Aaron Denlinger

It’s well known that Calvin frowned upon religious images in churches and the use of musical instruments to accompany singing in the corporate worship of God. Religious artwork in churches…

By virtue of his sin Adam “was banished from that royal palace of which he had been the lord.” Yet God did not leave Adam homeless; “he obtained elsewhere” —…

Calvin takes as given the historicity of Adam and Eve and the events surrounding their creation and fall. He rebukes, on this score, the 3rd century theologian Origen and “others…

Earlier this summer Pete Enns wrote a blog post describing the pivotal role that I Cor. 10.4 played in his progressive rethink of the notion of biblical inerrancy (at least…

Calvin thinks none too highly of persons who covet the lives of pigs and dogs. It seems to have been a considerable problem in his day; he refers in his…

The curious decision of Adam and Eve, having been the recipients of such goodness from God, to defect from their Maker, thus spoiling the “native excellence” of both themselves and…

We tend towards one of two extremes in our attitudes towards work: either we make too little of it, or we make too much of it. We make too little…

Calvin’s commentary on the creation narrative of Genesis 1.1-2.3 is dominated by one particular metaphor–that of God as the builder and decorator of a luxurious house.  The creation days, in…

Many thanks to the fine folk at Ref21 for inviting me to contribute to the website. I’m intending to launch, in a day or two, a series of posts reflecting…