18 December, 2016

Books, Pamphlets, Articles, Reviews and Quotes


Books & Pamphlets

 

A Power of God Unto Salvation, Or, Grace Not An Offer (Herman Hoeksema)

 

The Gospel, Or, The Most Recent Attack Against The Truth of Sovereign Grace (Herman Hoeksema)

 

Saved By Grace: A Study of the Five Points of Calvinism (Ronald Hanko and Ronald Cammenga)

 

Whosoever Will (Herman Hoeksema)

 

Portraits of Faithful Saints (Herman Hanko)

 

The *Biblical* Offer of The Gospel (Christopher J. Connors) [NEW 2017 Edition!]

 

Modern Moderate Calvinism (Andrew Ian Morgan) [NEW 2017 Edition!]

 

Essentials of Reformed Doctrine Catechism (Herman Hoeksema)

 

Essentials of Reformed Doctrine: Lesson Outlines (Martyn McGeown)

 

The Forgotten Pink (Ronald Hanko) [Pink’s Sovereignty of God, and “The Banner of Truth”]

 

The Three Points In Most Parts Reformed: A Reexamination of the So-Called Well-Meant Offer of Salvation (Raymond A. Blacketer) [Blacketer served as a Theology Professor in the Christian Reformed Churches in America]

 

The Well-Meant Offer and Reprobation (Ronald Hanko)

 

The Myth of Common Grace (Garrett P. Johnson) 

 

Universalism and the Reformed Churches: A Defense of Calvin’s Calvinism (EPCA)

 

The Orthodox Presbyterian Church and the Free Offer (Homer Hoeksema)

 

Grace Uncommon: A Protestant Reformed Look at Common Grace (Barry Gritters)

 

The Curse-Reward of the Wicked Well-Doer (Herman Hoeksema)

 

A Triple Breach in the Foundation of the Reformed Truth (Herman Hoeksema)

 

Calvinism Cast Out: The Reformed Presbyterian Church of Ireland and the Free Offer of the Gospel (Philip Rainey)

 

An Answer to Phil Johnson’s “Primer On Hyper-Calvinism” (Martyn McGeown)

 

Herman Hoeksema Was Right (On the Three Points That Really Matter) (John Bolt) [Bolt served as a Theology Professor in the Christian Reformed Churches in America]

 

Acts of Synod 1924 of the CRC (translated by Henry De Mots)

 

Our Protestant Reformed Position Regarding the Free Offer of the Gospel (David J. Engelsma)

 

The Reunion of the Christian Reformed and Protestant Reformed Churches: Is it demanded? Possible? Desirable? (Herman Hoeksema)

 

The Place of Reprobation in the Preaching of the Gospel (Herman Hoeksema)

 

Defending Sovereign Reprobation From Hyper-Calvinism (Barry Gritters)

 

Single or Double-Track Theology? (Herman Hoeksema)

 

Predestination: Revealed, Not Hidden, Nor Confused (Herman Hoeksema)

 

“Common Grace” … in the Light of the Westminster Standards (EPCA)

 

The Desire of God for the Salvation of the Reprobate: An Ambiguous Doctrine Refuted and the Reformed Evangelical Church Vindicated (Charles L. Rodman)

 

The Psalms vs. “Common Grace” (Angus Stewart)

 

Another Look at Common Grace: Careful Analysis of Some of the More Recent Developments and Expositions of the Doctrine By Mainline Theologians (Herman Hanko)

 

An Answer to David Silversides: Responses to Appeals Made to the Westminster Standards and the Westminster Divines in Support of the Well-Meant Gospel Offer (Herman C. Hanko)

 

Reflections on the Free Offer and the Charge of “Hyper-Calvinism” (Kenneth Koole) [NEW!!! – 11/08/2020]

 

A Study of the Relation Between the Views of Prof. R. Janssen and Common Grace (Herman Hanko) [NEW!!! – 26/08/2021]

 

The Disposition of God Toward the Non-Elect (EPCA) [NEW!!! – 10/1o/2021]

 

