Covenant and Election Mark D. Futato Stories from the First and

Stories from the First and Second World Wars

first-person accounts from the past century

Hotly debated since the sixteenth century in the Reformed theological tradition

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Covenant and Election Mark D. Futato Stories from the First andWritten by Dr. J. Van Genderen All the commands and prohibitions of the Decalogue flow out of the covenant relation: "I am the Lord your God." That is the prologue to the entire law, summarized Genevan church reformer John Calvin. God thereby declares that He is the God of the Church. In light of these words Calvin expounds both the Ten Commandments as well as the summary of the law. For him the law is the law of the covenant of grace. It is a