The Bond of Love: God's Covenantal Relationship With His Church

by David McKay

A guide for us as we seek to apply Covenant theology to the challenges which contemporary Christians have to face in the culture they live and witness.

Genres: Theology

352 pages, Paperback

First published December 31, 1969

Reviews

[Benjamin Glaser · Rating 4 out of 5]

This work is phenomenal. While ostensibly a work on covenant theology it really is a "body of divinity" that looks at the way covenant theology informs every aspect of the Christian life from Baptism to Justification to Eldership to National Covenanting.

This book is written by a professor at the Reformed Theological School of the Reformed Presbyterian Church or Ireland in Belfast and as such contains some excellent defenses of the mediatorial reign of Christ as well as an entire chapter at the end on Covenanting in personal, ecclesiastical, and national relations.

There are a number of notable recommendations on the back including Derek Thomas and Wayne Spear.

[Daniel · Rating 5 out of 5]

A really solid introduction to the doctrine of the covenants and how it relates to theology more generally. There is the odd point here and there that I would disagree with, such as the reward for keeping the covenant of works being continuing earthly life as opposed to heavenly life, but it is a great book on the whole. Those new to Reformed theology will also be introduced to many of the great thinkers in our tradition through this volume, as the author cites a broad range of sources.