Calvin, Berkhof & H. J. Kuiper: A Comparison (Herman Hoeksema) [NEW & REFORMATTED – 17/1o/2021]

 

The Five Points of Calvinism (Herman Hanko, Homer Hoeksema, and Gise Van Baren) [NEW & REFORMATTED – 17/1o/2021]

 

Absolute Predestination (Jerome Zanchius) [NEW!!! – 17/1o/2021]

 

The Protestant Reformed Churches in America (Herman Hoeksema—1947 edition) [NEW!!! – 28/1o/2021]

 

Therefore Have I Spoken: A Biography of Herman Hoeksema (Gertrude Hoeksema) [NEW!!! – 28/1o/2021]

 

Calvin’s Calvinism: A Treatise on the Eternal Predestination of God (John Calvin) [NEW!!! – 31/1o/2021]

 

Calvin’s Calvinism: A Defence of the Secret Providence of God (John Calvin) [NEW!!! – 31/1o/2021]

 

 

Articles:

 

Why We Reject Common Grace (Angus Stewart)

 

What is Hyper-Calvinism? (Ronald Hanko)

 

Christ's Perfect Obedience to the Law to Love One's Neighbour (David J. Engelsma)

 

Esau: “Hated” by God Or “Loved Less”? (Angus Stewart)

 

Was Herman Hoeksema a Hyper-Calvinist? (David J. Engelsma)

 

Why Cannot We Call the Good Things in this World that the Wicked Receive “Grace” or “Favor”? (Various Sources)

 

Hatred Is Different From Wrath (Herman Hanko)

 

Are the Gifts which God Gives “Good” Gifts? (Herman Hanko)

 

Are Not God’s Gifts “Unmerited”? (Herman Hanko)

 

Six Texts (Herman Hoeksema)

 

The “Organism” of the Human Race (Herman Hanko) 

 

The Nature of Biblical Truth: An Examination of the Idea of Paradox, Contradiction and Antinomy in Scripture (Robert L. Reymond) 

 

Charles Hodge Against the Amyrauldian Doctrine of “Hypothetical Redemption” (Charles Hodge)

 

Calvin and Common Grace (Herman Hoeksema)

 

“The Three Points of Common Grace of 1924” 

 

Common Grace’s Destruction of the Antithesis (Barry Gritters)

 

A Brief Outline of how the Free Offer Denies the Five Points of Calvinism (Herman Hanko)

 

What Does Scripture Mean by Grace? (Herman Hanko) 

 

“Such a Horrible, Monstrous Conception of God!” (Herman Hoeksema) 

 

The Longsuffering of God: A Survey of God’s Longsuffering throughout Scripture (Angus Stewart) 

 

Cocceius and Biblical Theology (Herman Hanko)

 

The Free Offer and Irresistible Grace (Herman Hanko)

 

The Preaching of the Gospel: Promise and Command (Robert Decker)

 

The Primary Meaning of Offero in the English-Latin Dictionaries

 

But What About Logic? (Bernard Woudenberg)

 

Limited Atonement and the Free Offer (Homer Hoeksema

 

Gill’s Hyper-Calvinism (David J. Engelsma)

 

Responses to an Interpretation of Acts 17:30-31 by Opponents of Duty-Faith (Various)

 

A Break-Down of (and Response to) the Issues Surrounding “Paradox,” “Apparent Contradictions,” and “Van Tillianism,” etc. (Herman Hanko)

 

An Brief Outline and Critique of R. Scott Clark’s “Archetypal/Ectypal” Distinction to Justify God’s Desiring of Opposite Things (Herman Hanko)

 

The 16th/17th Century Meaning of “Offer” (various)

 

A Critique of John Murray’s Theory of Common Grace “Preparing” the Hearts of those who Hear the Gospel (the “Vestibule of faith”) (Herman Hanko)

 

A Critique of John Murray’s Theory of the Atonement with Regard to the Non-Elect (various)

 

Why do ‘Good’ Things also Come Upon the Wicked as well as the Righteous if Not as Common Grace? (Herman Hanko)

