Resources
Curated Reformed resources from Oceanside United Reformed Church: articles on Reformed theology by Daniel R. Hyde along with recommended reading and trusted links for Christian theology, church history, worship, and Christian growth.
Articles
Daniel R. Hyde
Baptism: What It Means and Who Should Be Baptized?
Why Do We Use Creeds and Confessions?
Why We Celebrate Weekly Communion
Why We Sing Old Testament Psalms
Covenant Theology 101: Covenant Breakers and the Covenant Keeper
Ad Fontes Journal
John Owen: Prayer as Politics By Other Means
Challies
God With Us: Knowing the Mystery of Who Jesus Is (Recommendation)
Here is a captivating introduction to who Jesus really is. Admirably displaying his pastoral gifts, Daniel R. Hyde winsomely relates the orthodox doctrine of the person of Christ to the people in the pew. The book is well grounded in Scripture, historically informative, and doctrinally precise. You will walk away from this book understanding the necessity of Jesus’ two natures for our salvation, and praising God for all that He is for us in the glorious person of Christ.
This Is the Word of the Lord: Becoming Confident in the Scriptures (Recommendation)
Why Should I Fast? (Recommendation)
Welcome to a Reformed Church: A Guide for Pilgrims (Recommendation)
Daniel Hyde seeks to explain what Reformed churches believe and why they structure life and worship as they do. Written for laymen rather than scholars, the book sketches the roots of these churches, looks at their basis in Scripture and confession, examines their key beliefs and shows how these beliefs work themselves out in practice. Written by a pastor from the URC and endorsed by quite a long list of Presbyterian and Dutch Reformed pastors and professors, the book is clearly tipped toward Presbyterianism and away from Reformed Baptists. Nevertheless, there is a lot to glean from it for those in either camp.
Credo Magazine
Be Holy, for I am Holy: Why Peter Grounds Our Holiness in the Holiness of God
Benefitting From Luther’s Small Catechism
Christ’s Gift to the Church: John Owen on Public Prayer
Grace Worth Fighting For: Recapturing the Vision of God’s Grace in the Canons of Dort (Book Review)
Daniel Hyde’s Grace Worth Fighting For may be the most thorough exposition of the Canons of Dort to date. Through careful exegesis and attention to the historical context, Hyde not only explains what these canons mean but why they are biblically grounded and theologically essential. One of the best features of Hyde’s scholarship is his refusal to detach the doctrines of grace from pastoral ministry and Christian piety. A careful reading of the Canons knows that this marriage between theology and doxology is original to Dort, contrary to common caricatures. Hyde also busts every myth—and there are a lot!—surrounding Dort, removing the centuries of stereotypes to present readers with Calvinism in pure form. This book is indispensable for students of Reformed theology and irresistible to its skeptics.
Hear Him! The Prophetic Office of Christ
Our Only Comfort in Life and Death: An Invitation to the Heidelberg Catechism
The Warmest Doctrine at Dort: The Preservation and Perseverance of the Saints
creed:or:chaos
Thoughts on The Good Confession: An Exploration of the Christian Faith, chapters 1–4:
The Good Confession: Inwoo Lee’s Thoughts on Danny Hyde’s New Membership Class Workbook, Chapter One
At the end of the membership class at the Oceanside URC we are told to memorize the first question of the Heidelberg Catechism, “What is your only comfort in life and in death? … I’ll take this, which summarizes so much in just one question and answer, to my death bed. Amen.
The Good Confession: Hagan Kelly on Hyde’s Membership Workbook, Chapter Two
From start to finish The Good Confession carries the warmth of this tone as Rev. Hyde writes to his friends and congregation. This is a book you don’t read in one sitting: This is a study on the huge happiness and wonder and glory of the Christian faith…Pastor Hyde writes, ‘As Christians, God himself calls us to know him with our minds so that we might know him experientially with our hearts.’ It’s lines such as these that really get my mind buzzing-to ponder what exactly it means to ‘know’ God.
