Covenant and Election in the Reformed Tradition

Covenant and Election in the Reformed TraditionCovenant and election are two of the most prominent and most important truths in Scripture. They run through the Bible like two grand, harmonious themes in symphony. These two doctrines and their relation are the twofold subject of this book. The author illumines covenant and election from the controversial history of the confession of the teachings and their relation to the Reformed traditionfrom John Calvin in the sixteenth century through the

Covenant and election are two of the most prominent and most important truths in Scripture. They run through the Bible like two grand, harmonious themes in symphony. These two doctrines and their relation are the twofold subject of this book.

The author illumines covenant and election from the controversial history of the confession of the teachings and their relation to the Reformed tradition—from John Calvin in the sixteenth-century through the fathers of the Secession churches in the nineteenth-century Netherlands to the twentieth-century theologians Herman Bavinck and Herman Hoeksema.

What others are saying about this book:

"This new book by David J. Engelsma, professor emeritus at the Protestant Reformed Theological School, is significant. Through his own years of diligent study as a pastor and seminary professor, Engelsma has distinguished himself as a noted covenant theologian and an ardent defender of the indispensable link between God’s covenant of grace and His election of His people in Christ. He has written of this before in several places, but now in full-book form he lays out his mature statement on 'covenant and election in the Reformed tradition.' Engelsma’s latest work is a vital and valuable—even unique—contribution to Reformed covenant theology, at a key time in the history of Reformed and Presbyterian churches and her doctrine." -Charles Terpstra

Read a review by Charles Terpstra (the Standard Bearer).

David J. Engelsma served as minister to several Protestant Reformed congregations until he was appointed to the Protestant Reformed Seminary in 1988 as professor of Dogmatics and Old Testament studies. He also served as editor of the "Standard Bearer" from 1988-2002. Prof. Engelsma has lectured and preached throughout the British Isles on behalf of the British Reformed Fellowship, which is devoted to the spread and defense of the Reformed faith in the United Kingdom. He lives in Grand Rapids, MI, with his wife and is the father of 9 children. He has authored many RFPA books.

• 288 pages
• hardcover
• ISBN 978-1-936054-02-2
• Release date: 2011