Calvin, Hoeksema, and the Free Offer (2)
Kenneth Koole defends Herman Hoeksema's interpretation of Calvin against J. Mark Beach's thesis that Calvin advocated for the well-meant offer of the gospel. This article engages in the broader debate over common grace and the free offer, arguing that disagreement with certain Calvinian positions on these matters does not necessarily place one outside Reformed orthodoxy or the confessions.
Previous article in this series: May 1, 2013, p. 340. We continue our response to an article entitled "Calvin's Treatment of the Offer of the Gospel and Divine Grace" found in the Mid-America Journal of Theology (MJT, vol. 22, 2011) written by Dr. J. Mark Beach. Beach's thesis is that Calvin was a proponent of the "Free or Well-meant Offer of the Gospel," and, in close connection with that, that H. Hoeksema's contention that Calvin was not an advocate of the WMO is specious and incorrect....
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