Resources on God’s Effectual Saving Desire

(1) Audio Resources

SERMON SERIES

The Most Avoided Chapter in the Bible

• (1) Paul’s Sorrow Over Unbelieving Israel  (Romans 9:1-5)
• (2) They Are Not All Israel Which Are Israel  (Romans 9:6-9)
• (3) Jacob Elected and Esau Reprobated  (Romans 9:9-13)
• (4) God’s Hatred of Esau  (Romans 9:13)
• (5) Is God’s Election Unrighteous?  (Romans 9:14-16)
• (6) Is God’s Reprobation Unrighteous?  (Romans 9:17-18)
• (7) The Ultimate Theodicy  (Romans 9:19-24)

The Most Avoided Messianic Psalm (Psalm 69)

• “Let Their Table Become a Snare” (Ps. 69:20-22)
• “Pour Out Thine Indignation Upon Them (Ps. 69:23-25)
• “Add Iniquity Unto Their Iniquity” (Ps. 69:26-28)

INDIVIDUAL SERMONS/LECTURES

• The Glory of God  (Exodus 33:18-34:7)
• Our God Is in the Heavens  (Psalm 115:3)
• Isaiah’s Call to Preach (I)  (Isaiah 6:9-10)
• Isaiah’s Call to Preach (II)  (Isaiah 6:9-10)
• Does God Desire to Save the Reprobate?  (Matthew 11:25-26)
• The Sovereignty of the New Birth  (John 3:8)
• Father, Glorify Them  (John 17:24-26)
• Israel Hardened by God  (Romans 11:7-8)
• Spiritual Illumination  (II Corinthians 4:6)
• Fulgentius of Ruspe, the Sixth-Century N. African Church and God’s Saving Will
• Gottschalk: Medieval Confessor of God’s Absolute Sovereignty
• Calvin Versus Pighius
• John Knox and Predestination
• Calvinism, Hyper-Calvinism and Hypo-Calvinism
• The Threat of Rome to Protestant Churches Today

(2) Written Resources

Articles

• God’s Love  (Italian) (Swahili)
• God’s Grace
• God’s Mercy  (Greek) (Swahili)
• God’s Longsuffering  (Polish)
• God’s Longsuffering and Forbearance
• The Gospel: A Call—Not an Offer  (Dutch) (Polish) (Portuguese) (Urdu)
• Augustine Versus a Desire of God to Save the Reprobate  (Italian)
• The Geneva Theses (1649)  (Polish)
• The Geneva Theses (1649): A Recently Uncovered Jewel (Polish) (Portuguese)
• Calvin’s Doctrine of the Call  (Hungarian)
• Psalm 69 Versus the Free Offer and Common Grace  (German) (Portuguese)
• The Meaning of “Offero” and “Offer”
• The Scriptural Presentation of God’s Hatred
• God’s Saving Will in the New Testament  (Polish) (Spanish)
• Does God Love Everyone?  (Dutch) (Hiligaynon) (Hungarian) (German) (Portuguese) (Russian) (Urdu)
• The Salvation of the Rich Young Ruler  (Hungarian) (Italian) (Swahili)
• Does God Really Desire to Save the Reprobate?  (German) (Indonesian) (Portuguese)
• Universalism and the Reformed Churches
• A Definition of Gospel Preaching: Calvinistic or Arminian?
• A Critique of the “Free Offer of the Gospel” as held by the Reformed Presbyterian Church in Ireland and Others
• Calvinism Cast Out: The Reformed Presbyterian Church of Ireland and the Free Offer of the Gospel
• A Re-Examination of the So-Called Well-Meant Offer of Salvation
• The Serious Call of the Gospel: Is the “Well-Meant Offer” One?
• What Is Hyper-Calvinism?  (Polish) (Russian)
• An Answer to Phil Johnson’s “Primer on Hyper-Calvinism” (Italian) (Polish) (Russian)
• Reflections on Free Offer and the Charge of “Hyper-Calvinism”
• A Double-Minded God Unstable in All His Ways
• Banned by the Evangelical Times!

Covenant Reformed News

• Did Christ Die for Everybody?  (Hungarian) (Indonesian) (Italian)
• Why Did the Lord Choose Judas? (1)  (Chinese)
• Why Did the Lord Choose Judas? (2)  (Chinese)
• Why Did the Lord Choose Judas? (3)  (Chinese)
• The Well-Meant Offer and Organic Unity (1)  (Hungarian) (Swahili)
• The Well-Meant Offer and Organic Unity (2)  (Hungarian) (Swahili)
• The Psalms Versus Common Grace (4)

Pamphlets

• The Well-Meant Offer and Reprobation  (Portuguese)
• Is Denial of the “Well-Meant Offer” Hyper-Calvinism?
• Some Further Objections to the Free Offer of the Gospel  (Italian) (Polish) (Spanish)
• The Myth of Common Grace

