This week, the blog is sponsored by Reformed Free Publishing Association (RFPA). This post is about their brand-new book Go Into All the World, written by Rev. Daniel Holstege of Wingham, Ontario.
It is often said that the Reformed doctrines of election and God’s covenant with believers and their children discourage or even impede missions and evangelism. Though those claims are erroneous, the reality is that many Reformed circles have often inadvertently given them credibility by neglecting evangelism and maintaining a self-focused church culture that produces what C. John Miller called “the ingrown church.”
But that need not be so.
In Go Into All the World, pastor and former missionary Daniel Holstege demonstrates that, far from impeding missions, a proper understanding of the doctrine of God’s covenant should actually encourage evangelism. Though unashamedly committed to the Biblical doctrine of election, the Reformed faith does not allow the believer to attempt the impossible task to curiously investigate God’s decree, and to speculate about who is and who is not elect. Rather, the Reformed faith emboldens the church to proclaim the gospel to all people, nations, and tongues indiscriminately.
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