Career
Shepherd had a number of views that were criticized as being contrary to the Westminster Standards, and this led him to be dismissed from his post at Westminster. Firstly, Shepherd argued that evangelism should be carried out with covenant in mind rather than election, which will lead the evangelist to say to people, "Christ died to save you." This was criticized as being a denial of limited atonement. Jelle Faber, Principal of the Canadian Reformed Theological Seminary, compared Shepherd"s dismissal to that of Klaas Schilder, and noted that Shepherd was in agreement with Francis Turretin.
Faber also wrote at the time that Westminster had "lost an eminent Reformed dogmatician."
In 2012, a Festschrift was published in his honor.
Obedient Faith: A Festschrift for Norman Shepherd included contributions from James B. Jordan, Peter Leithart, Andrew Sandlin, and Rich Lusk.
