How do we assess the effect of an evangelistic meeting or campaign? Are we right to judge its success or failure by the number of people who go forward or sign a card? There can, of course, be no greater or more important invitation to men and women than that of the gospel. The preacher should never feel any inhibitions in declaring the free offer of salvation in Christ. But does this mean that we are at liberty to use any method that appears to get results? Is the appeal or altar call a justified method of encouraging that final commitment, or is it an unwarranted addition to the inherent...

"Many will be happy to know this long-unobtainable volume on C.H. Spurgeon is to be available again. I have collected such books for years but not yet owned this rare book. May the recovery of Spurgeon's memory lead many to the devotion to Christ which so marked his life!"--Rev. Iain H. Murray.

This is simply the clearest, most brief and accurate Baptist history available, in the English language. All misconceptions are cleared up and it even includes an excellent fold-out timeline of the maze of Baptist movements in Church history.