Knowing God in his Word: Hagan Kelly on Danny Hyde’s The Good Confession, ch. 3
The chapter is entitled, ‘Knowing God in His Word.’ That’s good, because I believe Pastor Hyde really does want us, his congregation, to ‘know God in His Word.’ It’s a wonderful thing; and every Lord’s Day for the past few months I’ve had a wonderful ritual. I wake up to the lovely sunshine. I make myself up a nice cup of cowboy plains jet-black coffee (the kind that puts grinds in your teeth!) And I head over to the Oceanside United Reformed Church-which is situated in an old triangular chapel right next to the Pacific Ocean-where I learn theology from the good Reverend Hyde. Our class on this subject of knowing God in His Word was a few months ago now, but I still remember it vividly. As is his practice, Pastor Hyde began the class with a prayer to our Heavenly Father for His guidance. Then, with his usual Cheshire cat grin, he asked his class this question: ‘how does a person know God?” Hmm. The class was silent.
“The Holy Trinity”: Inwoo Lee on Ch. 4 of Hyde’s The Good Confession
It’s a blessing worshipping the Triune God and learning theology at Oceanside United Reformed Church from Pastor Danny Hyde. He knows his stuff. What I mean by that is he knows his Scripture, the Reformed confessions and creeds, and his church history. He’s a Reformed pastor — he better! Like a good surgeon, he better be good with the scalpel, if you know what I mean. The thing about Pastor Hyde that I appreciate is that he cares about and loves doctrine and likes teaching it. So when he’s teaching he guides us in Scripture, and summarizes and articulates a particular truth through the creeds and confessions, and answers any questions. And from time to time he would crack a little joke with his “Chesire cat grin” (see Hagan’s last post); the funny thing is he’d be the only one laughing at the joke he delivered, while we would sit there trying to comprehend what just happened.
danielrhyde.com
Why I Love the Belgic Confession
Why I Love the Heidelberg Catechism
Gospel-Centered Musings
With Arms Wide Open: An interview about Welcome to a Reformed Church.
Green Baggins
In Living Color: Images of Christ and the Means of Grace (Book Review)
Ligonier
Articles on Predestination
Should We Talk About Predestination?
Don’t Say a Word About Predestination Until . . .
Why Do Some Believe and Some Don’t?
How Does Predestination Reveal the Glory of God?
What Does Predestination Mean for the Non-Elect?
3 Principles for Preaching the Pentateuch
3 Things You Should Know About 1 & 2 Thessalonians
4 Reasons We Must Preach the Pentateuch
6 Reasons Christians Should Study the Tabernacle
Also at The Aquila Report
Christmas Carols: Hark! the Herald Angels Sing
Continually Washed by the Gospel
Creeds and Confessions: Biblical and Beneficial
Jesus Christ: Our True Mercy Seat
Recommended Reading: Doctrine of Baptism (Book Review)
“As far as contemporary defenses of the Reformed doctrine and practice of infant baptism are concerned, Daniel Hyde’s little book [Jesus Loves the Little Children: Why We Baptize Infants] is the best. His book is particularly helpful for those coming out of a Baptist background into a Reformed church.
The Ark of the Covenant and God’s Presence with Us
The Word of God: How Am I to Love God by Loving It?
The Word of God: How Does It Work in My Life?
The Word of God: How Should I Read It?
What Is the Covenant of Grace?
What Is the Regulative Principle of Worship?
Why Do Christians Worship on Sunday?
