Calvin’s Practical View of Adoption: Its Privileges and Duties
Posted: April 30, 2009 Filed under: Adoption, John Calvin, Maarten Kuivenhoven Leave a commentMany who know me, know I love focusing my studies on Central-Gospel themes, doctrines, and issues of today that deal with the Gospel its’ self. I have wanted to spend sometime in my Masters of Arts writing on Calvin’s view of the Gospel truths in adoption and what it detailed. My last semester I was able to do so, and work with a fellow brother at seminary who helped me. Here is the paper Maarten Kuivenhoven and I worked on together this past month.
Banner Celebrating Calvin500
Posted: April 30, 2009 Filed under: Calvin 500 1 CommentBanner of Truth has announced a release of a 7-volume set of Calvin’s letters and tracts ($80). Find the information here.
For a good review see here.
The Monastic Movement Bibliography
Posted: April 30, 2009 Filed under: Medieval Bibliographies Leave a commentAthanasius. “Life of St. Antony,” in Schaff and Wace, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series, Vol. IV. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1980.
Bolton, Brenda. The Medieval Reformation. New York: Holmes and Meier, 1983.
Brooke, Christopher. The Monastic World. New York: Random House, 1974.
Brooke, Odo. Studies in Monastic Theology. Kalamazoo, Mich.: Cistercian Publications, 1980.
Budge, Wallis. The Wit and Wisdom of the Christian Fathers of Egypt. Oxford: Clarendon Press,
1934.
Chadwick, Owen, ed. Western Asceticism. Vol. XII in Library of Christian Classics. Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1954.
Chapman, J. Saint Benedict and the Sixth Century. New York: Sheed and Ward, 1929.
Chitty, D. J. The Desert a City: An Introduction to the Study of Egyptian and Palestinian Monasticism under the Christian Empire. New York: Oxford University Press, 1966.
Clarke, W.K. Lowther, trans. The Ascetical Works of Saint Basil. New York: Macmillan, 1925.
Constable, Giles. Medieval Monasticism: A Select Bibliography. Toronto: University of Toronto
Press, 1976.
Décarreaux, Jean. Monks and Civilization. Trans. Charlotte Haldane. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1964.
Dunn, Marilyn. The Emergence of Monasticism. Oxford: Blackwell, 2002.
Elm, Susanna. “Virgins of God”: The Making of Asceticism in Late Antiquity. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992.
Foster, Richard J. Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth. New York: Harper and Row, 1978.
Harnack, Adolf. Monasticism: Its Ideals and History. London: Williams and Norgate, 1901.
Johnson, Penelope D. Equal in Monastic Profession: Religious Women in Medieval France. Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press, 1991.
Lawrence, C. H. Medieval Monasticism. New York: Longmans, 1984.
Leyser, Henrietta. Hermits and the New Monasticism. New York: St. Martin’s, 1984.
Little, Lester K. Religious Poverty and the Profit Economoy in Medieval Europe. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1978.
Mackean, W. H. Christian Monasticism in Egypt to the Close of the Fourth Century. London: SPCK, 1920.
McCann, Justin, trans. The Rule of Saint Benedict. London: Sheed and Ward, 1972.
Meisel, Anthony C. and M. L. del Mastro, trans. The Rule of St. Benedict. Garden City, N.Y.: Image Books, 1975.
Nichols, John, and Lillian Thomas Shank. Medieval Religious Women, 3 vols. Cistercian Studies Series, 71, 72, 113. Kalamazoo: Cistercian Publications, 1984-95.
Nouwen, Henri J. The Way of the Heart: Desert Spirituality and Contemporary Ministry. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1981.
Ranft, Patricia. Women and the Religious Life in Premodern Europe. New York: St. Martin’s, 1996.
Rousseau, Philip. Ascetics, Authority, and the Church in the Age of Jerome and Cassian. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1978.
