Review of Federal Vision: Heresy at the Root
This book review examines David J. Engelsma's critique of Federal Vision theology, a teaching that has emerged in conservative Reformed and Presbyterian churches since the 1970s. Engelsma, a Dutch Reformed theologian, provides a detailed rebuttal focusing particularly on Federal Vision's doctrine of justification, presenting arguments accessible to lay readers while addressing audience questions and responding to defenses of Norman Shepherd's theology.
John Hooper Federal Vision: Heresy at the Root David J. Engelsma Reformed Free Publishing Association, Michigan, USA, 2012 Hardback, 251pp ISBN 978-1936054077 £8.80 (including P&P) (Click here to order from the CPRC Bookstore) Federal vision is a teaching found within conservative paedobaptist churches, of both Presbyterian and (Dutch) Reformed tradition, in North America. It first appeared as far back as the mid-1970s when Prof. Norman Shepherd was a member of the Orthodox Presbyterian...