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John Calvin, John Knox, John Bradford, R.L. Dabney, Matthew Henry, John Dick, James Bannerman, Alexander Hislop, William Whitaker, Richard Bennett, the Westminster Divines, the Covenanted Church of Scotland (General Assembly), the famous Synod of Dort (1618-1619), Thomas Manton, George Gillespie, Samuel Rutherford, C.H. Spurgeon, Jonathan Edwards, John Owen, John Brown (of Wamphray), John Brown (of Haddington), Francis Turretin, James Durham, John Howie, William Hetherington, David Steele, Samuel Miller, John Girardeau, Edward Fisher, Robert Shaw, A.W. Pink, Loraine Boettner, Augustus Toplady, Andrew Symington, Patrick Fairbairn, William Roberts, Richard Baxter, William Cunningham, John Anderson, Andrew Clarkson, David Scott, John Cunningham, George Smeaton, Larry Birger, Francis Rouse, Dr. F. Nigel Lee, Bill Mencarow, the Reformed Presbytery (RPNA), J.A. Wylie, James Douglas, Michael Wagner, the Puritan Reformed Church of Edmonton (Session), Greg Price, Lyndon Dohms (on PRCE session), Greg Barrow, Reg Barrow, et al. + BENNETT, RICHARD Richard Bennett was a Roman Catholic priest for 23 years before he turned to Christ (and left Rome) in 1985. His story is one of the most fascinating testimonies of modern times, revealing how God sovereignly works to bring His elect to salvation, no matter how shrouded in darkness and religious deception a person may be. He is also the editor of the book, Far From Rome, Near To God: Testimonies of 50 Converted Roman Catholic Priests. Richard's full testimony is at http://www.bereanbeacon.org/ . Born in Ireland, into a typical Irish Roman Catholic family, Richard's story of salvation & sanctification ranges across many continents and includes the following topics (and much more): Richard's continuing love for Roman Catholics Richard's experience at Tiananmen Square & with Communism (Marxism) Justification by faith alone in Christ alone Liberation Theology Attempts on Richard's life False religious traditions & rituals Separation Neoevangelicalism (neo-evangelicalism) Riches & poverty in South America Errors of Aristotle & Thomas Aquinas in Roman Catholic thought Reformation and Romish Compared God's Sovereignty in Salvation (nicknamed Calvinism) How Billy Graham & Arminianism stumbled Richard Errors of Evangelicals and Catholics Together (Charles Colson, Bill Bright, et al.) Errors of decisional Regeneration (Arminianism) Arminianism as a road to Rome Charismatic errors & excesses Free Grace (Calvinistic thought is Scriptural) The Jesuits, IRA & Papal (Antichrist) Infallibility Voodoo in Roman Catholicism + CALVIN, JOHN Scottish theologian William Cunningham once noted that, "Calvin is the man who, next to St. Paul, has done most good to mankind." Charles Spurgeon, in Commenting and Commentaries (1988) also notes, "I would not be possible for me too earnestly to press upon you the importance of reading the expositions of that prince among men, JOHN CALVIN!... I have often felt inclined to cry out with Father Simon, a Roman Catholic: "Calvin possessed a sublime genius," and with Scaliger, "Oh! how well Calvin has reached the meaning of the prophets - no one better... He labored, in fact, to declare, not his own mind upon the Spirit's words, but the mind of the Spirit as couched in those words. Dr. King very truly says of him: 'No writer ever dealt more fairly and honestly by the Word of God. He is scrupulously careful to let it speak for itself, and to guard against every tendency of his own mind to put upon it a questionable meaning for the sake of establishing some doctrine which he feels to be important, or some theory which he is anxious to uphold. This is one of his prime excellences.' Robert Robinson said of him, "There is no abridging this sententious commentator, and the more I read him, the more does he become a favorite expositor with me." Richard Baxter wrote, "I know no man since the apostles' days, whom I value and honor more than Calvin,
Review:
This set of CDs is a must for those who desire to read and study our Reformed theological heritage. --The Five Points of Calvinism: Defined, Defended, and Documented, Second Edition, p. 76, 2004, by David N. Steele, Curtis C. Thomas, and S. Lance Quinn
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SWRB's CD library is an invaluable source for the study of the history and theology of classic Reformation theology. --Phillip J. Long, Associate Prof. of New Testament, Grace Bible College
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