This is the 5th installment of the Adventure of the Elected Man.
You can read the first installment here.

Holmes and Watson (source: PhotoBucket)

Holmes turned to me and asked, “Watson, you know my methods, apply them. How do you see the paradox proposed by our guest?”

Having served in Afghanistan during the Second Anglo-Afghan War, I had certainly dealt with many pressure filled situations. However, seeing the Prince of Preachers and the Master Detective both looking at me and waiting for my answer I began to feel a bit uncomfortable in my chair. Continue reading →

This is the 4th installment of the Adventure of the Elected Man.
You can read the first installment here.

Holmes pressed Spurgeon, “When Jesus said ‘come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest’ and ‘whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely’ were these invitations open to both the elect and the reprobate? And when we read that God takes no pleasure in the death of anyone but instead desires that all men be saved and to come unto the knowledge of the truth that this desire is expressed so that it includes all of mankind”? Continue reading →