Category Archives: Calvin 500
Friday Christmas Calvin
From a letter to (Berchtold?) Haller in 1551: “Besides the abolition of the feast-days here has given grievous offense to some of your people, and it is likely enough that much unpleasant talk has been circulating among you. I am … Continue reading
Friday Calvin: Quiz
It’s friday, and it’s also nearly Christmas. Which, somehow, to my mind, justified doing this quiz on Calvin. I didn’t do that well, though 6 out of 10 would’ve got me a 2:1 at many a university. Follow the link … Continue reading
Calvin on Friday: Christmas comes early…
This deal on Calvin’s commentaries (all 22 volumes) looks pretty good. Even with postage from the US added I reckon it comes out at £81, i.e. under £4 per volume. I think I might have just discovered what everyone can … Continue reading
Friday Calvin: New
Well, even though he was born over 500 years ago (and dead not much less than 450 of them), it seems that works are continuing to flow from John Calvin’s pen. Here he is in a recent edition of Christianity … Continue reading
Friday Calvin: Desiring God Conference
A couple of weeks ago the Desiring God National Conference took place over in the US. This being his 500th birthday year, John Calvin was the subject. It was a little too far away for me to go to unfortunately, … Continue reading
Friday Calvin: Revelation of God
It’s long overdue that I try to resurrect this weekly contribution from Geneva’s finest. Other entries can be found by clicking on the ‘Calvin 500‘ category. Calvin’s commentaries are always worth a look, and I usually try to read what … Continue reading
Friday Calvin: Matt 5:29
Thought it was high time I resurrected Calvin Friday. Here is the Genevan reformer on Matthew 5:29, part of the passage I am preaching on this sunday at our 6pm service. It might be thought that, considering the weakness of … Continue reading
Friday Calvin: Calvinism’s comeback
It seems that Time magazine has spotted the resurgence in Christians wielding five points or more in recent years in the States (HERE). They aren’t the first to spot this trend, as can be seen from here and here.
Friday Calvin: On Paul on Genesis 21
“We know that the true sons of God are born of the incorruptible seed of the word: but when the Spirit, which gives life to the doctrine of the Law and the Prophets, is taken away, and the dead letter … Continue reading
Friday Calvin: Piper on Calvin
This week’s Calvin is a book recommendation. At around 60 pages John Piper’s brief reflections on Calvin’s life are an easy introduction for anyone unfamiliar with the reformer. Piper’s theme (unsurprisingly) is how a passion for the majesty and glory … Continue reading
Friday Calvin: Trinity
First, a relatively simple definition: ‘But God also designates himself by another special mark to distinguish himself more precisely from idols. For he so proclaims himself the sole God as to offer himself to be contemplated clearly in three persons.’ … Continue reading
Friday Calvin: Word and Spirit, Law and Grace
A great quote from Calvin for our weekly dose. Calvin is railing against the “fanatics” (as he calls them) who seek to replace scripture with “fresh revelation.” “They censure us for insisting upon the letter that kills, but in this … Continue reading
Friday Calvin: Scripture’s self-authentication
This weeks dose of Calvinism straight from the reformer himself is about knowing that the scriptures are what they claim to be – the word of God. Calvin rightly recognised that since its authority comes from God, the authenticity of … Continue reading
Fridays are Calvin-days: any of this sound familiar?
In the quote below Calvin (who was born 500 years ago this year, and whose Institutes was published 450 years ago this year) is talking about how some have argued for atheism on the basis of the disagreement amongst various … Continue reading
Fridays are for Calvin: finding the dung among the gold
More from Calvin’s preface to his Institutes. This time he’s commenting on the debate between the Reformed and Rome over the Church fathers. “Moreover, they unjustly set the ancient fathers against us (I mean the ancient writers of a better … Continue reading
