John Calvin on Heart and Words in Worship
People have a lot of opinions when it comes to worship in church services. There are those who enjoy lots of instruments and loud music, while others prefer choirs and organs. More than just style,...
View ArticleCalvin’s Institutes in a Nutshell
The other day I stumbled across a great feature of the Henry Beveridge translation of John Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion in my Logos library. At the end of the book, Beveridge includes...
View ArticleCommonly Quoted Calvin
OUR wisdom, in so far as it ought to be deemed true and solid wisdom, consists almost entirely of two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves. But as these are connected together by many ties, it...
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Glasses for the Soul
In my last post I commented on what I feel like is one of the most commonly quoted pieces of John Calvin. The irony, of course, is that the quote comes from the first line of his first book in...
View ArticleWhat Does the Law Teach?
The Law was committed to writing, in order that it might teach more fully and perfectly that knowledge, both of God and of ourselves, which the law of nature teaches meagrely and obscurely. Proof of...
View ArticleAdoption Assures the Believer of God’s Fatherly Electing Grace
At the heart of John Calvin’s theology and undergirding his development of the ordo salutis is the doctrine of adoption. Many scholars note that Calvin does not treat adoption as a separate locus in...
View ArticleThe Woman Who Won John Calvin – Idelette de Bure
Very little is known or recorded about John Calvin’s wife, Idelette de Bure. Yet, Thomas Smith records this of her in Calvin and His Enemies: A Memoir of the Life. Externally, there was in this woman...
View ArticleThe Cause is Worthy
In his prefatory address to his last edition of Institutes, Calvin pens a letter to the King of France. While this prefatory letter contains many great statements, one line in particular stood out to...
View ArticleCalvin’s Aim in Writing Institutes
In the prefix to the 1545 French edition of Calvin’s Institutes, Calvin seeks to explain to his readers why he wrote Institutes to begin with. While he goes into more detail, the third paragraph has...
View ArticleAndy Stanley is a Calvinist?
My father attends Andy Stanley’s church, North Point. I am personally thankful for Andy’s church as it has been there that my dad has surrendered his life to the gospel. Whenever I visit with my dad, I...
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