God’s Sovereign Elective Grace
This pamphlet by Rev. George Ophoff, one of the founding fathers of the Protestant Reformed Churches, presents a scriptural defense of God's sovereign elective grace based on his article from the Standard Bearer. Ophoff's forceful theological arguments exemplify the Reformed commitment to sovereign grace that characterized the early Protestant Reformed movement and remain relevant for understanding this crucial doctrine.
Rev. George Ophoff (1891-1962) was one of the founding fathers of the Protestant Reformed Churches in America. In 1922, he was ordained into the ministry of the Word and became the first pastor of Hope Christian Reformed Church (later Hope Protestant Reformed Church) in Walker, Michigan, where he served for 7 years. In 1925 he was deposed from office by the Christian Reformed Church, along with Rev. Danhof and Rev. Hoeksema. The three congregations which these men served became the first...