I did purchase the book knowing of the doctrines and teaching of Arthur Walkington (A.W.) Pink, purchased to "know your enemy" so to speak. Yet I was taken aback by the depth of heresy and the willingness to redefine Bible word meanings, to take passages entirely out of their context and present them absolutely contrary to the actual Biblical meaning, and the oft and blatant ignoring of so many passages that stand against this belief system - so many ignored or meanings altered as to constitute the majority of Scripture used. For example, Mr. Pink starts out on solid theological ground, then moves from that into man's philosophy, which is but man's opinion. He uses his own reasoning rather than reasoning with God. Isaiah 1:18 “Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: . . ." Mr. Pink relies chiefly on his own understanding, contrary to Scripture. Proverbs 3:5-6 "Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths." Proverbs 16:25 "There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death." As far as Mr. Pink's move from theology into his own philosophy . . . Colossians 2:8 "Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ." For a more detail revelation of Mr. Pink's move from the theology into his personal philosophy, consider his words in his book Reprobation: "Now all will acknowledge that from the foundation of the world God certainly fore-knew and fore-saw who would and who would not receive Christ as their Saviour, therefore in giving being and birth to those He knew would reject Christ, He necessarily created them unto damnation." Mr. Pink begins this sentence with an absolute absurdity "all will acknowledge", which is patently and axiomatically false, all will not acknowledge. Then "from the foundation of the world God certainly fore-knew and fore-saw who would and who would not receive Christ as their Saviour" This is true, he touches on actually Biblical theology, only for a mere moment though. Then he moves out of Bible into his own reasoning, his philosophy - "therefore in giving being and birth to those He knew would reject Christ, He necessarily created them unto damnation." Beware of the "therefore" for it is when his journey into his own reasoning and understanding. This is a damnable heresy. Foreknowledge does NOT equal Forewill. Foreknowledge does not mean Causation. I went to bed last night knowing of a certainty, where I were alive or dead, that the sun would rise on the morrow, and it did. This is Foreknowledge, but I did NOT cause the sun to rise. The Foreknowledge of God in no way prevents the free will of man, indeed - 1 Timothy 2:4 "Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. " This is the will of God, ALL MEN, and this is the true teaching of the entirety of Scripture. There are many other heretical teachings of this heresy, I believe that is the most insidious and pernicious of all heresy, that being the damnable heresy of Calvinism. We must seek the "whole counsel of God" in all things Acts 20:27. Yours in the truth of God's Holy Word.