The Church Today and the Reformation Church: A Comparison
This pamphlet by David Engelsma compares the Protestant Reformed Church of the 16th century Reformation with the modern Protestant church, lamenting spiritual decline while affirming God's sovereign preservation of His elect. Originally delivered as a 1972 Reformation Day address and significantly revised for multiple reprintings, it serves as a defense of Reformation principles and an exhortation to maintain doctrinal faithfulness in contemporary times.
Preface It is the commendable practice of the Protestant Reformed Church of South Holland, Illinois, to commemorate, annually, Christ’s Reformation of His church in the 16th century, by a fitting speech around the end of October, the time of Martin Luther’s standing up to contend for the gospel of grace by publishing the 95 Theses. With all sound-minded Protestants, we look back to the Reformation as Christ’s deliverance of us and our children from the worst slavery of all—the spiritual...