Ryan, J. Irish Monasticism: Its Origins and Early Development. Dublin: Talbot, 1931.
Smith, I. G. Christian Monasticism from the Fourth to the Ninth Centuries of the Christian Era. London: A. D. Innes and Co., 1892.
Waddell, Helen. The Desert Fathers. London: Constable, 1936.
Ward, Benedicta. The Sayings of the Desert Fathers. London: Mowbray, 1984.
________. The Lives of the Desert Fathers. London: Mowbray, 1980.
Workman, H. B. The Evolution of the Monastic Ideal from the Earliest Times to the Coming of the Friars. London: Epworth Press, 1913.
The Emergence and Overview of Medieval Christianity Bibliography
Posted: April 30, 2009 Filed under: Medieval Bibliographies Leave a commentLooking for a Medieval Bibliography? I got a few… I’ll post them over the next few days.
Baldwin, Marshall. Christianity Through the Thirteenth Century. San Francisco: Harper & Row, n.d.
________. The Medieval Church. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1960.
Cannon, William R. History of Christianity in the Middle Ages. New York: Abingdon Press, 1960.
Coredon, Christopher. A Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases. Cambridge: D.S. Brewer, 2004.
Coulton, G. C. Life in the Middle Ages. 4 vols. Cambridge: University Press, 1928-1930.
Deanesley, Margaret. A History of Early Medieval Europe, 476 to 911. New York: Barnes & Noble, 1956.
Ganshof, F. L. Feudalism. San Francisco: Harper and Row, 1961.
Henderson, Ernest. Select Historical Documents of the Middle Ages. London: Bell and Sons, n.d.
Le Goff, Jacques. Medieval Civilisation, 400-1500. Oxford: Blackwell, 1988.
McEvedy, Colin. The Penguin Atlas of Medieval History. Baltimore: Penguin Books, n.d.
Price, Betsy B. Medieval Thought: An Introduction. Cambridge: Blackwell, 1992.
Principe, Walter. Introduction to Patristic and Medieval Theology. Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies, 1982.
Southern, R. W. Western Society and the Church in the Middle Ages. Baltimore: Penguin Books, 1970.
Strayer, Joseph R. Western Europe in the Middle Ages. 3rd ed. New York: Harper Collins, 1982.
________, ed. Dictionary of the Middle Ages. 12 vols. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1982-89.
Thompson, James W. and Edgar N. Johnson. An Introduction to Medieval Europe, 300-1500. New York: Norton, 1937.
Tierney, Brian, and Sidney Painter. Western Europe in the Middle Ages, 300-1475. 5th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1992.
Tierney, Brian, ed. Sources of Medieval History. 4th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1983.
Vauchez, Andre, ed. Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages. 2 vols. Trans. Adrian Walford. Cambridge: James Clarke, 2000.
Who were Medieval Theologians & What where they known for?
