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John Calvin

A Heart for Devotion Doctrine & Doxology

EDITED BY BURK PARSONS

FOREWORD BY IAIN H. MURRAY

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John Calvin: A Heart for Devotion, Doctrine, and Doxology

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Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

John Calvin: a heart for devotion, doctrine, and doxology/edited by Burk Parsons.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN 978-1-56769-106-1

1. Calvin, Jean, 1509–1564. 2. Reformed Church--Doctrines. I. Parsons, Burk.

BX9418.J6132 2008

284′.2092--dc22

2008025945

DEDICATION

The contributors dedicate this book to R. C. Sproul, who has inspired a new generation of reformers to know, love, and proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword—Iain H. Murray

Preface—Burk Parsons

Contributors

1. The Humility of Calvin’s Calvinism	Burk Parsons
2. Who was John Calvin?	Derek W. H. Thomas
3. Calvin’s Heart for God	Sinclair B. Ferguson
4. The Reformer of Faith and Life	D. G. Hart
5. The Churchman of the Reformation	Harry L. Reeder
6. The Preacher of God’s Word	Steven J. Lawson
7. The Counselor to the Afflicted	W. Robert Godfrey
8. The Writer for the People of God	Phillip R. Johnson
9. The Supremacy of Jesus Christ	Eric J. Alexander
10. The Transforming Work of the Spirit	Thabiti Anyabwile
11. Man’s Radical Corruption	John MacArthur
12. Election and Reprobation	Richard D. Phillips
13. Redemption Defined	Thomas K. Ascol
14. Transforming Grace	Keith A. Mathison
15. A Certain Inheritance	Jay E. Adams
16. The Believer’s Union with Christ	Philip Graham Ryken
17. The Principal Article of Salvation	Michael Horton
18. The True Christian Life	Jerry Bridges
19. The Communion of Men with God	Joel R. Beeke

Index of Scripture

Index of Subjects and Names

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About John Calvin: A Heart for Devotion, Doctrine, and Doxology

In celebration of the five hundredth anniversary of John Calvin’s birth (2009), Burk Parsons, editor of Tabletalk magazine and associate minister at St. Andrew’s in Sanford, Fla., has brought together an impressive group of pastors and scholars to reconsider Calvin’s life and legacy. Contributors include Jay Adams, Eric Alexander Thabiti Anyabwile, Joel Beeke, Jerry Bridges, Sinclair Ferguson, Robert Godfrey, D. G. Hart, Michael Horton, Phillip R. Johnson, Steven Lawson, John MacArthur, Keith Mathison, Richard Phillips, Harry Reeder, Philip Graham Ryken, Derek Thomas, Thomas Ascol, and others.

In twenty succinct chapters, these men examine Calvin the man; his work (as a Reformer, a churchman, a preacher, a counselor, and a writer); and his teachings (on subjects as diverse as the Holy Spirit and prayer). What emerges is a multifaceted portrait of a man whose contributions to Christian thought and Christian living were significant indeed, a man whose life, work, and teachings are worthy to be remembered and studied even in the twenty-first century.

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