Blog 33: 1.15.8 – 1.16.3
1.15.8 is a “rock your world” important passage in the Institutes. In it, Calvin explains a fundamental source of confusion in the quest for “free will.””The Philosophers,” says Calvin, by…
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Blog 32: 1.15.4 – 1.15.7
Calvin, having introduced the subject of our creation in the image of God in 1.15.3, argues that we learn what the image of God entails not only by studying man…
Blog 31: 1.15.1 – 1.15.3
Calvin now turns to the creation of mankind (1.15.1), and he does so with a view to further elaborate his assertion that we cannot have a clear and complete knowledge…
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Guy Richard on “The Supremacy of God in the Theology of Samuel Rutherford”
I am finally holding in my own hands Guy Richard’s The Supremacy of God in the Theology of Samuel Rutherford (Paternoster). David Fergusson (sic), of New College, Edinburgh calls it…
Why read through Calvin’s Institutes in 2009?
Why should you read through Calvin’s Institutes with the lads here at ref21 as we blog through this work every weekday of 2009? Ten reasons: 1. Because it the most…
More on the Pope and Justification
Well, how did I miss that? Scott Clark already had an excellent post on the subject. Here. At any rate, astute ref21 readers will have already correctly put their finger…
The Pope on Justification by Faith and Love
Well, Joseph Alois Ratzinger (Benedict XVI) preached an interesting sermon back in November, on Paul and justification. I’ve had a number of inquiries about it. Here‘s an English translation. Carl,…
Spurgeon on Winter in the Soul
A friend, who is enduring winter in the soul herself, sent me this nugget from Spurgeon this morning: “Winter in the soul is by no means a comfortable season, and…
Reformation Day in Chile – The Scoop
Back in October, I mentioned here that Chile had just established October 31 as a national holiday celebrating the Reformation. I asked for folks to write in if they had…