“All Men” and the Gospel

The Lord is . . . not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. II Peter 3:9 Casuistry was once a respected area of Christian study. Among the early Puritans it had to do with the study of the conscience. Those were godly men, dedicated to living in good conscience before God. But they were realistic too, and, being good students of Scripture, realized that difficulties do inevitably arise. Of these cases they made a study and called their study casuistry. The...