Herman Hoeksema

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Herman Hoeksema was a Dutch Reformed theologian.

Hoeksema was born on 1886-03-12 at Hoogezand, in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands and immigrated to the USA in 1904. After studying at Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids/Michigan, he began his ministerial career in the Eastern Avenue Christian Reformed Church of Grand Rapids - by this time one of the largest reformed congregations in the United States. In 1924 he refused to accept the three points of common grace, which became official church dogma of the CRC. The result of this controversy was that he and some other ministers with their congregations were put out of the Christian Reformed Church. These men then established the Protestant Reformed Churches.

Hoeksema served as a long time pastor of the First Protestant Reformed Church of Grand Rapids. He also was professor of theology at the Protestant Reformed Theological School in Grandville/MI for 40 years. Herman Hoeksema died in September 1965 at Grand Rapids.

Contents 1 Works 2 References 2.1 Bibliography 2.2 See also 2.3 External links

[edit] Works

As editor of the Protestant Reformed Magazine, the "Standard Bearer" he also authored many books including:

• Whosoever Will, which shows the errors of Arminianism
• Righteous by Faith Alone, a devotional commentary on Romans
• Behold he cometh, a commentary on the book of Revelation
• Concerning sin and grace

[edit] References

[edit] Bibliography

• Hoeksema, Gertrude, Therefore Have I Spoken: A Biography of Herman Hoeksema, (1969) ISBN 0-8254-2810-6
• Baskwell, P.J., Herman Hoeksema: A Theological Biography, Amsterdam: Vrije Universiteit, (2006), [1] — available online in PDF

[edit] See also

• Herman Bavinck
• Gerrit Cornelis Berkouwer
• Klaas Schilder (or Klaas Schilder in Dutch)

[edit] External links

• Protestant Reformed Churches Home Page
• History of the Protestant Reformed Churches
• Reformed Free Publishing Association — the publisher of Hoeksema's books
• Herman Hoeksema: Theologian and Reformer — a biographical article by Prof. Herman Hanko
• Studies in Bible Doctrine — a project of Rev. Bernard Woudenberg, a student and contemporary of Herman Hoeksema.
  The site includes an account of the debate with Klaas Schilder regarding the Covenant of Grace.
• Audio Sermons of Rev. Herman Hoeksema
• Dr. Herman Hoeksema, Reformed.net