Quotes

• God’s Hatred of the Reprobate
• The Free Offer: Calvin Vs. Pighius (and John Murray)
• John Knox on the Four Main Texts Cited in Support of a Failed Desire of God to Save Everybody
• Pierre du Moulin (1568-1658) Against a Universal Divine Saving Desire
• John Gerstner Against the Well-Meant Offer
• Quotes Against the Well-Meant Offer
• Theologians on the Image of God in Man

(3) Books

• Calvin’s Calvinism – John Calvin, trans. Henry Cole
• Absolute Predestination – Jerome Zanchius
• Hyper-Calvinism & the Call of the Gospel – David J. Engelsma
• Corrupting the Word of God: The History of the Free Offer – Herman Hanko
• The Biblical Offer of the Gospel – C. J. Connors
• A Power of God Unto Salvation or “Grace No Offer” – Herman Hoeksema
• Modern Moderate Calvinism – A. I. Morgan
• The Disposition of God Toward the Non-Elect – EPC of Australia
• Calvin, Berkhof & H. J. Kuiper – Herman Hoeksema
• The Clark-Van Til Controversy – Herman Hoeksema
• The Rock Whence We Are Hewn – Henry Danhof and Herman Hoeksema

(4) Texts (Wrongly) Cited in Support of a Desire of God to Save the Reprobate

Psalm 81:11-13

• Does Psalm 81:11-13 Support the Well-Meant Offer Teaching?

Ezekiel 33:11

• Quotes on Ezekiel 18:23, 32 and 33:11
• Audio: God’s Message to Those Pining Away in Their Sins
• An Interpretation of Ezekiel 33:11  (Hungarian) (Spanish)

Matthew 9:36

• Christ’s Compassion on the Multitude  (Italian) (Portuguese)

Matthew 11:28

• Invitation or Command? (Polish) (Spanish)

Matthew 22:1-14

• Does Matthew 22:1-14 Teach a General, Well-Meant Offer of Grace and Salvation on God’s Part  (Portuguese)

Matthew 23:37 & Luke 13:34

• Does Matthew 23:37 Teach the Well Meant Offer? (Hungarian) (Polish) (Portuguese) (Russian)
• Quotes on Matthew 23:37 and Luke 13:34
• Audio: Christ’s Will to Gather Jerusalem’s Children
• A Candid Confession of the Character of a Conditional Covenant (4) – David J. Engelsma

Mark 10:21

• The Salvation of the Rich Young Ruler
• Quotes on Mark 10:21 (The Rich Young Ruler)
• The Salvation of the Rich Young Ruler

Luke 19:41-44

• Does Luke 19:41-44 Support the Well-Meant Offer?  (German – part 1) (German – part 2) (Italian) (Portuguese) (Polish) (Russian)

Romans 10:21

• God’s Outstretched Arms (Rom. 10:21; Isa. 65:2)  (Polish)

I Timothy 2:4

• Jesus Christ, Our Mediator (II) 
• Does I Timothy 2:3-4 Teach a Desire of God to Save All Men Whoever Lived?  (Czech) (Hungarian)
• Quotes on I Timothy 2:4
• A Candid Confession of the Character of a Conditional Covenant (6) – David J. Engelsma
• The All of I Timothy 2:4 (A Letter and a Response) – David J. Engelsma
• Not so Sure With Mr. Spurgeon – H. Lindsay Williams

II Peter 3:9

• Does II Peter 3:9 Teach That God Desires to Save Absolutely Everybody?  (Hungarian)
• Quotes on II Peter 3:9
• A Candid Confession of the Character of a Conditional Covenant (5) – David J. Engelsma

Revelation 3:20

• The Lukewarm Church  (Polish)

(5) Related Resource Pages

• Calvinism
• Irresistible Grace
• Uncommon Grace

(6) The History of the Free Offer by Prof. Herman C. Hanko

• Introduction
• Chapter 1: The Semi-Pelagian Controversy
• Chapter 2: The Reformers:
  Martin Luther
  John Calvin
• Chapter 3: The Arminian Controversy and the Synod of Dordt
• Chapter 4: Amyrauldianism
• Chapter 5: Davenant and the Westminster Assembly
• Chapter 6: The Marrow Controversy
• Chapter 7: Later Presbyterian Thought
• Chapter 8: Early Dutch Thinkers
• Chapter 9: Later Dutch Thinkers
• Chapter 10: The Controversy in the Christian Reformed Church in 1924
• Chapter 11: Analysis and Positive Statement

(7) Off-Site Resources

• Dabney on Proposals of Mercy – David J. Engelsma
• The Three Points in Most Parts Reformed: A Re-examination of the So-Called Well-Meant Offer of Salvation – Raymond A. Blacketer
• On Right Hermeneutics and Proper Distinctions – Clayton Spronk
• Janus Again – Joshua Engelsma
• Janus Alive and Well: Dr. R. Scott Clark and the Well-Meant Offer of the Gospel – Sean Gerety