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Maximum Joy: 1 John—Relationship or Fellowship? is unavailable, but you can change that!

In Maxiumum Joy, David R. Anderson offers a warm, thoughtful, and thorough exposition of John’s first epistle. Working section by section, Anderson unfolds the riches of this New Testament book, guiding readers to see how 1 John is really “a book about intimacy and love between the believer and God and between believer and believer.” Offering a pastoral treatment of 1 John, Anderson notes that...

Some of the reformers were persuaded to modify their views. John Calvin’s first edition of his Institutes was completed in 1536 and had six chapters with a clear delineation between the believer’s position in heaven (justification) and his condition on earth (sanctification). But under pressure from the Council of Trent and the accusation of promoting license, the final edition of Calvin’s Institutes contained eighty chapters and no clear distinction between position and condition. Under pressure
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