Grumpy Old Man
But in the Church we must always be upon our guard, lest we pay too great a deference to men.
Sunset
If a beautiful death authenticates a holy life, then we can feel good about John Calvin. On February 6, 1564, Calvin, 55 years old, stood for the last time in […]
Clouds Over Geneva
John Calvin arrived in Geneva in July 1536, intending only to stop for the night. But Pastor William Farel found him and wouldnât let him leave, threatening to curse him […]
Calvinâs Mentor
I have been baptized in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, and am not a devil.
His Ideal Idelette
Churchmen had been celibate for centuries, and John Calvin wondered if he, a first-generation Protestant, should break tradition. âI am not yet married,â he wrote. âWhether I shall ever marry […]
“The Smile of the Reformation”
Pierre Viret was born to a devout middle-class Roman Catholic family in Orbe, a small town now in Switzerland. Viret studied as a scholar in his hometown school and then attended the University of […]
Judson
The tramping of feet coming and going. Muffled voices. Painful groans.
Synod of Orange Struggled with Choice
However, the relationship between what God does and what we do remained so unclear that the question has come up in one form or another ever since.
Saying Too Much
We can sink our own arguments by saying too much, as the French reformers sadly discovered in the 1500s. The Protestant movement initially found fertile ground in France. Several preachers, […]
Rhemalogy 
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