Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction 1. Father of a Multitude of Nations: New Covenant Ecclesiology in Old Testament Perspective 2. The Israel-Christ-Church Relationship 3. The Mosaic Law, Theological Systems, and the Glory of Christ 4. Covenantal Life with God from Eden to Holy City 5. Circumcision of Flesh to Circumcision of Heart: The Typology of the Sign of the Abrahamic Covenant 6. Goodbye and Hello: The Sabbath Command for New Covenant Believers 7. The Warning Passages of Hebrews and the New Covenant Community 8. Progressive Covenantalism and Ethics 9. The Dispensational Appeal to Romans 11 and the Nature of Israel's Future Salvation 10. The Land Promise Biblically and Theologically Understood Contributors Name Index Subject Index Scripture Index

About the Author

Stephen J. Wellum (PhD, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is professor of Christian theology at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and editor of The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology.

Brent E. Parker is a PhD candidate in systematic theology at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and assistant editor of The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology.