Covenant and the Unity of Scripture Guide Questions

In Covenant and the Unity of Scripture, John M. Frame described how Reformed theologians have used the covenant motif to demonstrate the unity of the Bible. It is interesting how Dr. Frame summarized the entire Bible in just seven sentences using this motif. And then he introduced Meredith G. Kline's thesis about covenantal elements, claimed that Kline found the origin of covenantal model of canonicity, elaborated its helpfulness, and provided three arguments to prove how those elements show the unity of the Bible. 

Here is John Frame's covenantal summary of the Bible:

"On this understanding, the whole Bible, diverse in content as it may appear at first sight, can be seen as a story of God making covenants and man responding to them. The books of law show what God expects of his covenant people. The books of history indicate man’s actual response. The Psalms contain the praise, the laments, the questionings, the blessings and cursings which should be on the lips of a covenant people. The wisdom books contain applications of the covenant law to human problems. The prophets bring God’s covenant lawsuit against the covenant breakers while at the same time promising covenant renewal. The Gospels and Acts present the history of the New Covenant, which is applied to believers and to world history in the epistles and Revelation."

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After reading, you can use these questions to guide you to have an overview of the article:

1. Explain the way Reformed theologians have used the covenant motif to demonstrate the unity of the Bible. Briefly explain the two major covenants.

2. State Dr. Frame's summary of the whole Bible using the covenant as the unifying motif. 

3. Enumerate the elements of the covenant based on the thesis of Dr. Meredith G. Kline and briefly explain each of them.

4. Elaborate how Dr. Kline's covenantal idea of the Decalogue and the Book of Deuteronomy serves as the origin of the covenantal model of canonicity.

5. Clarify the usefulness of Dr. Kline's thesis in seeing the unity of the Bible.

6. Finally, what are the three arguments used by Dr. Frame to show that Dr. Kline's covenantal elements prove the unity of the Bible? Concisely explain each of them.