Radicalism in the church of Jesus Christ
Russell Dykstra, drawing on decades of membership and seminary teaching in the Protestant Reformed Churches, examines the persistent problem of radicalism within the PRC—a tendency to demand more than Scripture allows while maintaining doctrinal orthodoxy. Through historical analysis of Herman Hoeksema's editorial approach and conflicts with the Christian Reformed Church and Liberated Churches, Dykstra explores how the PRC has grappled with distinguishing between faithful doctrinal precision and overreaching radicalism.
The Protestant Reformed Churches have been my ecclesiastical home from my birth. These churches have nurtured, fed, guided, and instructed me, and subsequently, my children and grandchildren. I love these churches and pray for them continually. It is out of love for these churches that I take up the pen and address a growing concern in my soul, namely, a spirit of radicalism in these churches. Radicalism is difficult to define. It does not identify itself, nor even admit to being radical when...
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