Posted: April 29, 2009 Filed under: Just for Fun 1 CommentBede
• A scholar, exegete, and historian
• The most important Christian scholar and writer of his era
• Wrote commentaries on the Bible, Known as “Father of English History”
• Also known as the “Venerable”
• Wrote on many issues including hymnology, geography, and natural phenomena
Gottschalk
• Held to extreme doctrine of predestination; held to double predestination
• Studied under Ratramnus
• Was good at missionary activity
Anslem of Canterbury
• Archbishop of Canterbury, was one of the greatest of all the medieval theologians
• “Father of Scholastic Theology”
• Gave first serious attempt to give a rationale for the atonement
• Held to satisfaction theory of the atonement
• Tried to establish the being of God on purely rationalistic grounds with his ontological argument
• Encouraged Marian piety but opposed immaculate conception
• Known for statement, “Faith seeking understanding”
Peter Abelard
• Philosopher, theologian, and teacher
• Pioneer of medieval scholasticism
• Held to moral influence theory of the atonement
• Held to moderate realism-universals are concepts in the mind that have an objective Reality derived from a process of mental abstraction
• Said reason plays as large a role as revelation and tradition in determining truth
• Known for his tragic love affair with Heloise
Bernard of Clairvaux
• Wrote mystical, theological and devotional works
• Was the official preacher of the 2nd crusade
• Helped heal papal schism of 1130
• Known as “the hammer of heretics”
• Wrote hymns
Peter Lombard
• Organized patristic and medieval citations into a coherent statement of Christian belief
• One of the first to mention seven sacraments
• A student of Peter Abelard and Bernard of Clairvaux
• Some questioned his Christology and his view of the Trinity but 4th Lateran Council of 1215 declared his works orthodox
• Book of Sentences used in academic circles until Aquinas’s Summa came out
Saint Bonaventure
• Franciscan scholastic theologian who was a Platonist
• Believed in journey of the human soul toward God
• Held that creation could be explained by human reason
• Believed mystical illumination better than human wisdom
• Denied doctrine of Immaculate Conception
Thomas Aqunas
• Most important theologian of the Medieval era
• Said there were five proofs for God’s existence (including cosmological and teleological arguments)
• Brought Aristotelian philosophy to Christianity
• Argued for a close connection between faith and reason; nature reveals much about God’s existence and attributes (matters such as Trinity, though, must be revealed through special revelation)
Duns Scotus
• Most distinguished Oxford scholar
• Held to priority of the will over the intellect
• Contributed to Roman Catholic view of the Immaculate Conception
• Believed in possible worlds
• Said God’s attributes not provable by reason
• Known as the ‘subtle doctor’
• The term “dunce” comes from him and was invented by his detractors
• Opposed Aquinas on almost every point
William of Ockham
• Medieval English theologian
• Held to nominalism
• Famous for “Ockham’s Razor” in which he claims that hypotheses should not be multiplied endlessly. Thus, the simplest solution for a matter is better than complicated ones.
• Had conflict with Pope John XXII
• Believed in priority of divine will over divine intellect
• Contributed to discussions of divine omnipotence
• Influenced by Duns Scotus
• Died of Black Death
John Huss
• Early Czech reformer
• Attacked clerical abuses and immorality in the church
• Excommunicated by Pope Alexander V in 1410
• Held a blend of Protestant and Roman Catholic doctrines-argued against veneration of pope but accepted Purgatory; held to view similar to consubstantiation
• Stressed preaching and a pure life
• Was also a Bible translator
• Was influenced by Wycliff’s ideas
John Wycliffe
• Was known as the Morning Star of the Reformation because of his writings against transubstantiation and the pope
• Denied efficacy of the mass as well as rituals and ceremonies
• Saw church as predestined body of believers
• Said salvation is by grace
• Known as the author or inspirer of the first complete translation of the Bible into English
• Known as Evening Star of scholasticism.
• Was the last of the Oxford scholastics
• His followers were called Lollards
• Hus adopted his teachings
Beeke & Dewalt at the Gospel Coalition
Posted: April 28, 2009 Filed under: The Gospel Coalition Conference Leave a commentI am in this video, so I might as well post it on here too.
Joel Beeke at the Gospel Coalition from Puritan Reformed on Vimeo.
In Living Color
Posted: April 28, 2009 Filed under: Book of the Week 2 Comments
In Living Color: Images of Christ and the Means of Grace (Grandville, MI: Reformed Fellowship, 2009). 192pp. Paperback. $13.00.
Danny Hyde has written an excellent piece on a very misunderstood subject. Through effective combination of biblical, theological, and confessional discussions, he has presented the Reformed view of the second commandment winsomely and attractively. He helpfully emphasizes not the negative prohibition of making images of God but the positive facts that God has revealed himself now so generously in Word and Sacrament and will one day reveal himself visibly in the most perfect and authentic way.
