http://blog.rbseminary.org The official blog of Reformed Baptist Seminary Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:52:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://blog.rbseminary.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/feed-icon.png http://blog.rbseminary.org 12 12 The official blog of Reformed Baptist Seminary http://blog.rbseminary.org/2009/01/spiritual-declension-lessons-from-early-18th-century-particular-baptists-part-3-the-chilling-effect-of-hyper-calvinism/ http://blog.rbseminary.org/2009/01/spiritual-declension-lessons-from-early-18th-century-particular-baptists-part-3-the-chilling-effect-of-hyper-calvinism/#comments Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:13:54 +0000 jsmitheasley http://blog.rbseminary.org/?p=463 Let me begin with a definition. What is Hyper-Calvinism. The hallmark of Hyper-Calvinism is the rejection of the free offer of the gospel to all men. It is the belief that preachers should not give indiscriminate invitations and exhortations to sinners to believe the gospel and come to Christ and to come to Christ immediately. The Hyper-Calvinist sees the doctrines…

]]> http://blog.rbseminary.org/2009/01/spiritual-declension-lessons-from-early-18th-century-particular-baptists-part-3-the-chilling-effect-of-hyper-calvinism/feed/ 13 http://blog.rbseminary.org/2009/01/spiritual-declension-lessons-from-early-18th-century-particular-baptists-intro/ http://blog.rbseminary.org/2009/01/spiritual-declension-lessons-from-early-18th-century-particular-baptists-intro/#comments Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:59:48 +0000 jsmitheasley http://blog.rbseminary.org/?p=419 Particular Baptist churches[1] began to pop up in England in the early part of the 17th century as an outgrowth of the Puritan movement. The first Particular Baptist church in England was formed in 1633. For the next several decades, the Particular Baptists enjoyed tremendous growth. By the mid-1640’s there were seven churches in London. By the late 1650’s, there…

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