Having recently passed the 499th anniversary of Luther’s posting of the 95 Theses to the Castle Church door in Wittenberg, there is great anticipation of the 500th celebration of this momentous event and the Reformation that it catalyzed. We typically…
“This chapter contains a most memorable narrative.” Thus Calvin introduces his readers to Gen. 22, that text which records God’s instruction to Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac, the long-awaited fulfillment of God’s promise and source of Abraham’s profound joy.…
Editors’ Note: This essay is the third of three. The first can be read here, the second here. The fundamental biblical truth that is expressed in the two kingdoms doctrine is that the Christian’s hope is to be fixed not…
Editors’ Note: This essay is the third of three. The first can be read here, the second here. The fundamental biblical truth that is expressed in the two kingdoms doctrine is that the Christian’s hope is to be fixed not…
I remember where I was when I got my very first copy of Calvin’s Institutes. I was crossing the Minch on the Caledonian Macbrayne ferry that takes over two and a half hours to travel between my native Isle of…
Some find it misguided to praise men. It was, after all, the Corinthian problem that they openly declared their allegiance to men: Apollos, Paul, or Peter. In doing so they caused major divisions in the Corinthian church. But we are…
This book is not a study of Calvin per se, neither is it a study of Calvin’s theology. Specifically, it is a study of Calvin’s ideas by a Calvinistic philosopher; “…it is concerned with Calvin as a receiver, user, and…
