
John Calvin It were cold and lifeless to represent God as a momentary Creator, who completed his work once for all, and then left it. (Inst. 1.16.1)

John Calvin Were we to make a trial of subtlety, it would not be difficult to refute the sophistry of Thomas [Aquinas]. (full post is too long for FB. Click link below to read the rest. Requires approx. 41.7 seconds to read)
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Were we to make a trial of subtlety, it would not be difficult to refute the sophistry of Thomas. He maintains that the elect are in a manner predestinated to glory on account of their merits, because God predestines to give them the grace by which they merit glory. ...

Olivia
John Calvin By piety I mean that union of reverence and love to God which the knowledge of his benefits inspires. For, until men feel that they owe everything to God, that they are cherished by his paternal care, and that he is the author of all their blessings, so that nought is to be looked for away from him, they wi...ll never...yield up their whole selves to him in truth and sincerity. (Inst. 1.2.1) http://bit.ly/E7Qz8Read more

John Calvin Let every man reflect for himself how hard it is not only to leave all things, but to leave and abjure one's self. And yet this is the training by which Christ initiates his disciples, that is, all the godly. (Inst. 3.18.4) http://bit.ly/JOywz

Chris Stone Thank God for the reformers

John Calvin For until [man's] vanity is made perfectly manifest, he is puffed up with infatuated confidence in his own powers, and never can be brought to feel their feebleness so long as he measures them by a standard of his own choice. (Inst. 2.7.6) http://bit.ly/rnb9j

John Calvin If you are celebrating Reformation Day today, do not forget to include prayers of thanksgiving to the sovereign Lord for reawakening in His people the Christian virtue of full submission to the authority of His Word, the Scriptures. -admin.

Shane Evans Awesome intellect!

Marisa With All Saints Day fast approaching (read sermon in process). Could you post something about Calvin's view of burial and the resurrection of the dead? Thank you.

John Calvin Paul says, that God purchased the Church “with his own blood,” (Acts 20: 28,) and that the Jews crucified the Lord of glory, (1 Cor. 2: 8.) In like manner, John says, that the Word of God was “handled.” God certainly has no blood, suffers not, cannot be touched with hands; [too long, read reast at] http://bit.ly/vd4AY

John Calvin
Calvin for the Church Today:
John Calvin’s Biblical Legacy for the Church in the 21st Century
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Welcome to the website for the Calvin for the Church Today conference being held in Sioux Falls, SD by Sioux Falls United Reformed Church.

John Calvin Let them now go and clamour against us as heretics for having withdrawn from their Church, since the only cause of our estrangement is, that they cannot tolerate a pure profession of the truth...The fact is more than sufficient to excuse us, unless they would also make schismatics of the apostles, with whom we have a common cause. (Inst. 4.2.6) http://bit.ly/mE1cy

John Calvin Borela Borela Truly a Man of God.

Spencer Aalsburg
Unlce John, would you please post this link about one of your conferences in Sioux Falls, SD? Thank you!
Here's the Facebook link: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group. php?gid=322489810444&ref=ts














