The free offer of the Gospel, sometimes called the well-meant offer of the gospel, in

Christian theology Christian theology is the theology – the systematic study of the divine and religion – of Christianity, Christian belief and practice. It concentrates primarily upon the texts of the Old Testament and of the New Testament, as well as on Ch ...

, is the offer of salvation in Jesus Christ to all people. It is generally accepted by

Calvinists Reformed Christianity, also called Calvinism, is a major branch of Protestantism that began during the 16th-century Protestant Reformation. In the modern day, it is largely represented by the Continental Reformed Christian, Presbyterian, ...

, but rejected by a few small Reformed denominations, such as the Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Australia, the Protestant Reformed Churches in America, the Reformed Congregations in the Netherlands (Dutch: Gereformeerde Gemeenten in Nederland, abbreviated GGiN) and also by some English Strict Baptists of longer standing, such as John Gill and, later, the Gospel Standard Strict Baptists. The free offer of the Gospel was a point that the

Marrow Brethren The Marrow Brethren, also called Marrowmen, were a group inside Presbyterianism. The name is derived from the book "Marrow of Modern Divinity", which caused a controversy in the Church of Scotland, Scottish Church, called the Marrow Controversy. Th ...

sought to defend, seeing the high Calvinists who denied the doctrine as misguided.

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"The Free Offer of the Gospel: Is It Biblical and Reformed?"
from ''Free Church Witness''

– primary source quotations compiled by Colin Maxwell

"A History of Hypo-Calvinism"

"The Banner of Truth vs. Calvinism"

"God Makes a Wish: That Each and Every Sinner Might Be Saved"
– A Brief Essay by Robert Gonzales Jr. Calvinist theology Homiletics Hyper-Calvinism Christian terminology

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