—David VanDrunen, Robert B. Strimple Associate Professor of Systematic Theology and Christian Ethics, Westminster Seminary California
In these pages, Danny Hyde argues with great clarity against all images of Jesus as man-made media. He shows that all such images are abominated in Scripture and roundly rejected by the Reformed confessional heritage without exception. Hyde goes on to argue, however, that God does provide us with His “media”—the preaching of His Word and the administration of His sacraments.
—Joel R. Beeke, President, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary
For Young Calvin Scholars
Posted: April 27, 2009 Filed under: Calvin 500, You Might be a Calvinist if... Leave a commentYou might be a “Young” Calvinist if…
Part of our Tribute Conference in Geneva during July (schedule posted here), will feature an afternoon session devoted to papers presented by Young Calvin Scholars. To present a summary of a paper at the Geneva Conference on July 8, 2009 in the afternoon, the paper (5,000-7,500 words) must meet the following qualifications:
- Must be submitted electronically in English to David Hall by June 12, 2009 in MS Word format;
- Must be an original work by a registered participant at the conference under 45 years of age, with at least a Masters in related studies;
- Must focus on some topic addressed by John Calvin, using Calvin as a primary source.
Prizes will be awarded, and recognition will be given in the published volume of Proceedings from the conference. Prizes are as follows:
- First Prize $300
- Second Prize $150
- Third Prize $100
Professors, advisors, and participants are asked to spread the word and encourage some of our best young Calvin scholars to attend and present their work.
Hope to see you there! And if so? let me know you are going! I’ll be live blogging and Twittering the whole Tour.
What to Leave Children
Posted: April 26, 2009 Filed under: Sundays with Spurgeon 1 CommentThe just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him. (Proverbs 20:7)
Anxiety about our family is natural, but we shall be wise if we turn it into care about our own character. If we walk before the Lord in integrity, we shall do more to bless our descendants than if we bequeathed them large estates. A father’s holy life is a rich legacy for his sons.
The upright man leaves his heirs his example, and this in itself will be a mine of true wealth, How many men may trace their success in life to the example of their parents!
He leaves them also his repute. Men think better of us as the sons of a man who could be trusted, the successors of a tradesman of excellent repute, Oh, that all young men were anxious to keep up the family name!
Above all, he leaves his children his prayers and the blessing of a prayer-hearing God, and these make our offspring to be favored among the sons of men. God will save them even after we are dead. Oh, that they might be saved at once!
Our integrity may be God’s means of saving our sons and daughters. If they see the truth of our religion proved by our lives, it may be that they will believe in Jesus for themselves. Lord, fulfill this word to my household!
Reprinted & Released Today
Posted: April 25, 2009 Filed under: Book of the Week, Soli Deo Gloria Leave a comment
Title:
A Treatise on the Law and Gospel
John Colquhoun (1748–1827) was a minister in the Church of Scotland whose sermons and writings reflect those of the Marrow brethren of the Secession church. Colquhoun’s writings are theologically astute and intensely practical. He wrote on the core doctrines of the gospel, particularly on experiential soteriology.
In this book, Colquhoun helps us understand the precise relationship between law and gospel. He also impresses us with the importance of knowing this relationship. Colquhoun especially excels in showing how important the law is as a believer’s rule of life without doing injury to the freeness and fullness of the gospel. By implication, he enables us to draw four practical conclusions: 1) the law shows us how to live, 2) the law as a rule of life combats both antinomianism and legalism, 3) the law shows us how to love, and 4) the law promotes true freedom.
