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Download Journal The Global Witness of the Reformed Faith Vol. 1, No. 1–2 / Fall 2015 1–2 / Fall 1, No. Vol. Westminster International Theological Reformed Seminary Evangelical Philadelphia Seminary uniocc.com Vol. 1, No. 1–2 / Fall 2015 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REFORMED THEOLOGY AND LIFE Editorial Board Members Africa Flip Buys, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa Henk Stoker, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa Philip Tachin, National Open University of Nigeria, Lagos, Nigeria Cephas Tushima, ECWA Theological Seminary, Jos, Nigeria Asia In-Sub Ahn, Chong Shin University and Seminary, Seoul, Korea Wilson W. Chow, China Graduate School of Theology, Hong Kong Editorial Committee and Staff Matthew Ebenezer, Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Dehra Dun, India Benyamin F. Intan, International Reformed Evangelical Seminary, Jakarta, Editor in Chief: Paul Wells Indonesia Senior Editors: Peter A. Lillback and Benyamin F. Intan Kevin Woongsan Kang, Chongshin Theological Seminary, Seoul, Korea Managing Editor: Bernard Aubert In Whan Kim, Daeshin University, Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk, Korea Book Review Editor: Jeffrey K. Jue Billy Kristanto, International Reformed Evangelical Seminary, Jakarta, Indonesia Assistants: Audy Santoso and Abbie Daise Jong Yun Lee, Academia Christiana of Korea, Seoul, Korea Copy Editor: Pierce T. Hibbs Sang Gyoo Lee, Kosin University, Busan, Korea Typesetter: Janice Van Eck Deok Kyo Oh, Ulaanbaatar University, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Moses Wong, China Reformed Theological Seminary, Taipei, Taiwan Mission Statement Australia Unio cum Christo celebrates and encourages the visible union believers possess Allan M. Harman, Presbyterian Theological College, Victoria, Australia in Christ when they confess the faith of the one holy catholic and apostolic Peter Hastie, Presbyterian Theological College, Victoria, Australia church, the body of Christ. Thus, its mission is (1) to be an international scholarly Mark D. Thompson, Moore Theological College, Newtown, Australia and practical journal for the global Reformed community—churches, seminaries, theologians, and pastors; (2) to encourage deeper fellowship, Europe understanding, and growth in faith, hope, and love in the Reformed community Henri Blocher, Faculté Libre de Théologie Évangélique, Vaux-sur-Seine, France at large; and (3) to support small and isolated Reformed witnesses in minority Leonardo De Chirico, Istituto di Formazione Evangelica e Documentazione, missional situations. It will seek to do so by the publication and dissemination Padova, Italy of scholarly contributions of a biblical, theological, and practical nature by David Estrada, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain Reformed leaders world-wide—including leading theologians, developing Ian Hamilton, Cambridge Presbyterian Church, Cambridge, UK scholars, practicing missionaries, pastors, and evangelists. Roel Kuiper, Kampen Theological University, Kampen, Netherlands José de Segovia, Iglesia Reformada de Madrid, Madrid, Spain Articles, interviews, and book reviews will consistently be in line with biblically Herman J. Selderhuis, Apeldoorn Theological University, Apeldoorn, Netherlands based Reformed confessional orthodoxy and orthopraxis. Submitted or Henk van den Belt, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands solicited contributions for its biannual issues will focus on specific themes Paul Wells, Faculté Jean Calvin, Aix-en-Provence, France of importance to the Reformed tradition and present debate. North America Greg Beale, Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, USA Joel Beeke, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, USA Gerald L. Bray, Samford University, Birmingham, USA William Edgar, Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, USA Richard B. Gaffin Jr., Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, USA The opinions expressed in this journal represent the views only of the Peter A. Lillback, Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, USA individual contributors; they do not reflect the views of the editors, David (Eung-Yul) Ryoo, Centreville, USA, formerly of Chongshin Seminary, of Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, or the International Seoul, Korea Reformed Evangelical Seminary. Carl R. Trueman, Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, USA Jason Van Vliet, Canadian Reformed Theological Seminary, Hamilton, Canada Jason Hing Kau Yeung, Ambrose University, Calgary, Canada ISSN 2380-5412 Jason Zuidema, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada Copyright © 2015 International Reformed Evangelical Seminary and Westminster Theological Seminary. All rights reserved. South America Davi Gomes, Mackenzie Presbyterian University, São Paulo, Brazil Printed in