John Calvin famously said, “Man’s nature, so to speak, is a perpetual forge of idols”. Or as Tim Keller has phrased it, an idol factory. We are prone to worship and give our allegiance to idols (things that are not God), thus sinning by breaking the first two commandments. In Old Testament times, Samuel said… Continue reading Put away the foreign gods!
Tag: John Calvin
Jesus was a Calvinist!
The name John Calvin is a bad word to many people, but I hope to show you that Calvin’s theology should be our theology because it was Jesus’ theology and the Bible’s theology. John Calvin lived in the 1500’s in Geneva, Switzerland. He was and is one of the hero’s of the Christian faith. He… Continue reading Jesus was a Calvinist!
Wishing my readers war in 2015
This December I had the privilege of reading some of John Calvin’s sermons on the book of Ephesians. I felt as if I was re-converted after every sermon. I loved Calvin’s (correct) emphasis on the utter hopelessness of man and the extreme, deep grace of God in drawing us out of the pit of hell… Continue reading Wishing my readers war in 2015
Tribute to John Calvin – the love of the supremacy of God
Every year Reformed Evangelical churches like to remember the Reformation of the church in Europe in the 16th Century – from which we trace our theological heritage. The medieval church was steeped in suspicion, false teaching and wrong doctrine. Many people had a false assurance of salvation, a wrong notion of the church and a totally distorted… Continue reading Tribute to John Calvin – the love of the supremacy of God
Predestinational errors
Besides inventing a new word, I thought I would draw your attention to two errors that some make when it comes to thinking about the doctrine of predestination. These two errors can also be seen as two extremes on opposite ends of the theology spectrum: Arminianism and Hyper-Calvinism