Antinomians? Without a doubt (8)
Prof. Ronald Cammenga defends the Protestant Reformed Churches (PRC) against charges of antinomianism by examining the proper relationship between repentance and forgiveness, drawing on the teachings of John Calvin and Herman Hoeksema. The article argues that God's forgiveness follows upon Spirit-worked repentance rather than being eternally prior to it, as the schismatic Reformed Protestant Churches (RPC) allegedly teach.
What Says Herman Hoeksema? In this series, we are concerned to point out the antinomianism of the Reformed Protestant Churches (RPC), the schismatic group that separated from the Protestant Reformed Churches (PRC). In the last several articles, we have examined the teaching of John Calvin with respect to the relation between repentance and forgiveness. We have compared the teaching of Calvin to the teaching of the RPs that forgiveness is eternally prior to repentance. Before the believer...
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