`   == Free Offer and ...==  Before anyone starts working on anything related to the controversy ``Offer``, check-out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Free_offer_of_the_gospel#Offert, where I've included information regarding the historical use of the term.  Also, the PRCA, a group also debated upon whether it's hyper-calvinist, has an interesting qualification of what they mean (which is actually quite, historically, consistent), in a paper befittlingly titled ``Is Denial of the ``Well-Meant Offer`` Hyper-Calvinism?``:  The doctrinal issue involved in the question, ``Is denial of the 'well-meant offer' hyper-Calvinism?`` is precisely addressed, and thoroughly explained, by our Lord's teaching in the parable of the wedding of the king's son in Matthew 22:1-14. God calls many men, both Jews and Gentiles, to the salvation that He has prepared in the death and resurrection of His Son. Many of those who are called by the preaching of the gospel refuse to come: ``and they would not come`` (v.3). Some do come to the marriage with the true faith that receives the wedding garment of the imputed righteousness of Christ. The reason for this twofold outcome of the call of God in the preaching of the gospel, Jesus gives in the concluding verse of the parable: ``For many are called, but few are chosen`` (v.14). There is a call of God by the preaching of the gospel to many more persons than those who have been elected. This call, however, is sharply distinguished from the call that God gives to the elect. The parable, thus, warns against hyper-Calvinism on the one hand, which tries to restrict the call to the chosen, and against Arminianism on the other hand, which denies any distinction between the call to the elect and the call to the reprobate. The Reformed doctrine and practice of preaching, obedient to the instruction of Christ in the parable, is concerned to avoid error on either side.  tooMuchData   <(that's where the tilde's go, but it always says ``too much data`` and gives the date: so I'm guessing the system will autosign for  after this arrow)>`