Hendrik De Cock: Reformed Reformer (2)

Introduction Reformers are strange people. They do not seem at first glance to be cut out for the role. As a matter of fact, if one measures their abilities by human standards they are the world's worst people for the work into which they are thrust. The reason for this is that the reformation of the church is God's work. We confess in our Heidelberg Catechism that the Son of God not only gathers His church, but He also defends and preserves it. That is, the work belongs to Christ, not to...