A Critique of the Covenant of Works in Contemporary Controversy

Protestant Reformed Theological Journal
appeared in the theological journal entitled Bekennende Kirche. The
author of the article is Dr. Jürgen-Burkhard Klautke, who is also the
editor of Bekennende Kirche. Dr. Klautke is Dean and Professor of
Christian Ethics and Systematic Theology in the Akademie Für Reformatorische
Theologie in Marburg, Germany. Dr. Klautke has been
a friend of the Protestant Reformed Churches since the mid-2000s,
and member of the Bekennende Evangelisch-Reformierte Gemeinde
(BERG), a Reformed church in Giessen, which has informal contact
with the PRC (for more information on the contact, see the Standard
Bearer, October 1, 2007). Mr. Peter VanDerSchaaf has translated this
article. The article is a fine exposition of Genesis 17 and God’s command
to His covenant friend, Abraham, to offer up his only son, the
son of the promise, Isaac. You will be edified by this fine exposition
of Holy Scripture and the unique insights that Dr. Klautke has. We
are indebted to him for his contribution.
Bound to Join: Letters on Church Membership is a recent publication
by the Reformed Free Publishing Association. The book consists
of a series of e-mail letters that Prof. David Engelsma wrote on the
matter of the necessity of membership in the instituted church at the
request of a number of attendees at the 2004 British Reformed Fellowship
Conference. Rev. Angus Stewart contributes a review article of
this book, giving a detailed account of its contents and defending its
conclusions on the basis of Scripture and the Reformed standards.
This issue of PRTJ also contains a number of book reviews. Interesting,
well-written, helpful book reviews. You will want to read
them. The books reviewed are undoubtedly books that our readers
will want to read themselves and add to their libraries.
Soli Deo Gloria!
—RLC
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