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4.16.2010

Calvin's Secret Providence of God


Calvin, the more you increase in understanding of the Bible and doctrine and the faith in general, continues to impress.

The reason I call him a barefoot mystic compared to modern day Reformed academics is because he so clearly and faithfully states what the Bible says that the result is a mystical teaching because the plan of God is a mystical teaching. Regeneration? Yeah, academics, you hate it *because* it's (read closely and slowly) *out of your control.*

Imagine that, something out of the control of your inane and shallow grasp of things.

I just picked up the new translation of Calvin's Secret Providence of God (ISBN: 1433507056). It reinforces anew the understanding Calvin had, and his ability to stand on solid ground and parry false teachers, getting to the heart of the matter through and through, and using language that sounds very modern, but only because it is a universal voice. Nothing affected. Just to-the-point and on-the-mark.

Posted by c.t. at 4/16/2010

1 Comments:

Blogger c.t. said...

Of course, in ecclesiology and sacramentology Calvin feared man too much, and should have feared God only on those subjects. He actually gave evidence that he did here and there in his writings, but being in the midst of a vicious war with Rome we can forgive him. Those who have come after are another matter.

April 16, 2010 at 2:08 AM  

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