Faith as a doing?
David Engelsma defends Herman Hoeksema's theological articulation of faith as God's doing rather than human work, arguing against characterizations of Hoeksema's position as "nonsense" in a recent Standard Bearer editorial. The article addresses a broader controversy within the Protestant Reformed Churches regarding the nature of faith, grace, and salvation while critiquing what Engelsma views as a misframing of the actual doctrinal issue at stake.
Having waited in vain for response to one of the editors' calling Herman Hoeksema's denial that faith is a work "nonsense," with an exclamation point (see the Standard Bearer, vol. 95, no. 12, p. 279), I am compelled to write in protest. (I confess that I hesitate still, even though my name has been raised, because the entire, ongoing debate over good works is a "red herring" among us. The debate over works in the Christian life was occasioned by a sermon on John 14:6 that was not in error on...
Full article available on sb.rfpa.org
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