Theological Term of the Week: External Call
Thursday, June 23, 2022 at 3:00AM
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external call

The invitation offered to all who hear the gospel; “the presentation and offering of salvation in Christ to sinners, together with an earnest exhortation to accept Christ by faith, in order to obtain the forgiveness of sins and life eternal.”Sometimes called general calluniversal call, or gospel call.

Learn more:

  1. Louis Berkhof: Calling in General and External Calling
  2. Wilhelmus A. Brakel: The External and Internal Call
  3. Herman Bavinck: The Universal Proclamation of the Gospel and the Particular Gospel of Grace
  4. Anthony Hoekema: The Gospel Call and the Effetual Call

Related terms:

1 Systematic Theology by Louis Berkhof, page 459.

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