Contents:
1. The Law of God or the Moral Law in General
2. The Law of God as Promulgated to the Israelites from Mount Sinai
3. The Properties of the Moral Law
4. The Rules for Understanding Aright the Ten Commandments
5. The Gospel of Christ
6. The Uses of the Gospel, and of the Law in Subservience to It
7. The Difference between the Law and the Gospel
8. The Agreement between the Law and the Gospel
9. The Establishment of the Law by the Gospel
10. The Believer’s Privilege of Being Dead to the Law as a Covenant of Works
11. The High Obligations under Which Believers Lie
12. The Nature, Necessity, and Desert of Good Works
Quote from the Author:
“The law and the gospel are the principal parts of divine revelation; or rather they are the center, sum, and substance of all the other parts of it. Every passage of sacred Scripture is either law or gospel, or is capable of being referred either to the one or to the other . . . If then a man cannot distinguish aright between the law and the gospel, he cannot rightly understand so much as a single article of divine truth. If he does not have spiritual and just apprehensions of the holy law, he cannot have spiritual and transforming discoveries of the glorious gospel; and, on the other hand, if his view of the gospel is erroneous, his notions of the law cannot be right.”—John Colquhoun
Precious Blood: The Atoning Work of Christ
Posted: April 23, 2009 Filed under: Christ Leave a comment
A Must Have, I read a lot, reviewing titles, reading for class after class, but today I read a fantastic title. I received this week a title that is just Gospel-Centered & Christ-Centered as can be – Precious Blood: The Atoning Work of Christ.
In this second volume of essays from the Philadelphia Conference on Reformed Theology, several noted preachers join editor Richard Phillips in exploring the doctrine of Christ’s atonement and its history in Christian thought.
At the very heart of Christian faith is the blood of Jesus. His sin-atoning death is the divine work on which the entire structure of salvation rests and the truth on which the Christian doctrine of salvation must be built. Yet recent years have seen a pastoral neglect of the cross and a doctrinal assault from the academy.
With these concerns in mind, R. C. Sproul, Philip Ryken, Joel Beeke, Derek Thomas, Carl Trueman, and Robert Godfrey have joined editor Richard Phillips in exploring the doctrine of Christ’s atonement. These noted pastors proclaim the (1) necessary, (2) redeeming, (3) cleansing, (4) atoning, (5) offensive, and (6) precious blood of our Savior in a series of essays that set the cross in its rightful place—at the forefront of salvation.
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Posted: April 22, 2009 Filed under: Just for Fun Leave a commentWhich Device Could You NOT Live Without?
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Posted: April 20, 2009 Filed under: The Gospel Coalition Conference Leave a comment
RHB is giving away 5 copies of The Soul of Life: The Piety of John Calvin, by Dr. Joel R. Beeke to some of the followers of The Gospel Coalition Network.
Book Information:
John Calvin is the most notable figure from the Reformed tradition. Unfortunately, he is often characterized as a stern and cerebral individual who had little concern for practical matters. However, Calvin was actually influential in promoting a profound sense of piety among early Protestantism. In “The Soul of Life”, Joel R. Beeke presents the life and ministry of Calvin with a special emphasis on Calvin’s efforts for cultivating healthy spirituality among the churches. The selections from Calvin’s own work will give readers a firsthand look at Calvin’s emphasis on godliness, and by God’s grace, will be a means for spurring on greater godliness in our day.
An Expert Searcher
Posted: April 19, 2009 Filed under: Sundays with Spurgeon Leave a commentFor thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out. (Ezekiel 34:11)
This He does at the first when His elect are like wandering sheep that know not the Shepherd or the fold. How wonderfully doth the Lord find out His chosen! Jesus is great as a seeking Shepherd as well as a saving Shepherd. Though many of those His Father gave Him have gone as near to hell-gate as they well can, yet the Lord by searching and seeking discovers them and draws nigh to them in grace. He has sought out us: let us have good hope for those who are laid upon our hearts in prayer, for He will find them out also.
The Lord repeats this process when any of His flock stray from the pastures of truth and holiness. They may fall into gross error, sad sin, and grievous hardness; but yet the Lord, who has become a surety for them to His Father, will not suffer one of them to go so far as to perish. He will by providence and grace pursue them into foreign lands, into abodes of poverty, into dens of obscurity, into depths of despair; He will not lose one of all that the Father has given Him. It is a point of honor with Jesus to seek and to save all the flock, without a single exception. What a promise to plead, if at this hour I am compelled to cry, “I have gone astray like a lost sheep!”
