Other Reformed, evangelical churches hold slightly different views of the covenant, such as dormant regeneration or covenantal regeneration. But in practice, these also place too much weight on externals of the covenant. They also minimize the necessity of a new birth, a personal relationship with God, and self-examination in the light of Scripture. 2. They underestimate the covenant. Many Baptists and some Reformed people reduce the covenant to insignificance. They do this by failing to recognize
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