Evangelism and the Reformed Faith
Engelsma defends the compatibility of Reformed theology with genuine evangelism against the common charge that doctrines like limited atonement make evangelistic work impossible or incoherent. The work clarifies what biblical evangelism truly is and demonstrates how the Reformed faith, properly understood, provides the foundation for faithful missionary activity rather than hindering it.
Introduction Strange to say, some suppose that the relationship between the Reformed faith and evangelism is uneasy and uncomfortable. Stranger still, some charge that the Reformed faith and evangelism are incompatible. Many outside of the Reformed churches contend that the Reformed faith makes evangelism (or “soul-winning,” as they like to call it) impossible. Many who profess to be Reformed are now echoing this charge. What is worse, they are radically revising the Reformed faith in the...