Author:
Bavinck, Herman, 1854-1921.
Imprint:Grand Rapids, Mich. : Reformation Heritage Books, c2008.
Description184 p. ; 24 cm.
Note:The occasion and rise of the controversy -- Differing conceptions of divine grace -- The Reformed defense of divine grace against the Remonstrants -- Augustine and the Reformed on the means of grace -- Calling and regeneration at the Synod of Dort -- Calling and regeneration in other Reformed theologians -- The Reformed conception of the covenant of grace and the church -- Diverse views concerning the moment of regeneration -- A weighty counter-argument -- The Anabaptist versus the Reformed understanding of the order of salvation -- Holy scripture on the spiritual state of adults in the covenant -- Calling and regeneration and its relation to preaching -- The means of grace in general -- The word as means of grace in particular -- The work of God's word in regeneration, faith, and conversion -- Solution to the controversy.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.