Merit and Moses: Response to Charges Against the Doctrine of the Republication of the Covenant of Works

by Lee Irons

These essays by Lee Irons are in response to a book and some in the OPC who charge that Meredith Kline’s republication doctrine is in violation of baseline Augustinian and Reformed theology, teaches that “a group of fallen sinners can merit or extract a blessing from God” (MM 39). And, even worse, Kline’s republication doctrine “serves to undermine the singular glory of Christ’s meritorious obedience” (MM 116). And since these charges cannot be allowed to stand unchallenged, Lee irons has unndertaken to go chapter by chapter and point by point through the book Merit and Moses.

Merit and Moses: Introduction

Merit and Moses: No Exegetical Engagement

Merit and Moses: No Historical-Theological Engagement

Merit and Moses: Summary of Their Argument, Part 1

Merit and Moses: Summary of Their Argument, Part 2

Merit and Moses: Summary of Their Argument, Part 3

Merit and Moses: Response to the Core Argument, Part 1

Merit and Moses: Response to the Core Argument, Part 2

Merit and Moses: Response to the Pendulum Analogy, Part 1

Merit and Moses: Response to the Pendulum Analogy, Part 2

Merit and Moses: An Unstable Paradigm? Part 1

Merit and Moses: An Unstable Paradigm? Part 2

Merit and Moses: A "Pure" Covenant of Grace?

Merit and Moses: Spiritual Schizophrenia? Part 1

Merit and Moses: Spiritual Schizophrenia? Part 2

Merit and Moses: Spiritual Schizophrenia? Part 3

Merit and Moses: The Merit of Christ, Part 1

Merit and Moses: The Merit of Christ, Part 2

Merit and Moses: The Merit of Christ, Part 3

Merit and Moses: The Merit of Christ, Part 4

Merit and Moses: The Merit of Christ, Part 5

Merit and Moses: The Merit of Christ, Part 6

Merit and Moses: The Merit of Christ, Part 7

Merit and Moses: The Merit of Christ, Part 8

Merit and Moses: The Merit of Christ, Part 9

Merit and Moses: Flawed Typology? Part 1

Merit and Moses: Flawed Typology? Part 2

 

All responses in one 43-page pdf

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