Product Description
C.H. Spurgeon (1834-1892) is best-remembered today for the remarkable ministry he exercised in London during the Victorian era. His influence was incalculable. Thousands listened to his preaching every week. While hundreds of thousands throughout the world later read his sermons in published form. A man of great natural gifts, charm and wit, Spurgeon’s master passion was evident in everything he did – to preach Jesus Christ to all as the only Saviour. But as early as 1855 this brought him into a serious and prolonged doctrinal controversy with Hyper-Calvinism By tracing this conflict, exploring the issues involved in it and showing what was at stake in them, Iain Murray underlines the contemporary relevance and importance of sharing Spurgeon’s convictions.
Paperback, 168 pages
Publication Date: 1995
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
PART ONE
AN INTRODUCTION TO SPURGEON
1. A Life of Testimony to the Word of God
2. An Impression of Spurgeon in Early Years by F. Curtis
PART TWO
THE CONTROVERSY WITH HYPER-CALVINISM
3. The Combatants and the Cause of the Controversy
4. The Case Against Spurgeon
5. Spurgeon’s Fourfold Appeal to Scripture
6. The Aftermath
7. Lessons from the Conflict
PART THREE
ILLUSTRATIVE MATERIAL
8. Two Illustrations — John Gill and William Huntington
9. The Warrant of Faith — John Brown
10. Free-Agency and God’s Desire for the Salvation of All — T J Crawford
11. A Crucial Text — C H Spurgeon on 1 Timothy 2:3, 4
12. The Injury Done by Hyper-Calvinism and Antinomianism— Words of Witness from Spurgeon
A Diagram of English Baptist History by Robert W Oliver
Index
Author
Born in England in 1931, Iain Murray studied history and philosophy at the University of Durham and considered becoming an English Presbyterian Church minister. While at the university, though, he read material written by the Puritans and began assisting at St. John’s Free Church in Oxford. While there, he served as the first editor of The Banner of Truth magazine. From 1956-1959, he served as assistant to D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones at Westminster Chapel and, in 1957, he co-founded the Banner of Truth Trust. Iain Murray books include J.C. Ryle: Prepared to Stand Alone, giving Christians the opportunity to discover more about this influential 19th century evangelical author who had been largely forgotten; a two-volume biography titled D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (with individual volumes also available separately: 1 and 2); Forgotten Spurgeon in which he focuses on clearing up misconceptions about Spurgeon and delineates his spiritual beliefs; and a biography of a remarkable woman, Amy Carmichael.
