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The Countess of Huntingdons CHAPTER IX THE COUNTESS AND HER CONNEXION In the world of today we have become familiar with evangelistic enterprises which bear the name of their founder. A case in point is the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. There is precedent for this in the eighteenth century. Evangelical leaders tended to draw together those closely associated with them. Men such as John Wesley and Rowland Hill had linked with them a "Connexion" made up of men and women who had declared their willingness to support them in their work wholeheartedly and to take their directions from them. The...

A Brief Critique of Hyper-CalvinismAll house and no doors: A Brief Critique of the False Teachings of Hyper-Calvinismby C. Matthew McMahon This article is directed towards those who may ask, "Doesn’t Hyper-Calvinism teach…?" They are those who may be unsure what the doctrine entails, and why men are called Hyper-Calvinists. It is not intended to be an exegetically extensive rebuttal of Hyper-Calvinistic thought. It is a simple introduction to understanding why Hyper-Calvinism exists, and why it is biblically inconsistent with the Scriptures. It may be likened to a house that does not have any doors. As the saying goes, "Hyper-Calvinism...