6 hours ago by MommaJo

The words below were written by John Calvin. His words show he believed that the uncovering of a woman’s head would lead to a decline in modesty. I’m struck by how accurately a man from the 1500’s has described the dress of today’s women. “So if women are thus permitted to have their heads uncovered ...

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9 hours ago by viaemmaus

Colin Adams, at Unashamed Workman, posts a thought-provoking nugget this morning about the faithful exegesis and the example of John Calvin. He writes: There are many loose ends in Scripture. All too frequently in my preaching I feel gravely tempted to tie some of those ends together: or at least to ...

Via Emmaus - viaemmaus.wordpress.com · 6 references

11 hours ago by Nicholas T. Batzig

R. Scott Clark has announced that he will be blogging the 2009 Westminster Seminary California Conference on John Calvin. You can subscribe to the feed here. There will be frequent updates and photos; the coverage begins at 6:00 PM sharpPacific time Friday night, 16 Jan. Clark will be posting links ...

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21 hours ago by danborvan

Westminster Seminary California will host Calvin’s Legacy: Reforming the Church Today on January 16-17. If you cannot make it to sunny Southern California, follow the live blog by R. Scott Clark, WSC professor, renowned blogger, and conference speaker. Sign up for the feed here. Programming note: Ge ...

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21 hours ago by limabean03

Properly speaking, this is not potential to become something greater than what you are right now through aptitude, but rather being restored to what God intended you to be at creation solely through his sovereign grace and mercy. Calvin instructs us to keep in mind the telos (goal) of a human being. ...

Awakening Grace - trinitypastor.wordpress.com · 5 references

21 hours ago by Derek Lio

Protestant reformer John Calvin, whose 500th birthday will be celebrated around the world this year, believed in a separation between church and state, but not a separation between religion and politics, said John Witte, Jr., on Wednesday in the opening presentation of Calvin College’s annual Januar ...

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23 hours ago by tangiblethoughts

As I have begun the “Blogging Through the Institutes” study with Reformation21, I have also begun re-reading a book that I have had on my bookshelf since 2004. It is entitled Grace and its Fruits - Selections from John Calvin On The Pastoral Epistles. It was prepared by Joseph Hill of Geneva College ...

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1 day ago by R. Scott Clark

At this writing the “Calvin’s Legacy” conference is 8 days, 2 hours and some away. If you can’t make it to this year’s conference (and we’re very close to being sold out so, if you’re planning to register, act quickly) you can keep up with the talks and the action via the live blog. You can subscrib ...

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1 day ago by John Fonville

Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. As many are aware, 2009 marks the 500th anniversary of the birth of John Calvin. The Calvin 500 Blog is one of the best resources for information concerning the events, conferences, tours, reviews, studies, discussions, and developments related to the 2009 quinc ...

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1 day ago by limabean03

Here are the top three posts from the month of December. Curiously enough, none of the posts dealing with the incarnation even made a dent. During Advent I thought that was a bit strange. Oh well! U.S. Teens of Somali Background dissapear and emerge in terrorist training camps. This was an alarming ...

Awakening Grace - trinitypastor.wordpress.com · 5 references