where the whole matter of evil comes into play. And this is one of the irreconcilable difficulties in our theology: the tension between the determined will of God and the responsibility of humanity. We need to make Christ known to the whole world, knowing all the while that not everyone in the world will believe. Charles Spurgeon, one of the great sovereign grace Baptists of yesteryear, put it well when he said, “If God had put a white stripe down the back of every one of the elect, I’d spend my days