“Charles Spurgeon was NOT a Calvinist!”

Today I talked to a buddy who has spent the last few months studying the doctrines of grace (i.e. Calvinism).  Like many today, he’s been reading and listening to John Piper, John MacArthur, R.C. Sproul and Paul Washer on the Internet. And to use his own words, “It just seems to make sense.”  He’s coming from a Fundamental Independent Baptist background.  And like many in those circles, has only heard caricatures and straw men arguments about that “Satanic heresy” of Calvinism.

But what a friend told him yesterday almost made me fall out of my chair, “Charles Spurgeon was NOT a Calvinist!“  The logic went something like this: since Charles Spurgeon preached to thousands and was evangelistic, he couldn’t be a Calvinist.  Again, these kinds of statements underscore the ignorance that is rampant amongst many Fundamentalists.

Just for the record, I thought I’d let Spurgeon speak for himself:  Read it HERE

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