John Calvin

For hundreds of years Christendom has been blessed with Bible commentaries written by great men of God highly respected for their godly walk and their insight into spiritual truth. The Crossway Classic Commentaries series presents the very best work on individual Bible books, carefully adapted for maximum understanding and usefulness for today's believers. The book of Acts provides an invaluable transition in the Bible from the life of Christ to the formation and expansion of the New Testament Church and the inspired apostolic letters of that era. The birth and spread of the Church, early struggles in the Body of Christ, and the conversion and later missionary journeys of Paul make for enlightening and nurturing reading for all followers of the Lord Jesus Christ. John Calvin's insightful examination of this action-packed, fast-paced section of Scripture will give serious Bible students a solid grip on the key passages and themes of Acts. And that in turn will give believers renewed enthusiasm and boldness in taking the good news of Christ to their own time and setting.

This translation of Calvin's enlightening book includes the essentials of his position on how one should think and live as a Christian. Keeping Calvin's intentions for a clear and simple text in mind, Paul Fugrmann presents an edition that has value for people who have a scholarly interest in the Reformed tradition and for lay readers who wish to clarify and strengthen their own faith.

Martin Luther and John Calvin were the principal ‘magistral’ Reformers of the sixteenth-century: they sought to enlist the cooperation of rulers in the work of reforming the Church. However, neither regarded the relationship between Reformed Christians and the secular authorities as comfortable or unproblematic. The two pieces translated here, Luther's On Secular Authority and Calvin’s On Civil Government, constitute their most sustained attempts to find the proper balance between these two commitments. Despite their mutual respect, there were wide divergences between them. Luther’s On Secular Authority would later be cited en bloc in favour of religious toleration, whereas Calvin envisaged secular authority as an agency for the compulsory establishment of the external conditions of Christian virtue and the suppression of dissent. The introduction, glossary, chronology and bibliography contained in this volume locate the texts in the broader context of the theology and political thinking of their authors.

These forty-six letters and writings of John Calvin, translated into English, demonstrate how Calvin applied the theology of the Institutes and the biblical exegesis of his commentaries to issues of everyday life. Here, Calvin gives advice to individuals and groups about theology, ethics, worship, politics, economics, and church practices. Topics discussed include dogmatics and polemics, changes (and the need for changes) in religion, the worship of images, ecclesiastical discipline, marriage, and justice. Each writing is introduced by an identification of the receiver of the advice and an explanation of the subject matter itself. This volume is useful for understanding Calvin's theology and its application to Christian life.

This volume contains John Calvin's commentary on chapters 11-21 of the Gospel of John and the First Epistle of John. Calvin, theologian par excellence of the Reformation, laid the foundation for all later Proestent exegesis of the Bible. Marked by an honest, careful handling of the text, Calvin's expositions of Scripture remain as "modern" as ever in their relevance to today's student.

This volume presents texts selected from the full range of John Calvin's writings, including excerpts from commentaries, sermons, letters, catechisms, tracts, broad-based theological works.

Complete edition of Calvin's Book on the Christian Life by John Calvin and translated by Henry Beveridge. Easily read in one sitting, profound enough to return frequently, moving enough to give as a gift, this book discusses how to scripturally live a Christian life. The book, published under various titles over the past 100+ years, is an excerpt of Calvin's "Institutes of the Christian Religion" specifically Book 3, chapters 6 through 10, which has resonated most with readers over the ages." We have said that the object of regeneration is to bring the life of believers into concord and harmony with the righteousness of God..." All students of thought should get this historic book. This 1845 edition is provided in a slim volume with full text at an affordable price.

Complete edition of Calvin's Book on the Christian Life by John Calvin and translated by Henry Beveridge. Easily read in one sitting, profound enough to return frequently, moving enough to give as a gift, this book discusses how to scripturally live a Christian life. The book, published under various titles over the past 100+ years, is an excerpt of Calvin's "Institutes of the Christian Religion" specifically Book 3, chapters 6 through 10, which has resonated most with readers over the ages." We have said that the object of regeneration is to bring the life of believers into concord and harmony with the righteousness of God ..." All students of thought should get this historic book. This 1845 edition is provided in a slim volume with full text at an affordable price.