James Durham: And the Gospel Offer in Its Seventeenth-century Context (Reformed Historical Theology, 31) - Hardcover

MacLean, Donald

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3525550871 ISBN 13: 9783525550878

Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Gmbh & Co, 2015

Synopsis

The free offer of the gospel has been a matter of significant debate within Reformed theology. However, despite this controversy, Reformed theologians such as James Durham preached a gospel offer which was a sincere and free invitation from God to all, to embrace Jesus Christ as Saviour. This gospel offer expressed God's grace and goodness to all. Donald MacLean argues that Durham's doctrinal position is representative of the Westminster Standards and embraced by his contemporaries and evidenced by the later disputes concerning the meaning of the teaching of the Westminster Confession of Faith.

About this title

About the Author:

Donald John MacLean is Research Supervisor at Wales Evangelical School of Theology and Visiting Lecturer at City University in London.

Review:

"...Students of the period as well as ministers of the gospel will find MacLean's study a useful addition to the continued exploration of early modern Reformed orthodoxy. His work sheds considerable light on how it was that Reformed theologians dealt with the paradoxical nature of the gospel offer and divine election." --Michael J. Lynch, Calvin Theological Journal, November 2017

About this edition

• Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Gmbh & Co
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 3525550871
• ISBN 13: 9783525550878
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 338