His Will to Make Known

About the Book

The manuscript for this book was written nearly 80 years ago, but it was never published. However, its message is ageless. Publication of the manuscript rescued it from the obscurity of a dust-covered folder and moved to into a reference work signaling significant spiritual substance. It explains two prevalent errors still present in today’s Christian circles: first, that of proclaiming the love of God without his holiness; and second, the error of announcing the holiness of God without his love. Christianity has the image of Christ in faith in the foreground, not overruling the law, but fulfilling it. In the Gospel we have the truth of God the lawgiver, and Christ in love despising our shame while accepting the holy judgment of God placed on Him in our place. This study first examines the problem of how to come to a holy and loving God in Christ when we’re totally unable. The next section focuses on revealing God’s twofold will; thirdly, we explore the denials of the true biblical view of the twofold will of God. And, finally, the last section considers doctrinal studies basic to God’s twofold will. The author is the Rev. Dr. Frederick Bronkema, who held degrees from Calvin College, Calvin Theological Seminary, Princeton Theological Seminary, Harvard University, and Yale University. With experience pastoring local churches, as well as serving on the faculties of various seminaries and colleges, Dr. Bronkema produced many written works and, with his wife (Sadie Hollander Bronkema), raised a family. His unfortunate death from complications related to knee surgery cut short his prolific career.

About the Author

Frederick Bronkema was born on July 24, 1898, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. His death occurred on November 14, 1960, in Elizabeth, New Jersey, from complications related to knee surgery. Dr. Bronkema was a graduate of Calvin College (1922) in Grand Rapids and Calvin Theological Seminary (1925). He enrolled in Princeton Theological Seminary, earning a master of theology degree in 1926; then earning a doctor of theology degree in 1928 from Harvard University. He provided pastoral assistance to churches in various communities from 1928 through 1929 and was ordained in his first pastorate at the Prattsville, New York, Reformed Church in America on February 5, 1930, serving in this church until 1935. He then he moved to New Haven, Connecticut, enrolling in Yale University and earning a doctor of philosophy degree in 1937; his doctoral dissertation was on the theology of Emil Brunner. Bronkema married Sadie Hollander on April 25, 1930, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. They were parents of three children: Emily Bronkema, born 1932 (she died shortly after birth); Frederick Hollander Bronkema, born February 1, 1934; and Una Faith Bronkema, born August 25, 1943. Bronkema’s professional career saw him in the role of instructor of systematic theology at Princeton Theological Seminary from 1937 through 1940; professor and department head of systematic theology at Dubuque Theological Seminary, 1940–48; professor of theology, philosophy, and Christian history at Bob Jones University, 1948; professor of Bible and apologetics, Westmont College, 1949–1950; pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Okanogan, Washington, 1950–1952; pastor of the Juanita Community Church in Kirkland, Washington, 1952–1955; pastor of the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, Elizabeth, New Jersey, 1955–1960; and adjunct professor of systematic theology at Bloomfield Seminary, Bloomfield, New Jersey, from 1955 until his death in 1960. Throughout his career, Bronkema wrote many articles, edited several professional journals, and gave counsel, guidance, and direction to hundreds of students and colleagues.