I have stumbled across this several times in the blogosphere, and every time I realize how sweet it is. From his preface to Pierre-Robert Olivétan’s 1535 translation of the Bible “To all those who love Christ and his gospel,” Calvin writes: Without the gospel everything is useless and vain; without the gospel we are not [...]
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Calvin on the Gospel
August 25, 2011John Calvin on the Glory of the Gospel
February 28, 2010Tullian Tchividjian received this excerpt from a friend where John Calvin wrote a preface for Pierre Robert Olivétan’s French translation of the New Testament in 1534. Load your wagon with this gospel gold from Calvin! Without the gospel everything is useless and vain; without the gospel we are not Christians; without the gospel all riches [...]
John Calvin: A Heart for Devotion, Doctrine, & Doxology (Review)
July 10, 2009Today, we celebrate the 500th anniversary of John Calvin’s birth–a man who towers over church history like few others. Many of those I follow on Twitter are sharing their favorite quotes from Calvin’s writings, but as one rightly exhorted, get to know the man himself and not the caricature. In the book, John Calvin: A [...]
Book Alert: John Calvin – A Heart for Devotion, Doctrine, and Doxology
December 1, 2008Title: John Calvin: A Heart for Devotion, Doctrine and Doxology Editor: Burk Parsons, ed. Publisher: Reformation Trust Release Date: November 28, 2008 Pages: 246 Format: Hardcover ISBN 13-digit: 978-156769-106-1 Retail Price: $19.00 Table of Contents: Yes Intro: Yes Sample Chapter: Yes From Reformation Trust: John Calvin is often reviled as a humorless doctrinarian who preached [...]
Christ Our Mirror
August 15, 2008John Calvin, commenting on Ephesians 1:20a (“which he wrought in Christ . . .”) pens these powerful words: “Christ alone is the mirror in which we can contemplate that which the weakness of the cross hinders from being clearly seen in ourselves. When our minds rise to a confident anticipation of righteousness, salvation, and glory, [...]
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