Every wondered what it would be like to raise a glass with John Calvin? Thanks to Michael Dewalt. Reading Calvin in His Letters a fun piece where John Calvin uses a cask of wine to try and lure a friend to join him in Geneva… When he would induce his friend M. de Falais to come …
These sort of posts bob up from time to time and this one is generally amusing. Justin Taylor and Jared Wilson provide the following: Exclusive: In an exciting example of scholarly cross-collaboration and interdisciplinary research, textual critics and archaeologists have just published a translation of a recently discovered first-century letter, apparently authentic, written to the …
[Martin] Luther’s annual household budget 300 guilders for meat 200 guilders for beer 50 guilders for bread Hard to argue with anything there. via
An odd thought comes to mind during the current to-ing and fro-ing which has arisen with regard to Rob Bell’s upcoming book ‘Love Wins’. (Warning: generalisations ensue.) It seems odd that those who have taken issue with Bell are generally characterised (in a number of ways) as being in the reformed and calvinistic tradition, and …
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