Issue 12 : John Calvin: Reformer, Pastor, Theologian
Originally published in 1986

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As Shakespeare wrote, "Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them." John Calvin was certainly not born great.
T. H. L. Parker
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You don't look to the life of John Calvin for humor, but Calvin's quest for a wife would make grist for a twentieth-century situation comedy.
William J. Petersen
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How Prayer Was Calvin's Key to Living Well.
Raymond K. Anderson
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Calvin on Predestination
Frank A. James III
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Offered to him in Sacrifice
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Selections From Confession of Faith which all the citizens and inhabitants of Geneva and the subjects of the country must promise to keep and hold. (1536)
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