are the specifics: Any person who has donated or does donate to the program (any amount) will be entered into a drawing to win either a TWO year subscription to TableTalk magazine ($39 value) or the book: Can God Be Trusted? Faith and the Challenge of Evil($12 dollar value). All you need to do is go to the donation page of Covenant Radio and donate to enter the drawing.
April 5, 2009 -- Covenant Radio has released an official position on the issue of the Federal Vision.
The theological paradigm of the Federal Vision has long
plagued Reformed churches ever since its inception back in 2004. This
short news release will summarize Covenant Radio's official position on the
issue.
Numerous reformed denominations and their presbyteries have
declared the Federal Vision to be out of accord with the accepted Standards of
their denominations (namely, that of the Westminster Confession of Faith with
the Shorter and Larger Catechisms). I am in complete agreement with the
findings of the ecclesiastical courts on this matter. Although the issue
is a very difficult issue for many to ascertain it is an issue that has been
answered directly by the leading scholars of our Reformed denominations.
Numerous discussions and debates have been had on the internet and elsewhere
over this matter.
Since the Reformed faith has always been a confessional
church we must abide by the directives of our historical confessions and creeds
and examine these particular doctrines in that light. Though the
possibility exists that some may find small disagreements within these
confessions none of them should be enough to upset the system of doctrine found
within the. I believe the Federal Vision has moved to far away from our
historical understanding of various doctrines such as the covenant and
justification by faith alone.
Covenant Radio has discussed this
issue in the past and with the numerous internal changes to the program various
issues have been refocused to bring the program into a more historically
accepted position of the Reformed faith on matters such as this as well as other
matters (i.e. "eschatology).
The programs that discussed the
Federal Vision will remain intact for informational purposes however please keep
in mind that people often change their views on various things and statements
that were made in the past may not necessarily be the opinions currently
held. We have all been forced to evaluate our positions on matters of
faith and practice and we all would appreciate a charitable dealing with things
we may have said in the past to see if those things are still true. I ask
that my listeners offer me that same level of grace on this matter.