Meet The Puritans

Danny Hyde

Rev. Daniel R. Hyde is the church planter and minister of the Oceanside United Reformed Church, a congregation of the United Reformed Churches in North America, in Carlsbad, California. He is married to his college sweetheart, Karajean, and they have three sons, Cyprian, Caiden, and Daxton.

Baptized into the Roman Catholic Church, converted at 17 1/2 in a Foursquare Church, educated at an Assemblies of God liberal arts college, and served as a youth pastor in a non-denominational church while in college, Danny came to experience the joy and assurance that he was justified by faith through the writings of the Puritans. After his undergraduate work in religion (BA, Vanguard University) Danny attended Westminster Seminary California (MDiv) and became the church planter of the Oceanside URC in February 2000, which he has served ever since.

Danny subsequently has earned his Master of Theology (ThM) at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan. His thesis advisor and mentor was Dr. Joel Beeke along with readers Dr. Derek H. W. Thomas and Dr. Mark Jones. His thesis was on a neglected aspect in seventeenth-century studies: the liturgical theology of the English Congregationalist, John Owen.

Books

• Jesus Loves the Little Children: Why We Baptize Children (Grandville: Reformed Fellowship, 2006).
• The Good Confession: An Exploration of the Christian Faith (Eugene: Wipf & Stock, 2006).
• What to Expect in Reformed Worship: A Visitors’ Guide (Eugene: Wipf & Stock, 2007).
• God With Us: Knowing the Mystery of Who Jesus Is (Grand Rapids: Reformation Heritage Books, 2007).
• With Heart and Mouth: An Exposition of the Belgic Confession (Grandville: Reformed Fellowship, 2008).
• In Living Color: Images of Christ and the Means of Grace (Grandville: Reformed Fellowship, 2009).
• Welcome to a Reformed Church: A Guide for Pilgrims (Orlando: Reformation Trust Publishing, 2010).
• In Defense of the Descent: A Response to Contemporary Critics (Grand Rapids: Reformation Heritage Books, 2010).
• Why Do We Believe in God (Phillipsburg: P&R Publishing, forthcoming 2011)
• Planting, Watering, Growing: Planting Confessionally Reformed Churches in the 21st Century, ed. Daniel R. Hyde and Shane Lems (Grand Rapids: Reformation Heritage Books, forthcoming 2011)

Chapters

• “Rulers and Servants: The Nature of and Qualifications for the Offices of Elder and Deacon,” in Called to Serve: Essays for Elders and Deacons, ed. Michael G. Brown (Grandville: Reformed Fellowship, 2007), 1–16.
• “Table Manners: Whom We Welcome to the Lord’s Table,” in Called to Serve: Essays for Elders and Deacons, ed. Michael G. Brown (Grandville: Reformed Fellowship, 2007), 135–143.
• “Church Planting Principles from the Book of Acts,” in Planting, Watering, Growing: Planting Confessionally Reformed Churches in the 21st Century, ed. Daniel R. Hyde and Shane Lems (Grand Rapids: Reformation Heritage Books, forthcoming 2011).
• “On Being a Church Planter,” in Planting, Watering, Growing: Planting Confessionally Reformed Churches in the 21st Century, ed. Daniel R. Hyde and Shane Lems (Grand Rapids: Reformation Heritage Books, forthcoming 2011).
• “Declare His Glory Among the Nations: Public Worship as the Heart of Evangelism,” in Planting, Watering, Growing: Planting Confessionally Reformed Churches in the 21st Century, ed. Daniel R. Hyde and Shane Lems (Grand Rapids: Reformation Heritage Books, forthcoming 2011).
• “The Sovereign Spirit of Missions: Thoughts on Acts 16:6–10 and Church Planting,” in Planting, Watering, Growing: Planting Confessionally Reformed Churches in the 21st Century, ed. Daniel R. Hyde and Shane Lems (Grand Rapids: Reformation Heritage Books, forthcoming 2011).
• “The Holy Spirit in the Heidelberg Catechism,” in The Heidelberg Catechism 450th Commemoration, ed. Sebastian Heck and Jon Payne (Grand Rapids: Reformation Heritage Books, forthcoming, 2012).

Journal Articles

• “The Holy Spirit in the Heidelberg Catechism.” Mid-America Journal of Theology 17 (2006): 211–37.
• “In Defense of the Descendit: A Confessional Response to Contemporary Critics of Christ’s Descent into Hell.” The Confessional Presbyterian 3 (2007): 104–17.
• “For Freedom Christ Has Set Us Free: John Owen’s A Discourse Concerning Liturgies, And Their Imposition.” The Confessional Presbyterian 4 (2008): 29–42.
• “Lutheran Puritanism? Adiaphora in Lutheran Orthodoxy and Possible Commonalities in Reformed Orthodoxy.” American Theological Inquiry 2:1 (January 2009): 61–83.
• “Response to Fr. Boonzaaijer’s Comparison of the 39 Articles & Belgic Confession.” The North American Anglican 2 (Spring 2009): 157–165.
• “According to the Custom of the Ancient Church? Examining the Roots of John Calvin’s Liturgy.” Puritan Reformed Journal 1:2 (June 2009): 189–211.
• “The Principle and Practice of Preaching in the Heidelberg Catechism.” Puritan Reformed Journal 1:1 (January 2009): 97–117.
• “On Being a Church Planter.” Mid-America Journal of Theology 20 (2009): 159–175.
• “Handling a High Mystery: The Westminster Confession on Preaching Predestination.” Puritan Reformed Journal 2:2 (June 2010): 235–258.

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