An Answer to Phil Johnson’s “Primer on Hyper-Calvinism”
Rev. Martyn McGeown defends the Protestant Reformed Churches against Phil Johnson's accusation of hyper-Calvinism by critiquing Johnson's lack of substantive exegetical argument and his unsubstantiated charges against David Engelsma's theological scholarship. This response, originally published as editorials in the British Reformed Journal, addresses how younger and less experienced Reformed believers can counter misleading characterizations of PRC theology.
Rev. Martyn McGeown (Originally published as a series of editorials in the British Reformed Journal) (1) Introduction Recently, brethren have brought to my attention Phillip R. Johnson’s “A Primer on Hyper-Calvinism.”1 They were offended that he called the Protestant Reformed Churches (PRC) hyper-Calvinists: “The best known American hyper-Calvinists are the Protestant Reformed Churches.” My initial reaction was to ignore such accusations—I prefer to answer exegetical arguments, and...