 

“Total” vs. “Absolute” Depravity? (Herman Hanko)

 

The “Gospel Offer”: Addressed (in the General Preaching) to “Convinced” Sinners Only (various)

 

Five Reasons Why the Gospel Should Not be Spoken of as an “Offer”

 

Calvin’s Denial of Universal Redemption (Jonathan H. Rainbow)

 

Alleged “Paradoxes” and “Antinomies” in Scripture (Various Sources)

              

To Whom is the Gospel Addressed? (Ronald Hanko) [NEW!!! – 08/04/2020]

 

The Address of the Gospel (Herman Hanko) [NEW!!! – 17/04/2020]

 

Common Grace and the Two Tables of the Law (Herman Veldman) [NEW!!! – 13/07/2020]

 

God’s Covenant with Noah: An Administration of the One, Unconditional Covenant of Grace (James Laning) [NEW!!! – 13/07/2020]

 

Calvin in the Light of the Three Points of Common Grace (A. C. Boekoel) [NEW!!! – 22/08/2020]

 

Re: The Word “Offer” in Calvin’s Writings (P. De Boer) [NEW!!! – 20/10/2020]

 

Does God Desire the “Offer” be Received by All Sinners? (A Response to The Banner of Truth) (David J. Engelsma) [NEW!!! – 10/04/2021]

 

Turretin’s Doctrine of the Will of God (David J. Engelsma) [NEW!!! – 10/10/2021]

 

How “Common Grace” Denies Calvinism (Hanko & Cammenga) [NEW!!! – 28/12/2021]

 

 

 

Articles in the Standard Bearer:

 

Calvin, Hoeksema, and the Free Offer (Kenneth Koole) [NEW!!! – 28/10/2020]

 

God Blesses His People Only (George Martin Ophoff) [NEW!!! – 28/10/2020]

 

God Invites All Men to Christ? (Gerrit Vos)

 

Thomas Aquinas and Common Grace (Homer Hoeksema) [NEW!!! – 01/11/2020]

 

Calvin’s Four Kinds of Grace (Bernard Kok) [NEW!!! – 28/10/2020]

 

 

 

Articles in the Protestant Reformed Theological Journal:

 

On the Theory of Common Grace (Herman Hoeksema)

 

Another Look at Calvin and Common Grace (Ronald Cammenga)

 

The Canons and Common Grace (Steven Key)

 

Calvin’s Theory of Semen Religionis (Homer Hoeksema)

 

The Doctrine of Predestination in Calvin and Beza (Herman Hanko)

 

Predestination in Calvin, Beza, and Later Reformed Theology (Herman Hanko)

 

The Doctrine of Eternal Justification in light of the Westminster Tradition (John Marcus)

 

John Davenant: A Jewel in the Reformed Churches, or a Tarnished Stone? (Mark Shand)

 

On Right Hermeneutics and Proper Distinctions: The Rejection of the Well-Meant Offer by Herman Hoeksema and the Protestant Reformed Churches (Clayton Spronk)

 

Janus, Again: The Most Recent Attack of the Proponents of the Well-Meant Gospel Offer upon the Doctrines of Grace (Joshua Engelsma)

 

The Serious Call of the Gospel: Is the “Well-Meant Offer” One? (Lau Chin Kwee)

 

A Comparison of the Westminster and the Reformed Confessions (Herman Hanko)

 

The Notion of Preparatory Grace in the Puritans (Martyn McGeown)

Is Puritan Preparatory Grace Reformed? (Justin Smidstra) [NEW!!! – 29/10/2020]

Process Theology: Philosophical Idolatry (Daniel Holstege)

 

Herman Bavinck: The Man and His Theology (David J. Engelsma)

 

A Response to “The Free Offer of the Gospel” in the Puritan Reformed Journal (Martyn McGeown)

 

 

Articles in the British Reformed Journal:

 

The “Free Offer” Controversy (Ronald Hanko)

 

Calvin and the Free Offer (Allen Baird)

 

The Westminster Standards and the Gospel Offer (Allen Baird)

