Bavinck? Yes. Hoeksema? No. (4)
Kenneth Koole critiques what he perceives as a coordinated effort by Reformed theologians in the Mid-America Journal of Theology to distance Herman Bavinck's covenantal theology from that of Herman Hoeksema, while simultaneously associating Hoeksema's views with Abraham Kuyper's presupposed-regeneration doctrine. The article questions the motivations and methods of these scholars in labeling Hoeksema's unconditional covenant view as extreme and hyper-Calvinistic while favorably portraying Bavinck's position.
Previous article in this series: April 1, 2013, p. 292. As stated in our recent SB editorials it has become plain that at present there is a concerted effort by various Doctors of Reformed Theology to put as much distance as possible between H. Bavinck's covenantal view and that of H. Hoeksema. A perusal of recent issues of the Mid-America Journal of Theology (MJT) going back to volume 19 (2008) makes this rather clear, as we have demonstrated. From the articles dealt with, it becomes plain...
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