Calvin the Preacher
Preaching characterized most of John Calvin’s work in Geneva. This article looks at his style and view of preaching.
Preaching characterized most of John Calvin’s work in Geneva. This article looks at his style and view of preaching.
Who was John Calvin, and why was he important for the Reformation? This article explains by looking at ten things you need to know about his life and theology.
How should Christians worship? One of the foci of John Calvin was worship. This article looks at Calvin's view on the importance of worship, the practice of worship, liturgy, principles of worship, and music for worship. Today's church can learn a lot from this.
What is the place of the law of God in society? What is the relationship of the law to the gospel? What is the role of the law in the Christian life? This article gives John Calvin's answer based on his view of the three uses of the moral law.
This article explains the role John Calvin played in the Reformation in Geneva.
Why did John Calvin once say that justification is the hinge on which religion turns? This article explain Calvin’s view on justification in contrast to the Roman Catholic’s teaching.
This article is a biography on John Calvin with focus on his pastoral and teaching ministry.
This article argues that Calvinism cannot be limited to what is known as the five points. There is more to it, and this article unpacks this.
This article explains the five points of Calvinism, which are total depravity, unconditional election, limited atonement, irresistible calling, and perseverance of the saints.
Is there a principle that can describe what Calvinism stands for? This article argues that the fundamental principle of Calvinism concerns the doctrine of God.
John Calvin still matters today, because Calvin demonstrated how valuing God's truth is crucial to shaping true theology, church, education, and politics.
Who was John Calvin, and why was he important for the Reformation? This article answers this question by highlighting ten things you should know about his theology.
This article describes the friendship of William Farel and John Calvin, along with their reforming work in Geneva.
This article examines the nature of the relationship between John Calvin and John Knox, showing how they viewed one another.
To John Calvin, creation is the theatre of the glory of God. Creation is the stage for the revelation of God’s program of salvation for his church.
Convinced that God commands how he wants to be worshipped, John Calvin developed a liturgy that incorporated preaching of the word, prayer, administration of the sacraments, almsgiving, and singing.
This article is an account of the marriage of John Calvin to Idelette de Bure, a lady who had lost her first husband to a plague. The article details how she spent the rest of her life in the ministry with Calvin, noting her instrumentality in his ministry, in Strasburg and then later in Geneva.
How did Calvin react to those who were against infant baptism? By looking at the principles he used to argue against the opposers of paedobaptism, this article shows what the church can learn about the importance of infant baptism.
This article, a chapter from an early 20th century book on John Calvin, gives an explanation for Calvin's involvement in the trial and execution of Michael Servetus.
This article provides a biography of the life of John Calvin.
Why is John Calvin important today? What did he teach and does that encourage remembrance in the church of Jesus Christ? Beeke identifies twelve roles of Calvin that make him relevant for the church today: his role as educator, socio-theologian, evangelist, pastor, pietist, commentator, churchman, trinitarian, preacher, Christian, theologian, and exegete.
This article is about the early years and the early ministry of John Calvin. The article looks at his studies, his conversion, his first attempt at reform in Geneva, and his ministry in Strassburg.
This article highlights the pastoral care of John Calvin.
This article gives a general introduction into how to approach a study of John Calvin and his significance in the context of the sixteenth century Reformation.
The purpose of this article is to give a better understanding of John Calvin and his work by examining his interpretation of the Reformation.
This article places the life and work of John Calvin within its historical context. Reid believes that to understand the sixteenth-century Reformation, one must always keep in mind the radical and revolutionary character of Calvin's teaching, which made the Reformation such a dynamic movement.
This article views Calvinism as a theology that faithfully represents the teaching of the Bible. Further, the author foresees the future of this teaching as one that will lead to a global revival of Christianity. The rest of the article explains in detail the reasons why this author is so positive about the future of the teaching of John Calvin.
This article discusses the suffering of John Calvin, and what Calvin himself had to say about suffering.
In this chapter Haykin reveals John Calvin's approach to Scripture and theology that was clearly pro-missions and pro-evangelism. While Calvin was concerned more directly with purifying the church than initiating a worldwide missions movement, his interpretation of the Bible was consistent with a free proclamation of the gospel for the salvation of the lost.
Chapter 1 is a study of the significance of John Calvin’s understanding of the doctrine of providence. In the second part of the chapter, Hart considers the implications for a Christian approach to history, and the limits in seeking meaning in history.
In Chapter 1 the author wants to provide insight into the historical and theological context of John Calvin’s Institutes. Beach reflects on Calvin’s prefatory address to King Francis I of France and his defence of the Protestant faith against cardinal Jacopo Sadoleto, Bishop of Carpentras in southern France. He also provides a sketch of Calvin’s life and the nature of the Institutes.
This paper is an examination of John Calvin's understanding of spiritual gifts, in the light of the impact of Pentecostalism and the Charismatic Movement.
This article gives reasons why we can thank God for the lives of those who served God faithfully. The author shows how John Calvin upheld the biblical truth and sought to glorify Christ. Calvin's exposition on election describes the foundation for Christian assurance.
In this article, the author shows how John Calvin was a man of compassion. John Calvin's self-denial, charity, and enjoyment is also discussed. Calvin's view of the poor and the rich, and his view on economics is also mentioned by the author.
Helm argues in this paper that John Calvin's theology and the covenant theology of the Westminster Confession of Faith are in essential doctrinal agreement. He describes what he understands covenant theology to be and what Calvin's conception was of the relationship between Adam and the human race, and compares that with Calvin's English successors.
How do we move from the Bible to formulating theology? This article believes that a study of good examples may help to prevent the exercise from becoming purely theoretical. The author uses John Calvin to present an example of how one person made such a move. In particular he uses Calvin’s implicit approach to church leadership and in particular church government. This article wants to understand how Calvin moved from the Bible to practice and then compares it to contemporary models.
Gaffin reflects in Chapter 11 on John Calvin’s view of justification and union with Christ in Book 3 of his Institutes of the Christian Religion. Gaffin gives a brief overview of the treatment of justification in successive editions of the Institutes from 1536 to 1559. Next, he considers what Calvin mean by the “double grace” (duplex gratia) that believers receive by union with Christ.
Was Geneva a theocracy and was John Calvin its pope? To answer this question this article looks at the involvement of John Calvin in Geneva and in the execution of Servetus.
Nicole presents a discussion of John Calvin's doctrine of Scripture. The larger part of the essay is a bibliographical appendix.
This is about John Calvin's heart for missions and his work in church planting.
Does John Calvin differ from his successors on the matter of the extent of the atonement?
Did the Calvinists really understand well the teaching of John Calvin, or did they distort it? This article compares Calvin with his successors, especially the Reformed Orthodox of the seventeenth century, on the area of soteriology.
The concern of Chapter 1 is the spread of John Calvin’s theology in the world. It provides a survey of Calvin’s and his successors’ influence on the development of modern culture.
This article gives the biography of Idelette de Bure, the wife of John Calvin.