Lamenting a decline in Christian piety and a loose evangelical ecumenicism, Dennison walks carefully through the actual vows taken at church membership from a Reformed, Presbyterian perspective. As throughout the series, he returns to the comfort that Christ himself keeps these vows on our behalf.
Death itself makes plain the oath-bound character of all human life, Dennison observes at the start of this series, rooted in the ramifications of God’s covenant with us. Baptism marks our entry into that oath, one which Christ himself ultimately keeps on our behalf.
