No Reformed Theology of Justification?
The October 2007 issue of Ordained Servant: A Journal for Church Officers was published online on the website of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. However, a double review article by the Rev. Mark Garcia was published initially without the (important) footnotes. While they were being added, the article, with notes, was made available here with permission. Now that the corrected version appears on the OPC website, this page merely points you to that site. Thank you to those who have put the corrected version online.
To view the complete article online at the OPC website click here.
The December issue of Ordained Servant contains a clarification by Mark Garcia, "My Review Article: A Clarification", as well as a response to the review by W. Robert Godfrey and David VanDrunen: "Response to Mark Garcia's Review of Covenant, Justiification, and Pastoral Ministry." Behind Garcia's article lies the research contained in his dissertation and now in his book, Life in Christ: Union with Christ and Twofold Grace in Calvin's Theology (click here for ordering information).
Covenant, Justification, and Pastoral Ministry: Essays by the Faculty of Westminster Seminary California, ed. by R. Scott Clark. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R, 2006, xii + 465 pages, $24.99, paper.
The Way of Salvation: The Role of Christian Obedience in Justification, by Paul A. Rainbow. Milton Keynes: Paternoster, 2005, xxii + 329 pages, $29.99, paper.
Mark A. Garcia, a minister in the OPC, serves as the pastor of Immanuel Orthodox Presbyterian Church in
Oakdale, Pennsylvania. He earned his Ph.D. in 2004 from the University of
Edinburgh. His dissertation is entitled: "Life in Christ