The Comfort of the Covenant (4): Understanding Casper Olevianus' Covenant Theology

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In this episode Dr Clark continues the series, "The Comfort of the Covenant." This series will show us the value of having a good covenant theology in order to help us understand the history of redemption correctly and well. And, more particularly, to help understand the gospel and how the gospel relates to the covenant of grace.

Dr. Clark orients us to Casper Olivanus's covenant theology and getting the docritne of God right realtive to his covenant theology. This is in preperation of going through Olivianus' book, "A Firm Foundation: An Aid to Interpreting the Heidelberg Catechism," later in the series.

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