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Armchair Apologist

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I have no problem with an Altar call - my beef is "1-2-3- repeat after me"!
Let me make it clear that I was not speaking against the "altar call" per se. My primary objection was with those who make it a major point of contention and as a "test of orthodoxy." Altar calls can be effective if employed in a correct and scriptural manner.
 

Jerome

Well-Known Member
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Oh brother.

"Oh, that the unconverted among you may be moved to pray. Before you leave this place, breathe an earnest prayer to God, saying, 'God be merciful to me a sinner. Lord, I need to be saved. Save me. I call upon thy name.' Join with me in prayer at this moment, I entreat you. Join with me while I put words into your mouths, and speak them on your behalf—'Lord, I am guilty. I deserve thy wrath. Lord I cannot save myself. Lord, I would have a new heart and a right spirit, but what can I do? Lord, I can do nothing, come and work in me to will and to do of thy good pleasure.
♪ Thou alone hast power, I know,
♪ To save a wretch like me;
♪ To whom, or whither should I go
♪ If I should turn from thee?
But I now do from my very soul call upon thy name. Trembling, yet believing, I cast myself wholly upon thee, O Lord. I trust the blood and righteousness of thy dear Son; I trust thy mercy, and thy love, and thy power, as they are revealed in him. I dare to lay hold upon this word of thine, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. Lord, save me tonight, for Jesus' sake. Amen'."
---Charles Spurgeon, "A Free Grace Promise" (1888)
 
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