Spurgeon v. Hyper-Calvinism: the Battle for Gospel Preaching by Iain H. Murray is a must have resource to avoid what is often the first threat to the church in regards to gospel preaching. I’ve referred to the book over the years taking a bit from each chapter related to the time of opportunity to read and have benefited. I picked the book up again as I entered into the study of Romans 10. Hyper means above or beyond, but it really is better termed false calvinism or hyperism. Hyperism doesn’t merely invade the area of soteriology (doctrine of salvation) but often also invades other areas of systematic theology like eschatology in terms of hyper-preterism which is really false preterism. But for now, there is what we call hyperism in terms of false calvinism.1

What is this hyperism related to salvation? Simply put it was what I referred to back in a post on double-predestination of two kinds. There is one kind that takes reprobation as God removing restraint (the orthodox view) and another kind that depicts God as creating evil in the heart (the false view). The false view results in a lack of evangelism and missions, the right view results in prayer and preaching, something which chapter 10 in Romans majors on.

So, that’s a bit about the topic, and a reference to a book I would commend to be in your hands. God bless.