Whitefield and Spurgeon, great evangelists both, were strong Calvinists. Some seem to forget that. This little hard back from Christian Focus by Dr Donald Macleod, who always writes so well, is on the free offer of the gospel and is well worth reading wherever you may stand on this issue. Beginning with a sermon by C H Spurgeon on compelling them to come in, which is reproduced as an appendix the book, it deals with arguments against the free offer from man's spiritual bondage, predestination, limited atonement and divine security but then goes beyond that providing chapters on delivering the free offer, knowing where the fish are hiding and on the messenger himself. The latter part of the book I found particularly stimulating. We need books like this.
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For me, Donald Macleod is a great writer, and everything he writes is worth reading - in my case at least, more than once. I thought this was an inspiring read. Anyone who thinks theology is a dry subject should read this. Glad you reviewed it... not many are giving it the publicity it deserves,
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for commenting further. One problem for many of us is that we are supposed to believe this anyway so we don't think we need to read a book on it.
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