Truth and Error, Or Letters to a Friend on Some of the Controversies of the Day, by Horatius Bonar. Reviewed by Prof. Douglas Kuiper.
Prof. Douglas Kuiper reviews Horatius Bonar's 19th-century collection of pastoral letters defending Reformed doctrine against contemporary errors, including denials of total depravity, misunderstandings of election and predestination, and false views of Christ's substitutionary atonement. Though written in 1800s Scotland, Bonar's doctrinal defenses remain remarkably relevant to modern theological controversies, making this a meaty yet practical pastoral resource for congregations wrestling with errors that diminish God's sovereignty and glory in salvation.
Truth and Error, Or Letters to a Friend on Some of the Controversies of the Day, by Horatius Bonar. New Ipswich, NH: Pietan Publications, 2014. Paperback. $12.00. [Reviewed by Prof. Douglas Kuiper.] This book consists of letters written in response to various controversies: denial of the totality of man's depravity (7, 95ff.); "high Calvinists" quickly becoming "Arminians of the lowest grade" (12); exaltation of man, and diminishing of God's glory (20ff.). Additionally, Bonar dealt with a...
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