History of the English Calvinistic Baptists 1771-1892: from John Gill to C. H. Spurgeon
Robert W. Oliver, BOT.
Emerging Deconstructionism
This book is based on Robert Oliver’s 1985 doctoral dissertation. His title is misleading. It is not a history of the British Calvinistic Baptists but, as Michael Haykin’s Foreword explains, an analysis of controversies regarding communion, the use of the law and the so-called fee offer. These are discussed at an …
Posts Tagged Charles Spurgeon
John Gill and His Successors
Aug 17
… importance to future generations. This also became the conviction of John Rippon (1750-1836) and Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892), Gill’s more well-known successors to his pastorate, but it was also the testimony of those who served for shorter periods at Carter Lane such as John Martin, Benjamin Francis and John Fawcett. The witness of these faithful men of God has helped point generations to Gill’s works which have subsequently enriched their lives.
The present …
… for being pastored by such prominent men as Benjamin Keach, Benjamin Stinton, John Rippon and Charles H. Spurgeon besides Gill.
When Gill took over the Goat Yard church, its doctrines and methods of church government were far from Biblical. Too much emphasis was placed on the supervisory rights of extra-church affiliations which robbed local churches of their sovereignty. An association of ministers who met regularly at a Coffee House, of all places, had set themselves up as …
Are We Reformed?
Aug 21
… weeds we wear and feel suit us. May I close with the words of that Baptist of Baptists, Charles Haddon Spurgeon when expounding John 17:20-21.
“There is the question. It is not, are we members of a Christian Church? ” I know how you get at it,” you say. “A certain number of churches are evangelical and orthodox; they make up orthodox Protestantism. Now, I am a Baptist. Very well, I am a Baptist, and the Baptist Churches are orthodox, therefore I am a Christian. I …
… . This anticipation was all the greater after reading the Banner’s other ‘versus’ book, Spurgeon versus Hyper-Calvinism which gave a most lop-sided account of both sides and turned many readers against Spurgeon and made Hyper-Calvinism more attractive for others.
No thorough examination or modern application
The book under review is a selection of articles published between 1830-42 at Princeton in the Biblical Repertory and Theological …
Men Not Gods
Sep 9
… of Rutherford’s own. Of course, Rutherford said many fine things, so did Cromwell and so did Charles I, especially in his posthumous bestseller amongst the Puritans, Eikon Basilike ( Royal Portrait ), which broke the back of the rebellion, causing former rebels to return to Reformed piety. Rutherford’s works, however, have been highly vetted by pseudo-Reformed editors, leaving readers ignorant of the intolerance, sedition, tyranny, lawlessness and obnoxiousness in them. Furthermore, …
… of troops and civilians to Hiroshima. Wow again!
Much of Mr Johnson’s description of Charles is equally applicable to Cromwell, though in his contempt of Parliament and the Established Churches, Cromwell was demonstrably more extreme than Charles. Johnson accurately describes the dilemma Cromwell created for himself and Parliament but this neither justifies nor excuses the Usurpation. Nor does Cromwell’s alleged tolerance of Roman Catholics, (especially Jesuits), and Jews …
… Fullerism shows even more fantasy than what he says about Hyper-Calvinism. To argue that Spurgeon thought Fuller a man of God, in no way suggests that he thought Gill was no such being. Gill had the benefit of being a man of God without going into Fuller’s Latitudinarian and New Divinity extremes. Iain says that Spurgeon stopped hanging Hyper-Calvinist labels on people but Iain is loa th to follow Spurgeon’s excellent advice. Indeed, Iain is misusing a bulldozer ( …
… that it has? Why write articles such as If I were your son... and An Open Letter About Spurgeon v. Hyper-Calvinism as if Hyper-Calvinism is, very much with us (Ascol) or, banging at the door (Reisinger)? Why are you calling ‘Fire’ when not even yourselves have seen a blaze or even a puff of smoke? Why cause panic?
What is strange about your articles is that you write of Hyper-Calvinism as if everybody knew what you were talking about. I must be a very poor reader as …
Cromwell Queried
Aug 21
… people who ‘drew breath in hope’ after Cromwell’s death were “the profligates who peopled Charles II’s court.” It has slipped his notice that the sources on which Dr. Urwick bases his mini-biography were those very people who were against the Rebellion and who invited Charles II back to England. These included some of Britain’s greatest Puritans. Howe, himself, was very popular in Court circles and the close friend of high nobles, bishops and archbishops.
Mr. …
