Reformed and Evangelistic

There are two blog sites I ran into today that I think deal with the issue of the doctrines of Reformed Theology and the apparent conflict with the Great Commission. Calvinicm is often claimed to be an atmosphere in which evangelistic fervor cannot live.

The first of these sites found here is for the ministry of one Voddie Baucham Jr, the pastor of Grace Family Baptist Church in Texas. A lot of what he says is just plain common sense - like this quotation which says (among other things) that we should not have to check everything a man says about everything before we are prepared to quote him. If what he says here, for example, is to the point and accurate - well and good - after all we might have to throw out a lot of good people if we sieve them through (say) racist sunglasses.

The second site here led to another, the former home page of the Cork Free Presbyterian Church and the original article. It seemed to me that, for those of my readers who are interested in following up on some of the issues we discuss here, Colin Maxwell's Evangelism issues could well provide some food for thought.

Enjoy the reading :)