the United States of America and Indonesia Mauro Meister, Andrew Jumper Graduate Center, São Paulo, Brazil INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REFORMED THEOLOGY AND LIFE Vol. 1, No. 1–2 / Fall 2015 The Global Witness of the Reformed Faith Published jointly by Westminster International Theological Reformed Seminary Evangelical Philadelphia, Seminary Pennsylvania, Jakarta, uniocc.com USA Indonesia [email protected] Submissions For questions regarding submission of articles, contact Paul Wells at [email protected] or Bernard Aubert at [email protected]. Guidelines of style can be found at our website: uniocc.com. Subscriptions Annual subscription rates are $35.00 for institutions, $25.00 for individ- uals, and $20.00 for students. Single issues may be purchased at $14.00 per copy. Inquiries concerning subscription and orders should be sent to [email protected]. ISSN 2380-5412 Copyright © 2015 International Reformed Evangelical Seminary and Westminster Theological Seminary. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America and Indonesia CONTENTS The Global Witness of the Reformed Faith 5 Editorial: Winning by Losing / PAUL WELLS BIBLICAL STUDIES 13 Martyreō and Cognates in the New Testament: Some Notes / DONALD A. CARSON 29 Witness in the Theology of Hebrews / DAVID G. PETERSON HISTORICAL STUDIES 45 The Martyrdom of Polycarp / GERALD BRAY 61 Jan Hus: A Reformation before the Reformation / DANIEL BERGÈSE 77 The Forerunners of the Reformation / PETER A. LILLBACK 103 Pierre Viret’s Consolation for the Persecuted Huguenots / REBEKAH A. SHEATS 119 A Teachable Death: Doctrine and Death in Marten Micron’s Martyrology / HERMAN J. SELDERHUIS 133 The Guanabara Confession of Faith / ALDERI S. MATOS 145 The Captivity Epistles of the English Reformation / PHILIP E. HUGHES CONTEMPORARY ISSUES 159 Witness in the Public Square / JAMES W. SKILLEN 173 Post-Christian Confession in Secular Context / LEONARDO DE CHIRICO 3 4 UNIO CUM CHRISTO ›› UNIOCC.COM 187 Persecution of Christians Today / THOMAS SCHIRRMACHER 209 Witnessing in Word and Deed in the Context of Religious Persecution / PHILIP TACHIN 225 “With Heart and Hands and Voices”: Integral Ministry of Word and Deed from a Missio Dei Perspective / PHILLIPUS J. (FLIP) BUYS AND ANDRÉ JANSEN 251 The Ministry of Religion and the Rights of the Minority: The Witness of Protestant Christianity in Indonesia / BENYAMIN F. INTAN 279 The Church in Korea: Persecution and Subsequent Growth / SANG GYOO LEE INTERVIEW 289 Interview of Dr. Stephen Tong / PETER A. LILLBACK BOOK REVIEWS 301 William Horbury and Brian McNeil, eds. Suffering and Martyrdom in the New Testament: Studies Presented to G. M. Styler by the Cambridge New Testament Seminar / BRANDON D. CROWE 305 Shelly Matthews. Perfect Martyr: The Stoning of Stephen and the Construction of Christian Identity / Bryan M. Litfin. Early Christian Martyr Stories: An Evangelical Introduction with New Translations / BERNARD AUBERT 309 Robert Bartlett. Why Can the Dead Do Such Great Things? Saints and Worshippers from the Martyrs to the Reformation / PAUL WELLS 313 Martin I. Klauber, ed. The Theology of the French Reformed Churches: From Henri IV to the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes / PAUL WELLS 318 Adrian Chastain Weimer. Martyrs’ Mirror: Persecution and Holiness in Early New England / JEFFREY K. JUE 320 Eric Metaxas. Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy: A Righteous Gentile vs. the Third Reich / WILLIAM EDGAR 325 Contributors EDITORIAL Winning by Losing PAUL WELLS s I write and as you read this first editorial for Unio cum Christo, Christians are being persecuted or even tortured because they have not hidden their faith but have let their light shine in the world. This is hard to take for those of us who are sitting comfortably, not only because of our feel- Aings, but because it seems to contradict what we believe about the Lordship of Christ. Is Christ living and reigning, are all things under his control, and does he care for his people? How can we harmonize what we believe with reports of the fate of Christians around the world? Christianity is the most persecuted religion, and global opposition to the Christian faith seems to be on the up, no doubt because of new geopolitical factors. Things seem to be getting more apocalyptic. We are told that in our time more Christians are under the cosh than ever before. Thomas Schirrmacher’s article in this issue of Unio cum Christo provides some details on the present situation. We know the names of a good many martyrs who gave their lives in the past, because their sacrifice has been recorded and is honored by the church. They make up “the glorious company of the Apostles … and the noble army of Martyrs” as the Te Deum says, those who praise the Lord and also beseech, How long? (Rev 6:10). Memory is very import- ant, and the Christian tradition reminds us that suffering
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