The Sacred Journey (Linford Inspirational Library)
by Frederick Buechner
John Calvin has been the subject of numerous studies, but most have focused on one aspect of his thought or a limited selection of his writings. This study of Calvin adopts a uniquely holistic approach. Randall Zachman begins with a brief biography and considers Calvin's own understanding of his ministry as a teacher and pastor. From this perspective, he surveys Calvin's writings and their place in the work of reforming the church--both through the training of clergy and the instruction of the...
God's Will, Man's Will and Free Will
by Jonathan Edwards and Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Herman Bavinck's four-volume Reformed Dogmatics is one of the most important theological works of the twentieth century. Leading Bavinck expert John Bolt edited that work, which has received wide acclaim. Now Bolt brings forth a recently discovered manuscript from Bavinck, in print for the first time, which serves as a companion to Reformed Dogmatics. Reformed Ethics mines the moral teachings of the early church and medieval and Puritan spirituality while addressing a variety of topics, offering...
John Calvin had a keen interest in what the Scriptures teach about the nature and faculties, as well as the role and responsibilities, of human beings. For him, the proper way were created: in the image and likeness of God.Jason Van Vliet examines Calvins's explanation of the imago Dei within the times and ecclesiastical circumstances in which he lived. He aims at giving a satisfactory answer to the question of whether Calvins's teaching on the imago Dei can be considered one of the stronger or...
Robert Allen
"The Robert Allen Memorial Lecture delivered at Union College, Belfast on May 1995"--T.p. verso
After the Reformation, the Dutch Republic emerged as the most religiously tolerant country in seventeenth-century Europe. Benjamin Kaplan examines the reasons behind this phenomenon, focusing on the struggle of Calvinist reformers to realize their theocratic aspirations in the Netherlands, and the fierce opposition offered to them by a large, amorphous group of people known as `Libertines'. Nowhere was this struggle more intense than in Utrecht, a city at the heart of the Dutch Reformation. T...
This is a study of John Calvin and his relationships with the fathers and the medieval scholars. Specific themes explored include Calvin''s knowledge of the Greek fathers and his use and sources of Bernard of Clairvaux.'
On Theology: Herman Bavinck's Academic Orations
On Theology: Herman Bavinck's Academic Orations presents four previously untranslated works by Herman Bavinck (1854-1921). These works offer important insights into Bavinck's conceptualisation of the discipline of theology, its place in the modern university, and the relation in which theology stands to religion. In the introductory essay, Bruce R. Pass draws attention to the way these speeches shed light on the development of Bavinck's thought across his tenure at the Kampen Theological School...
Institutes of the Christian Religion, Vol. 3 of 3 (Classic Reprint)
by John Calvin
George Macleod was the founder of the Iona Community, a world-famous group based in the ancient Benedictine monastery off the west coast of Scotland. Ron Ferguson has had access to previously unseen family archives and diaries of World War I, and over the years has worked closely with George MacLeod. He is a former leader of the Iona Community and is author of its history, "Chasing the Wild Goose".
Jesus Christ and Creation in the Theology of John Calvin
by Peter Wyatt
Calvinism, Hyper-Calvinism & Arminianisim
by Kenneth Talbot and Gary Crampton