 

The Free Offer Issue (H. Lindsay Williams) [An 8-Part General Overview of "The Free Offer: Biblical & Reformed" (2005) by David Silversides] 

 

C. H. Spurgeon on I Timothy 2:3–4—A Critique (H. L. Williams)

 

Amyrauldianism: Historical and Contemporary (Allen Baird)

 

A Double-Minded God, Unstable in All His Ways (Martyn McGeown)

 

The “Offer” of Grace in the Westminster Standards (Samuel Watterson) [NEW!!! – 26/08/2021]

 

The Love of God [A Response to Bob Sheehan] (Ronald Hanko) [NEW!!! – 26/08/2021]

 

Some Further Objections to the Free Offer of the Gospel (Ronald Hanko)

 

 

Articles in the Calvin Theological Journal:

 

The Three Points in Most Parts Reformed: A Re-examination of the So-Called Well-Meant Offer of Salvation (Raymond Blacketer) [NEW!!! – 20/03/2022]

 

Common Grace and the Christian Reformed Synod of Kalamazoo (1924) (John Bolt) [NEW!!! – 20/03/2022]

 

Common Grace, Theonomy, and Civic Good: The Temptations of Calvinist Politics (John Bolt)

 

Hermeneutical Issues Then and Now: The Janssen Case Revisited (David E. Holwerda) [NEW!!! – 20/03/2022]

 

Common Grace (Herman Bavinck) [NEW!!! – 20/03/2022]

 

 

Book/Article Reviews & Critical Analyses:

 

Allen, David L., The Extent of the Atonement: A Historical and Critical Review (2016) (Review by David J. Engelsma)

 

Barrett, Matthew, Salvation By Grace: The Case for Effectual Calling and Regeneration (2013) (Review by David J. Engelsma)

 

Beach, J. Mark, Calvin’s Treatment of the Offer of the Gospel and Divine Grace (2011) (Response by Kenneth Koole) [NEW!!! – 07/12/2022]

 

Beeke, J, & Smalley, P. M., Prepared By Grace, For Grace: The Puritans on God’s Ordinary Way of leading Sinners to Christ (2013) (Critique by Justin Smidstra)

 

Brentnall, John, “Calvin and the Free Offer,” in The Banner of Truth (Aug-Sept 1995) (Response by David J. Engelsma)

 

Carson, Don, A. The Difficult Doctrine of the Love of God (1999) (Critical Review by Manuel Kuhs)

 

Clark, R. Scott. Janus, the Well-meant Offer of the Gospel, and Westminster Theology (2004) (Critical Review by Clayton Spronk) 

 

Clark, R. Scott. Janus, the Well-meant Offer of the Gospel, and Westminster Theology (2004) (Critical Review by Joshua D. Engelsma) 

 

Clark, R. Scott. Janus, the Well-meant Offer of the Gospel, and Westminster Theology (2004) (Critical Thoughts by Herman Hanko) 

 

Daane, James. The Freedom of God: A Study of Election and Pulpit (1973) (Critical Review by Homer Hoeksema)

 

Dabney, Robert Lewis. God’s Indiscriminate Proposals of Mercy (1800s) (Critique by David J. Engelsma) [NEW!!! – 02/01/2023]

 

Dabney, Robert Lewis. God’s Indiscriminate Proposals of Mercy (1800s) (Review by Allen Baird) [NEW!!! – 02/01/2023]

 

Dabney, Robert Lewis. God’s Indiscriminate Proposals of Mercy (1800s) (Critical thoughts by Martyn McGeown)

 

Daniel, Curt D. Hyper-Calvinism and John Gill (1983) (Critical Review by David J. Engelsma)

 

De Jong, A. C. The Well-Meant Gospel Offer: The Views of H. Hoeksema and K. Schilder (1954) (Brief Review by Herman Hoeksema)

 

Ferguson, Sinclair. The Whole Christ: Legalism, Antinomianism, and Gospel Assurance—Why the Marrow Controversy Still Matters (2016) (Critical Review by David J. Engelsma)

 

