BT financier saved at an altar
FINANCIER OF THE BANNER OF TRUTHSAVED AT AN ALTAR, ACCORDING TO BT
It is rather paradoxical that the wealthy gentleman who first proposed establishing the Banner of Truth Trust, and whose wealth made the Banner of Truth Trust an establishment, Mr. D. J. W. CULLUM, was evidently converted in an "altar" circumstance.
The Banner of Truth of July 1971, has a short biographical sketch of Mr. Cullum, a multi-millionaire, and it says that "it was while kneeling at a morning service in St. George's Cathedral, Jerusalem on Christmas Day, that he received assurance of his salvation in Jesus Christ" (page 2, issue #93).
Despite this similarity to many professed conversions during an invitation (some call it "altar call"), and despite the fact that some of the very brethren who oppose invitations testify to having been saved during invitations, they nevertheless put a "taboo" on the public invitation "system" (as they call it) or "altar calls." Most of these men seem to be influenced in their thinking by Iain Murray of the The Banner of Truth.
Iain Murray, who was selected by Mr. Cullum and Martin Lloyd-Jones to be the director of BT magazine and publications, has made a reputation for himself writing against "altar calls" or "invitations." Yet, Murray himself owes his job with BT to an "altar" conversion -- the conversion of Mr. Cullum, for it was Cullum's money which established the Trust which has financed BT.
We think this must qualify as a classic case of "biting the hand that feeds you."
posted by Bob L. Ross @ 10:37 PM
2 Comments:
Brother Bob, Hello!
Some day, Brother Bob, we are going to have to compile a list of all the Hybrid /Hyper /Neo /Extreme Calvinists who were saved under the ministries of those "heretical" Arminians.
Alan Kurschner is another. Saved under the ministry of "Arminians" whom he now dispises.
Thank God, Spurgeon was not like that.
Charles
A LIST?
Charles said...
Some day, Brother Bob, we are going to have to compile a list of all the Hybrid /Hyper /Neo /Extreme Calvinists who were saved under the ministries of those "heretical" Arminians.
Yes, but it would probably require less paper to compile a list of "Calvinists" who were saved under some ministry other than one they now regard as "Arminian."
If it weren't for the "Arminian" ministries, one might wonder if the "elect" would ever get called!
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