Conference in the Philippines
Posted: April 18, 2009 Filed under: Brian Najapfour Leave a comment(Posted by Brian Golez Najapfour)
We have good news. I just talked this afternoon with Dr. Beeke about the upcoming conference in Manila. He said to me that someone graciously donated money for the conference to make it FREE for whoever wants to attend. No conference fee; food is free; books are free; everything is free. What a blessing! We really praise the Lord for that!
Please forward this good news to our fellow laborers there in the Philippines.
WHEN: May 4-5, 2009 Registration starts at 8:00 a.m.
WHERE: Faith Baptist Church, #4 Bulletin St. Corner West Ave. West Triangle, Quezon City
For more information about the conference, visit here.
Christians, Luther Stood for our Faith!
Posted: April 17, 2009 Filed under: Martin Luther Leave a commentI did NOT think about it, but JT did. Thanks to him for this reminder.
PRTS Distance Learning
Posted: April 16, 2009 Filed under: PRTS Leave a comment(Posted by Chris Engelsma, Director of Distance Learning at PRTS)
Those of you who always wondered what goes on in a seminary classroom can now have your question answered. Anyone can now purchase a PRTS course for $40 per course. You will receive access to the course homepage where you can download all the materials a normal student would. If you go to the seminary’s course website you can browse a list of courses, read descriptions of the courses, listen to the first lecture, see the syllabus, and make a purchase. Check it out!
Look for Me at The Gospel Coalition Conference
Posted: April 15, 2009 Filed under: Reformation Heritage Books Leave a commentAre you attending the Gospel Coalition Conference? If so, be sure to find me at the RHB table. I will be selling ALL Reformation Heritage Books and Soli Deo Gloria titles for those who are attendees at the conference for massive discount, like a 50% OFF of their retail value discount!!! This is a great chance for you (if attending) to be able to afford the books you want, and at prices you can afford.
Also, I heard that Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary will be there as well, passing out FREE copies of their 1st Theological Journal, while supplies last that it.
I hope to see you their!
From The Calvin500 Tour
Posted: April 14, 2009 Filed under: Calvin 500 Leave a commentCalvin500 is an international, interdenominational, and interdisciplinary commemoration of the life and work of John Calvin (b. 1509). Climaxing with conferences in multiple locations in 2009, this celebration combines history, spirituality, and culture to recall appropriately the life and work of the Genevan Reformer.
Dr. David W. Hall, Executive Director of Calvin500, stated its four purposeful aims as: (1) to encourage Reformed institutions, groups, and councils to have their own autonomous celebration of Calvin’s legacy during 2009; (2) to publish a commemorative series of books (below) highlighting Calvin’s work and life; (3) to host a historical tour of the major French and Swiss sites of Calvinistic heritage in 2009; and (4) to sponsor two conferences in historic Geneva in July 2009, one academic and one for expository preaching.
This multi-faceted approach seeks to introduce many people to one of the most important thinkers in history. Participants may find information about or register for the tour/conferences online at our website. We are seeking to inform a new generation about the positive contributions of Calvin. Since many people have heard only or primarily negative assessments of Calvin, in some respects we will be re-telling parts of the narrative that have been ignored or forgotten by a modernity that has often been venomous toward Calvin.
Hundreds of people will gather at St. Pierre Cathedral in Geneva, July 5-10, to commemorate this occasion. Leading up to that and in Geneva, tour participants will visit historic sites for themselves and see the major sites of Calvinistic heritage. We invite all to join us. You may register for the conference with 38 sessions.
