Federal Vision: Heresy at the Root, by David J. Engelsma. Reviewed by Martyn McGeown
This review by Martyn McGeown examines David J. Engelsma's critique of Federal Vision theology, praising Engelsma's uncompromising stance in identifying Federal Vision as heresy rather than merely theological imbalance. The review highlights how Engelsma defends the Protestant Reformed doctrine of unconditional covenant against Federal Vision's conditional covenant theology, offering a direct and unapologetic defense of Reformed orthodoxy.
Federal Vision: Heresy at the Root, by David J. Engelsma. Jenison, Michigan: Reformed Free Publishing Association, 2012. 252 pages. Hardback. [Reviewed by Martyn Mc Geown.] This reviewer grew up in a Presbyterian denomination in Ireland. Although the church was not very doctrinal, one thing sticks in my head even now. It concerns baptism. At every occasion of baptism, the minister said (whether this was an official baptismal form I do not know), "Baptism is a testimony to the divine...
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