The Preaching of the Gospel: A Serious Call or a Well-meant Offer? (1)

Part I: A Summary and Brief Refutation of the Well-Meant Offer Most churches today that claim to be either Reformed or Presbyterian maintain that the preaching of the gospel is a well-meant offer of God to each person who hears it.  We deny this, and maintain over against it that the preached Word is a serious call of God to all who hear it, but a gracious and efficacious call only to God's chosen people. But what exactly is meant by a serious call to all and a gracious and efficacious call...