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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.

Charles Spurgeon

That doctrine which is called “Calvinism” did not spring from Calvin; we believe that it sprang from the great founder of all truth. Exposition Of The Doctrines Of Grace, Volume 7, Sermon #385

Charles Spurgeon

To me, Calvinism means the placing of the eternal God at the head of all things.

An All Around Ministry, Page 337

Charles Spurgeon

It is most misleading to call this soteriology “Calvinism” at all, for it is not a peculiarity of John Calvin and the divines of Dort, but a part of the revealed truth of God and the catholic [universal] Christian faith. “Calvinism” is one of the “odious names” by which down the centuries prejudice has been raised against it. But the thing itself is just the biblical gospel.

J. I. Packer

The gospel is to be offered to all. That is where what is called ‘hyper-Calvinism’ is so terribly wrong and unscriptural. The gospel is to be offered to all. It is to be preached to all.

God’s Sovereign Purpose, 285

David Martyn Lloyd-Jones

128I will defy any man who has had a deep experience of his own odious depravity to believe any other doctrines but those which are commonly called Calvinism.—49.257

Charles Spurgeon

In our day, we have seen the rise of what has been called the “New Calvinism,” which tends to focus primarily on the so-called five points of Calvinism.

R. C. Sproul

We believe in the perseverance of the saints, but many are not saints, and therefore do not persevere. Nominal saints exhibit no final perseverance.

Truth Stranger Than Fiction, Volume 35, Sermon #2081 - Joel 2:25

Charles Spurgeon

This faithfulness of God is the foundation and cornerstone of our hope of final perseverance. The saints shall persevere in holiness because God perseveres in grace. He perseveres to bless, and there believers persevere in being blessed. He continues to keep His people, and there they continue to keep His commandments. All Of Grace, Page 122

Charles Spurgeon

The perseverance of the saints is only possible because of the perseverance of God.

J. Oswald Sanders

925If I did not believe the doctrine of the final perseverance of the saints, I think I should be of all men the most miserable, because I should lack any ground for comfort.—13.107

Charles Spurgeon

The Christian … is a man who can be certain about the ultimate even when he is most uncertain about the immediate.

The Final Perseverance of the Saints, 177

David Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Holiness is the only evidence of election.

Charles Hodge

Many persons want to know their election before they look to Christ, but they cannot learn it thus, it is only to be discovered by “looking unto Jesus.”

Morning And Evening, Page 398

Charles Spurgeon

The end of our election is that we might show forth the glory of God in every way.

John Calvin

No doctrine in the whole Word of God has more excited the hatred of mankind than the truth of the absolute sovereignty of God.

Charles Spurgeon

Where the sovereignty of God is denied there will be no holy awe of him.

Arthur Walkington Pink

God is absolutely sovereign, but his sovereignty never functions in such a way that human responsibility is curtailed, minimized or mitigated.

D. A. Carson

Absolute sovereignty is what I love to ascribe to God. God’s sovereignty has ever appeared to me, a great part of his glory. It has often been my delight to approach God, and adore him as a sovereign God.

Jonathan Edwards

The sovereignty of God is that golden sceptre in his hand by which he will make all bow, either by his word or by his works, by his mercies or by his judgements.

Thomas Brooks

Of all the doctrines of the Bible, none is so offensive to human nature as the doctrine of God’s sovereignty

J. C. Ryle

I would rather believe a limited atonement that is efficacious for all men for whom it was intended, than a universal atonement that is not efficacious for anybody, except the will of men be added to it.

Charles Spurgeon

We are often told that we limit the atonement of Christ, because we say that Christ has not made satisfaction for all men, or all men would be saved. Now, our reply to this is, that, on the other hand, our opponents limit it: we do not. The Arminians say, Christ died for all men. Ask them what they mean by it. Did Christ die so as to secure the salvation of all men? They say, “No, certainly not.” We ask them the next question: Did Christ die so as to secure the salvation of any man in particular? They answer “No.” They are obliged to admit this, if they are consistent. They say, “No. Christ has died that any man may be saved if”—and then follow certain conditions of salvation. Now, who is it that limits the death of Christ? Why, you. You say that Christ did not die so as infallibly to secure the salvation of anybody. We beg your pardon, when you say we limit Christ’s death; we say, “No, my dear sir, it is you that do it.” We say Christ so died that he infallibly secured the salvation of a multitude that no man can number, who through Christ’s death not only may be saved, but are saved, must be saved and cannot by any possibility run the hazard of being anything but saved. You are welcome to your atonement; you may keep it. We will never renounce ours for the sake of it.

Charles Spurgeon

Whatever we may decide about the scope of the atonement, we are absolutely forbidden to limit the scope of world mission. The gospel must be preached to all, and salvation must be offered to all.

John Stott

We conclude that the hypothesis of universal atonement is able to account for a larger segment of the biblical witness with less distortion than is the hypothesis of limited atonement.

Millard J. Erickson

The Atonement is limited in its application, but it is unlimited in its extent.

Norman Geisler

There is not a single passage in the Institutes where Calvin discussed or even mentioned the notion of limited atonement. Many Calvinists and non-Calvinists alike have argued that Calvin himself never articulated limited atonement and that it was not until the Council of Dort that this doctrine became codified in Reformed theology.371

David L. Allen

The things we have to choose between are an atonement of high value, or an atonement of wide extension. The two cannot go together.

Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield

The atonement is the real reason for the Incarnation.

James Montgomery Boice

The Father imposed His wrath due unto, and the Son underwent punishment for, either:

1.All the sins of all men.

2.All the sins of some men.

3.Some of the sins of some men.

In which case it may be said:

a.That if the last be true, all men have some sins to answer for, and so none are saved.

b.That if the second be true, then Christ, in their stead suffered for all the sins of all the elect in the whole world, and this is the truth.

c.But if the first be the case, why are not all men free from the punishment due unto their sins?

You answer, Because of unbelief. I ask, Is this unbelief a sin, or is it not? If it be, then Christ suffered the punishment due unto it, or He did not. If He did, why must that hinder them more than their other sins for which He died? If He did not, He did not die for all their sins!

John Owen