Among our speakers are: Anthony N. S. Lane (England), Herman Selderhuis (Holland), Joel Beeke (USA), Sinclair Ferguson (Scotland), W. Robert Godfrey (USA), Henri Blocher (France), Geoffrey Thomas (Wales), Ted Donnelly (Ireland), John Witte, Jr (Canada), Martin Holdt (South Africa), Jae Sung Kim (Korea), and Henry Orombi (Uganda),
A complete program for the conference is posted on our “Speakers” page. Free downloads are available here.
We also sponsor an up-to-date blog with posts, reviews, comments, and information here.
Those eight volumes are:
1. The Legacy of John Calvin (which begins by highlighting ways that Calvin impacted the world, followed by a brief biography and tributes). This is a short, non-technical introduction to Calvin.
2. A Theological Guide to Calvin’s Institutes: Essays and Analysis (Co-edited with Peter Lillback); this volume contains essays, each of which focuses on a section from Calvin’s Institutes by 20 top Calvin scholars. This will serve as a natural companion to Calvin studies.
3. Calvinism and Political Ideas. This volume traces the ideas and impact of Calvin and his disciples on political and governmental concepts.
4. The Commemorating Calvin Conference will contain 18 expository sermons delivered from Calvin’s pulpit in Geneva July 5-9, 2009, by some of the finest Calvinist preachers today.
5. The Tribute Conference will contain 20 research essays by leading Calvinist academics; delivered in the Auditoire (the original site of Calvin’s Academy) in Geneva, July 6-9, 2009.
6. The Capitalistic Ethic and the Spirit of Calvinism (with Matthew Burton) is a study of Calvin’s teachings on business, finance, charity, and economic matters.
7. Calvin and Culture: An Enduring Worldview (co-edited with Marvin Padgett) is a collection of essays by practitioners of various academic disciplines. Each chapter will focus on how Calvinism impacts an area of human life such as law, art, education, economics, history, medicine, etc.
8. The Piety of John Calvin, a reprint of an anthology originally collected by Ford Battles, which focuses on the practical albeit oft-ignored spirituality of the Reformer.
We cordially invite our friends to join us in Geneva for these historic conferences. We hope to celebrate the positive aspects of the Reformed faith and inspire future generations as well.
Children at the Lord’s Table
Posted: April 14, 2009 Filed under: Children at the Lord’s Table?, Dr. R. Scott Clark Leave a commentThe Post below is by Dr. R. Scott Clark, blogger and professor of Church History and Historical Theology atWestminster Seminary California. You can read Dr. Clark’s first post in the series here or the second one here.
Buy a copy of the book here.
Calvin 500 Conference Schedule
Posted: April 13, 2009 Filed under: Calvin 500 Leave a commentCalvin 500 Conference Schedule here.
Eric Alexander Website
Posted: April 13, 2009 Filed under: Eric Alexander Leave a commentLetting you know about a new website dedicated to the life and ministry of Eric Alexander. You can find out about it from my (Th.M. brother) Nicholas T. Batzig post here, or go here.
Close Fellowship
Posted: April 12, 2009 Filed under: Sundays with Spurgeon Leave a commentAnd they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord. (Jeremiah 31:34)
Truly, whatever else we do not know, we know the Lord. This day is this promise true in our experience, and it is not a little one. The least believer among us knows God in Christ Jesus. Not as fully as we desire; but yet truly and really we know the Lord. We not only know doctrines about Him, but we know Him. He is our Father and our Friend. We are acquainted with Him personally. We can say, “My Lord, and my God.” We are on terms of close fellowship with God, and many a happy season do we spend in His holy company. We are no more strangers to our God, but the secret of the Lord is with us.
This is more than nature could have taught us. Flesh and blood has not revealed God to us. Christ Jesus had made known the Father to our hearts. If, then, the Lord has made us know Himself, is not this the fountain of all saving knowledge? To know God is eternal life. So soon as we come to acquaintance with God we have the evidence of being quickened into newness of life. O my soul, rejoice in this knowledge, and bless thy God all this day!
Gospel-Centered Musings 