Covenantal Universalism: New Form of an Old Attack on Sovereign Grace (1)

The gospel of salvation by grace alone is in mortal danger in virtually every reputedly conservative Reformed and Presbyterian denomination in North America. The threat is a doctrinal movement described variously by its proponents as the "Auburn Avenue theology" (from a Presbyterian church in Louisiana that is a center of the movement), the "federal vision" (because the movement claims to be developing the doctrine of the covenant -- "federal" means 'covenant'), and "objective covenant...