Logos: Word by Word
1 Thessalonians 4 & the Truth about the “Secret Rapture”
25 Reformed Theology Books Everyone Should Know
What is Reformed Theology? Its Roots, Core Beliefs & Key Leaders
Why Worship Is Better Under the New Covenant (Heb 10:19–22)
Mid-America Journal of Theology
Grace Worth Fighting For: Recapturing the Vision of God’s Grace in the Canons of Dort (Book Review)
Modern Reformation
Welcome to a Reformed Church: A Guide for Pilgrims (Book Review)
OPC.org
Jesus Loves the Little Children: Why We Baptize Children (Book Review)
Puritan Board
God In Our Midst: The Tabernacle and Our Relationship with God (Book Review)
With Heart and Mouth: An Exposition of the Belgic Confession (Book Review)
Reformation21
How Is the Trinity Vital for My Christian Life?
Hyde on God’s Media (Carl Trueman Recommendation on In Living Color: Image of Christ and the Means of Grace)
…a fine exposition of the Second Commandment…biblical, confessional, irenic, pastoral, and designed to help laypeople think more clearly about issues that matter…The chapter on preaching is worth the price of the book in itself. At last, we have someone who understands that preaching is not simply informational communication but rather prophetic declaration.
Worth reading… (Todd Pruit Recommendation of Jesus Loves the Little Children: What We Baptize Children)
This is an excellent little primer on the subject of covenant baptism. It is readable and pastoral.
Reformed Dogmatika
Reformed Fellowship
Interview with Rev. Daniel Hyde
Reformed Worship
Lift Up Your Hearts: Using the Sursum Corda in Worship
What Child Is This? Christmas Eve Festival of Lessons & Carols
TableTalk Magazine
Devotionals through Romans 8
What the Church Needs Most (January 2013)
The Dividing Line (February 2013)
A Surprising Answer (March 2014)
Why I Love the Trinity (April 2014)
The Indwelling Spirit (May 2013)
Our Spiritual Life in the Body (June 2013)
Servants of the Spirit (July 2013)
Led by the Spirit (August 2013)
Communion with the Holy Spirit (September 2013)
The Witness of the Spirit (October 2013)
Experiencing the Spirit’s Witness (November 2013)
The Spirit’s Groan (December 2013)
Articles on Assurance (Romans 8)
No Condemnation: Assurance as a Christ-Centered Reality (Romans 8:1–4)
The Spirit-Led Life: Assurance as a Spirit-Produced Reality (Romans 8:5–17)
No Separation: Assurance as a Future-Looking Reality (Romans 8:18–39)
Articles on the Atonement (Canons of Dort 2)
The Most Difficult Doctrine of Dort
How Sufficient Was Jesus’ Satisfaction?
Why Must God’s Justice Be Satisfied?
What Did the Father Intend on the Cross?
The Church as the Temple of God
The Church is Not a Drive-Through Restaurant
The Necessity of Biblical Preaching
The Aquila Report
From Reformed Dream to Reformed Reality: The Problem and Possibility of Reformed Church Unity
The Gospel Coalition
God In Our Midst: The Tabernacle and Our Relationship with God (Book Review)
How Can Justification Make Me Joyful? (Book Brief)
In Defense of the Descent: A Response to Contemporary Critics (Book Brief)
Jesus Loves the Little Children: Why We Baptize Children (Book Brief)
Welcome to a Reformed Church: A Guide for Pilgrims (Book Review)
The Irresponsible Reader
In Defense of the Descent by Daniel R. Hyde (Book Review)
Wow. Hyde crammed a lot of history and theology (and history of theology) into these 74 pages! This book could’ve easily been another 50 pages longer if he’d taken the time to fully flesh out some of these points. But the book isn’t lacking because he didn’t do that — not at all. It’s just concentrated, a double shot of espresso instead of the grande drip it could have been.
The Layman’s Lounge
The Riddleblog
A New Book on Church Planting—Planting, Watering, Growing: Planting Confessionally Reformed Churches in the 21st Century (Book Review)
Books for Those New to the Reformed Faith: Welcome to a Reformed Church (Recommendation)
Hyde's Commentary on the Belgic Confession Now Available (Book Review)
New Book from Danny Hyde—God With Us: Knowing the Mystery of Who Jesus Is (Book Review)
What Should I Read to Learn More About the Three Forms? With Heart and Mouth (Recommendation)
What Should I Read to Learn More About Infant Baptism
This is another thoughtful book written for those considering joining a Reformed or Presbyterian Church, and who want a simple and biblical explanation as to why we baptize the children of believers. If Jesus welcomed them, because for such is the kingdom (Luke 18:16), then so should we!