Frame, John M. Cornelius Van Til: An Analysis of His Thought (1995) (Critique by David J. Engelsma)

 

Hoekema, Anthony, Saved By Grace (1989) (Critical Review by Raymond Blacketer)

 

Johnson, Phil, A Primer on Hyper-Calvinism (1998) (Critical Review by Martyn McGeown)

 

Kuiper, Herman J. Calvin on Common Grace (1928) (Critical Thoughts by Bernard Kok) [NEW!!! – 30/10/2020]

 

Kuiper, Herman J. Calvin on Common Grace (1928) (Critical Thoughts by Barry Gritters) [NEW!!! – 11/03/2021]

 

Kuiper, Herman J. Calvin on Common Grace (1928) (Critical Thoughts by Ronald Cammenga) [NEW!!! – 11/03/2021]

 

Kuyper, Abraham, Calvinism: Six Stone-Lectures (1898) (Critique by Bálint Márk Vásárhelyi) (NEW!!!)

 

Kuyper, Abraham, Calvinism: Six Stone-Lectures (1898) (Critique by George Lubbers)

 

Macleod, Donald, Behold Your God (1990) (Critical Review by David J. Engelsma)

 

Macleod, Donald, Compel Them to Come In: Calvinism and the Free Offer of the Gospel (2020) (Critical Review by David J. Engelsma) [NEW!!! – 19/10/2020]

 

McMahon, C. Matthew, The Two Wills of God: Does God Have Two Wills? (2005) (Review by David J. Engelsma) [NEW!!! – 20/04/2021]

 

McWilliams, David B. The Free Offer of the Gospel [Puritan Reformed Journal] (Critical Review by Martyn McGeown) [NEW!!! – 07/12/2019]

 

Mouw, Richard J., All That God Cares About: Common Grace and Divine Delight (2020) (Review by David J. Engelsma) [NEW!!! – 27/10/2020]

 

Mouw, Richard J. He Shines In All That’s Fair: Culture and Common Grace (2003) (Response by David J. Engelsma) [NEW!!! – 27/10/2020]

 

Murray, Iain H. Wesley, and Men Who Followed (2003) (A Critique by David J. Engelsma)

 

Murray, John, The Free Offer of the Gospel (1948/2001) (A Critique by Garrett P. Johnson)

 

Murray, John, The Free Offer of the Gospel (1948/2001) (Critical Review by Herman Hoeksema)

 

Murray, John, The Free Offer of the Gospel (1948/2001) (Critical Review by Homer Hoeksema)

 

Murray, John, The Free Offer of the Gospel (1948/2001) (Critical Review by William Young)

 

Murray, John, The Free Offer of the Gospel (1948/2001) (Critical Review by Matthew Winzer)

 

Murray, John, The Free Offer of the Gospel (1948/2001) (Critical Review by Andrew Ian Morgan)

[click here for a collection of all six critiques of Murray]

 

Piper, John, Are There Two Wills in God? Divine Election and God’s Desire for All to Be Saved (1995) (Critical Review by Martyn McGeown)

 

Sheehan, Bob, Is There a Love of God for All Mankind? (1994) (Response by Ronald Hanko) [NEW!!! – 07/12/2022]

 

Silversides, David, The Free Offer: Biblical & Reformed (2008) (Critical Review by Hugh Lindsay Williams)

 

Stebbins, K. W., Christ Freely Offered (1978/1997) (Critical Review by Christopher J. Connors)

 

Van Til, Cornelius, Common Grace (1941) (Critical Review by Herman Hoeksema)

 

Waldron, Sam, The Crux of the Free Offer of the Gospel (2019) (Critical Review by David J. Engelsma) [NEW!!! – 19/10/2020]

 

Waldron, Sam, The Crux of the Free Offer of the Gospel (2019) (Critical Review by Martyn McGeown) [NEW!!! – 19/10/2020]

 

 

 

Research Material:

 

The Free Offer of the Gospel (John Murray—original 1948 edition) [NEW!!! With reviews and critiques – 28/10/2021]

 




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