On a Thursday morning in Calvin’s Geneva, a person could be summoned to the Auditoire, the lecture hall beside St. Pierre Cathedral where the church court met and asked to account for a wedding feast with dancing that had run past midnight. . . . Continue reading →
There is a strange tension pulsing through American Christianity right now. At the very moment when many believers are shouting louder to “take back the culture,” Jesus whispers a counterintuitive paradox: “Blessed are the meek.” It is precisely this upside-down ethic—the quiet . . . Continue reading →
Few doctrines touch both the heart and the mind like sanctification, for it shapes not only what we believe but how we live. As Calvinists grow in their understanding of the doctrines of grace, one question often arises: Is sanctification monergistic or . . . Continue reading →
How often should our churches celebrate the Lord’s Supper? Practices vary among Reformed congregations—some celebrate weekly, others monthly or quarterly. Yet when we turn to Scripture, church history, the Reformed confessions, and voices like John Calvin and Louis Berkhof, a compelling case . . . Continue reading →