The Seed
The Revelation of Jesus Christ (Rev. 1:1–3)
Greetings From the Triune God (Rev 1:4-5a)
A Doxological People (Rev 1:5b-6)
Behold, He is Coming! (Rev 1:7-8)
My Eyes Have Seen the King (Rev. 1:10–20)
Audio
Daniel R. Hyde
Bridge Radio
#93 Daniel Hyde: In Defense of The Descent (Interview)
Common Places
Expositors Collective
From Creed to Congregation: Reclaiming the Heidelberg Catechism in Preaching
Long Obedience in the Same Location
Iron Sharpens Iron Radio
Content Yet Contending: Jude (Interview)
From the Pen of Pastor Paul (1-2 Thessalonians) (Interview)
God in Our Midst: The Tabernacle and Our Relationship With God (Interview)
Grace Worth Fighting For: Recapturing the Vision of God’s Grace in the Canons of Dort (Interview)
Reformed Forum
In Defense of the Descent: A Response to Contemporary Critics (Book Review)
Interview on Welcome to a Reformed Church: A Guide for Pilgrims
The Synod of Dort’s Deliverance on the Sabbath
Theology on the Go
Podcasts
A History of Christian Theology
Video
Daniel R. Hyde
Bibletheory Podcast by The Chicano Knox
God in Our Midst (Interview)
Cincy Reformed
Cornerstone Christian Church
The Attraction of the Cross (John 12:32)
The Practicalities of Perseverance (1): What Does The Christian Life Look Like?
The Practicalities of Perseverance (2): Can I Fall Into Heinous Sin?
The Practicalities of Perseverance (3): Why Do I Feel So Far From God?
The Practicalities of Perseverance (4): Can God Renew My Backsliding?
The Practicalities of Perseverance (5): Q & A Session
The Practicalities of Perseverance (6): How Certain Can I Be?
The Practicalities of Perseverance (6): How Can I Find Assurance?
Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary
The Historical Significance of Dort (1): Why Grace Was (and Still Is) With Fighting For
The Historical Significance of Dort (2): “Catholic” or “Distinctive”? The Doctrines of Dort
Guilt Grace Gratitude
Covenant in the Dutch Reformed Tradition
The Canons of Dort (for Reformed Dorks)
This is the Word of the Lord: Becoming Confident in the Scriptures
Hood Grace Podcast
Interview on Ministry, Covenant Theology, Infant Baptism, Confessionalism, and Church Planting
Ligonier Ministries
A New Beginning: God in Our Midst
An Introduction to the Tabernacle: God in Our Midst
Once Lost, Now Found: How Reformed Theology Assures Us
The Priesthood of the Lord: God in Our Midst
Madison Reformed Church
A Conversation with Rev. Danny Hyde on Baptism
A Conversation with Rev. Danny Hyde on Infant Baptism
A Conversation with Rev. Danny Hyde on the Term "Sacrament"
The Pentecostal Spirit in the Reformed Church
Mid-America Reformed Seminary
Puritan Reformed
Interview on In Living Color: Image of Christ and the Means of Grace
The Aaron Running Podcast
What is a Dutch Reformed Church?
YourCalvinist (Podcast) with Keith Foskey
Bow Tie Dialogue w/Dr. Daniel Hyde on the United Reformed Churches in North America
Debate on Infant Baptism (Keith Foskey vs Daniel Hyde)
Rod Rosenbladt
The Gospel for Those Broken by the Church
Websites
goodreads (Daniel R. Hyde Quotes)
What is Christianity? from Christianity Explored