Good Day, James
Welcome back
To many historical errors, and his misuse of Spurgeon is a joke.. the writer clearly has no idea of Baptist history nor church history.
"Calvin and his followers burned Anabaptists at the stake." really primary historical source please! Kind of funny he has none.
He quotes an intro to a sermon, but one has to wonder if he read the sermon.
If he did he would see:
Every heresy, if brought to the touchstone, will discover itself here. I have my own private opinion that there is no such thing as preaching Christ and Him crucified, unless
we preach what nowadays is called Calvinism. It is a nickname to call it Calvinism; Calvinism is the gospel, and nothing else. I do not believe we can preach the gospel, if we do not preach justification by faith, without works; nor unless we preach the sovereignty of God in His dispensation of grace; nor unless we exalt the electing, unchangeable, eternal, immutable, conquering love of Jehovah; nor do I think we can preach the gospel, unless we base it upon the special and particular redemption of His elect and chosen people which Christ wrought out upon the cross; nor can I comprehend a gospel which lets saints fall away after they are called, and suffers the children of God to be burned in the fires of damnation after having once believed in Jesus. Such a gospel I abhor.
Baptist affirm:
B - BIBLICAL AUTHORITY
A - AUTONOMY OF THE LOCAL CHURCH
P - PRIESTHOOD OF EACH BELIEVER
T - TWO ORDINANCES
I - INDIVIDUAL SOUL LIBERTY
S - SAVED MEMBERSHIP
T - TWO OFFICES - PASTOR AND DEACONS
S - SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE
There are Calvinist, and Arminian Baptist...
In Him,
Bill