At the height of his powers as an interpreter of the
Word of God in the late 1930s, Reformed theologian Herman Hoeksema preached a series of
ninety-seven sermons covering the entire book of Romans. The transcription of them by a
member of his congregation was recently made available to the RFPA for publication. The
outstanding worth of this new work is its fresh, bold, penetrating, and utterly faithful
exposition of the book of the Bible that the Reformation rightly regarded as the summa of
the gospel of salvation by grace alone. Hoeksema called Romans “one of the richest
and most beautiful parts of the Word of God.”In addition to abundant natural
abilities, wide-reading, and disciplined theological study over many years, Hoeksema
shared the zeal of the apostle Paul for the glory of the triune God in His sovereignty.
This emboldened him to correctly elucidate what Paul said, particularly on
predestination.This exposition is addressed not to the scholars, but to the very same
audience for whom the apostle wrote the epistle: the “beloved of God, called to be
saints.”“The clarity of language, the simplicity of explanation, the warmth
of teaching, the sharpness of application, and the homeliness of illustration make this
book truly a devotional commentary on Romans”—David J. Engelsma, editor