Letter about “What Must I Do…?”
Nathan Langerak critiques an editorial by Rev. Koole regarding a doctrinal dispute in the Protestant Reformed Churches over sermons preached at Hope Church, arguing that the dispute fundamentally concerns erroneous teaching on justification by faith alone rather than merely a discussion about godliness and good works. Langerak contends that the editorial mischaracterizes a serious church discipline case involving protests, appeals, depositions, and synodical decisions as a casual doctrinal discussion, thereby missing the central theological issue at stake.
I am writing about the most recent editorial, What Must I Do?, by Rev. Koole (Oct. 1, 2018, p. 6-9). I find the editorial deeply disturbing for the connection that it makes with doctrinal dispute in our churches, specifically the editor's, "fear that we tend to underestimate," the truth of irresistible grace, and the editor's connecting this to the, "issues being discussed in the PRC of late, namely, grace and godliness -- the life of good works -- in the life of the child of God." The...
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