Patriotism and the Pulpit
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No Comfort Apart from a Sovereign God
From Tim Challies: On September 28, 2008, I was shocked to read these words on the blog of Terry Stauffer, a man I had met at a couple of conferences and who has long been a reader and commenter at…
What Calvin can teach us about relevance
Kevin Deyoung has posted some great thoughts on what we can learn from John Calvin about being relevant. Since the contemporary American church has been obsessed with relevance for some time now it would be good reflect on DeYoung’s words.…
In Praise of Men
Today I received an e-mail from a friend known to many at First Presbyterian Church, Peter Jones. In it he recalled meeting Cardinal Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict XVI) in the Vatican some twenty years ago. Peter related how he had…
In Praise of Men
Today I received an e-mail from a friend known to many at First Presbyterian Church, Peter Jones. In it he recalled meeting Cardinal Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict XVI) in the Vatican some twenty years ago. Peter related how he had…
Blog 134: 3.17.6 – 3.17.10
Happy birthday, John Calvin! It is my privilege to post the Institutes blog on this glad occasion, giving thanks to God for the enduring legacy of this great Christian. As I have noted before, Calvin’s greatness is seen in part…
Calvin’s 500th
Today, July 10, 2009 marks the 500th anniversary of the birth of John Calvin. Allow me to suggest a little reading to mark the occassion: The Institutes of the Christian Religion – Simply the most beautiful, the finest, and most…
What if Starbucks was like the church?
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Blog 133: 3.17.1 – 3.17.5
In these sections, Calvin is clearly wearied by the ceaseless attacks on justification through faith alone, although he manly perseveres: “come, let us keep beating them back!” he exhorts. In his responses, we encounter a series of classic and very…
Calvin500 (5)
Day 5: and more sermons: Ted Donnelly with a superlative exposition of the closing verses of Romans 8 (if you can get a hold of this sermon you should); Hywel Jones on the Elihu narratives in Job (making the case…