Book Review: The Covenant of God and the Children of Believers
This book review examines David Engelsma's defense of unconditional covenant theology against the Federal Vision heresy, which wrongly conditions salvation on human works rather than God's sovereign grace alone. Engelsma argues that the covenant of God is an unconditional bond of fellowship rooted in divine election, not a conditional contract between God and man, and that this doctrine is essential for Reformed churches to preserve justification by grace through faith alone against modern threats to the Reformation.
The Covenant of God and the Children of Believers: Sovereign Grace in the Covenant David J. Engelsma Reformed Free Publishing Association, Michigan, USA, 2005 Hardback, x + 237pp. ISBN 0-916206-91-2 £14.00 + £1.40 P&P = £15.40 (Click here to order from the CPRC Bookstore) Hot off the press, The Covenant of God and the Children of Believers strikes a death blow to the heart of a heresy which is sweeping through Reformed churches. Many are now teaching that because salvation is based on...