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An interesting verdict on CH Spurgeon's Defence of Calvinism by my friend Mr Casillas, is it not? Read the original Defence by Spurgeon here and form your own opinion. I have examined before the strange relationship which some anti Calvinist #IFB's have with Spurgeon, so I won't go over old ground again.

I am not exactly sure what Mr Casillas was looking for. A few thoughts of mine about Spurgeon's Defence of Calvinism: Spurgeon generally wrote popularly as opposed to polemically. Spurgeon is certainly a lot easier to read than John Calvin or John Owen or the likes of other great Calvinists like RL Dabney, any of the Hodges or BB Warfield. Unless I am mistaken, Spurgeon's Defence of Calvinism appeared first in his biography, which originally ran to four volumes but was later edited down by the Banner of Truth Trust to two volumes.  The edited BOT volumes gladly retained the whole article.  Again, this points to a popular style of writing rather than the polemical. However, Spurgeon was no lightweight and spoke highly of the Calvinist Confessions of Faith, including the Westmnster Confession of Faith as well as reprinting the Baptist Confession of 1689, the forerunner of the Calvinistic Hampshire Confession so beloved of American Baptists. He also recommended the reading of Calvin's Institutes. As will be seen from the links below, Spurgeon did indeed champion the cause of 5 point Calvinism. See particularly his own sermons on the various points of Calvinism. 

* Sermons of CH Spurgeon on the 5 points of Calvinism :

*  HUMAN INABILITY
*  UNWILLINGNESS TO COME TO CHRIST
*  FREE WILL A SLAVE
*  JACOB AND ESAU
*  ELECTION
*  PARTICULAR REDEMPTION
* THE MISSION OF THE SON OF MAN
* EFFECTUAL CALLING
* THE PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS
* THE SECURITY OF BELIEVERS OR THE SHEEP WHO WILL NEVER PERISH


Other useful articles:

* Spurgeon's Calvinism - From his own pen 
* 12 Proofs CHS held to the Calvinist doctrine of Total Depravity 
* 12 Proofs CHS held to the Calvinist doctrine of Unconditional Election  
* 12 Proofs CHS held to the Calvinist doctrine of Particular Redemption 
* 12 Proofs CHS held to the Calvinist doctrine of Irresistible Grace  
* 12 Proofs CHS held to the Calvinist doctrine of Perseverance of the Saints 


* Why CHS has the anti Calvinists wrapped round his wee finger!  
* The creed of CH Spurgeon (Graphic)
* Spurgeon on "You cannot vanquish a Calvinist" (Graphic)
* Spurgeon on the Westminster Confession of Faith (Graphic)
* Spurgeon on the WCF Shorter Catechism (Graphic)
* Spurgeon on the rage/religionists against God's sovereignty (Graphic) 
* Spurgeon recommending Calvin's Institutes (Graphic) 
* Spurgeon answering some critics of Calvinism (Graphic)  

* 3 minute audioboo message on Spurgeon satisfied with Puritan theology

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* CH SPURGEON INDEX
* EVANGELISM INDEX
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