The Calvin500 Anniversary Conference officially started their events this morning with five papers presented between 9:00am – 1:00pm. This morning was like what we will be seeing for the rest of the week: every morning there are addresses given by a number of well-known Calvin scholars from around the world. The speakers and their papers [...]
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Calvin500 Bestows Lifetime Achievement Awards in Geneva
Posted: July 6, 2009 by Michael Dewalt in Calvin 500(Geneva, Switzerland) – July 7, 2009 – Calvin 500, the international Quincentenary celebration of the 500th anniversary of John Calvin’s birth (July 10, 1509), is bestowing three Lifetime Achievement Awards this week in Geneva to honor exceptional scholarship and achievement. The Lifetime Achievement Award for Reformation Scholarship was awarded on July 6th to Robert Kingdon, [...]
(Geneva, Switzerland) – July 5, 2009 – Calvin 500, the international Quincentenary celebration of the 500th anniversary of John Calvin’s birth (July 10, 1509), opened today at St. Pierre Cathedral in the old town of Geneva. Beginning with a welcome by Mr. Guillaume Taylor from the St. Pierre Parish Council, approximately 500 worshipers attended the [...]
It’s been years since I’ve had such a good sleep as I had last night. After a little jetlag and walking miles throughout the day, it was also the first time in a long time that I was able to go to bed as early as 10pm. After a great night’s rest, attendees of the [...]
Crossing the pond for the first time took a little longer than what I had thought it would be. I simply could not sleep for more than 10 minutes on the flight from Detroit to Amsterdam without someone screaming in my ear, kicking my seat, or puking behind me. Instead, I spent most of the [...]
My Thoughts I was talking to a friend of mine just the other day through text-messaging about the coming Calvin500 Tour & Conference. In the conversation he mentioned in some matter to me that “it is about God, and not John Calvin” and in another text mentioned something to the effect that Calvin wouldn’t have [...]
(post by David Hall) We’ll have press releases from Calvin500 most days, July 5-9, for our readers. They will be found first on calvin500blog.org. Stay tuned for those and for Michael Dewalt’s blogging, twittering, facebooking, etc.
Cherishing the Church – Dr. Joel R. Beeke
Posted: July 2, 2009 by Michael Dewalt in Calvin 500, Dr. Joel BeekeFor a taste of what will take place in less than one week in Geneva at the Calvin500 Conference, here is Dr. Joel R. Beeke’s sermon that he will be giving, “Cherishing the Church.”
Calvin for the 21st Century
Posted: July 1, 2009 by Michael Dewalt in Calvin 500, Calvin for the 21st CenturyLigon Duncan writes, “This year the reformed world has seen a number of books and conferences related to the life and work of John Calvin. For instance, Derek and I will be participating in the “Calvin 500″ in Geneva next week. Of course, many who would love to attend a Calvin conference will not be able to make the pilgrimage [...]
The Calvin500 Tour and Conference Speakers are…
Posted: June 30, 2009 by Michael Dewalt in Calvin 500The Speakers of the Calvin500 Tour and Conference Commemorating Calvin Conference: A 5-day international symposium with leading Ministers in Geneva (July 5-9, 2009). Joel R. Beeke, PhDIain D. Campbell, PhDBryan Chapell, PhDEdward Donnelly, MThLigon Duncan, PhDW. Robert Godfrey, PhDMartin Holdt, PhDSinclair Ferguson, PhDHywel R. Jones, PhDSteven Lawson, DMinPeter Lillback, PhDHenry OrombiPhilip Ryken, DPhilDerek Thomas, PhDGeoffrey [...]
