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To the Ends of the Earth: Calvin’s Missional Vision and Legacy is unavailable, but you can change that!

Calvinist missionaries. If you think that sounds like an oxymoron, you’re not alone. Yet a close look at John Calvin’s life and writings reveals a man who was passionate about the spread of the gospel and the salvation of sinners. From training pastors at his Genevan Academy to sending missionaries to the jungles of Brazil, Calvin consistently sought to encourage and equip Christians to take...

In his comments on Ezekiel 18:23 (“Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked, declares the Lord GOD, and not rather that he should turn from his way and live?”), Calvin affirmed that there is one sense in which God, according to his eternal will, desires the salvation of all men and women even while God predestines every person who will ever be saved.11 This text, Calvin argued, makes clear that God calls all people without exception to salvation.
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