Calvin

The Ordo Salutis: Justification

Tim Bertolet
Mar 26, 2020
John Calvin called justification as “the main hinge on which religion turns” and said we must devote great attention to it ( Institutes, III.xi.1). When we consider justification’s role in the order of salvation it plays a crucial role in distinction from other element but not in separation from...

Fearless and Faithful: Past Plagues and Contemporary Pastors

Dan Doriani
Mar 20, 2020
“As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry” (2 Timothy 4:5). A recent article about the corona virus, written by a London physician ends with an alarming cry: “We’re heading into the abyss.” Meanwhile, others insist that we are over-...

Communing with Christ in the Supper

Nick Batzig
Jan 9, 2020
Recently, a video of Francis Chan surfaced in which he tries to explain what he now believes about the real physical presence of Christ in the Lord’s Supper. Without wishing to dissect the many erroneous arguments Chan made about the unity of the visible Church throughout the first fifteen hundred...

In Praise of Wisdom

Derek Thomas
Jan 6, 2020
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 not, I think, to conclude from this that we are never to express...

Wisdom Christology in James and 1 John

Gabriel Williams
Aug 15, 2017
In the previous post in this series, we briefly considered how Calvin's appreciation of wisdom theology is particularly present in his comments on the Johannine literature. In Calvin's commentary of 1 John, we discover one of the marks of the wisdom theology, namely, its appreciation of the...

Protestantism, Scripture and the Judgment of the Church

Aaron Denlinger
Mar 28, 2017
A few weeks ago, I participated in a conference which explored the promise that careful attention to Protestantism's past holds for Protestantism's future. It was exciting to see scholars, students, and interested laypersons gathered around a common concern for the future of our various Reformation...

Calvin and Baptism: Baptismal Regeneration or the Duplex Loquendi Modus?

Jim Cassidy
Aug 22, 2016
I. Introduction "What is the relation between baptism and salvation in the thought of John Calvin?" This is a timely question, given that there has been much discussion over this very subject of late. On the one hand, there are those who claim that Calvin taught "baptismal regeneration" - at least...

Calvin and Baptism: Baptismal Regeneration or the Duplex Loquendi Modus?

Jim Cassidy
Aug 22, 2016
I. Introduction "What is the relation between baptism and salvation in the thought of John Calvin?" This is a timely question, given that there has been much discussion over this very subject of late. On the one hand, there are those who claim that Calvin taught "baptismal regeneration" - at least...

Calvin's Company of Pastors

Adam Parker
May 6, 2016
Scott Manetsch, Calvin's Company of Pastors , Oxford University Press, 2013. 428 pp. HB: $75 PB: $30 Of all the books that I have read in preparation for ministry none have been able to claim the title of personal favorite, until I read Calvin's Company of Pastors . This book has been out for...

Calvin's Company of Pastors

Adam Parker
May 6, 2016
Scott Manetsch, Calvin's Company of Pastors , Oxford University Press, 2013. 428 pp. HB: $75 PB: $30 Of all the books that I have read in preparation for ministry none have been able to claim the title of personal favorite, until I read Calvin's Company of Pastors . This book has been out for...