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Calvin will cause the reader of these sermons to rightly understand this profound doctrine, to come away with the Biblical truth of the Sovereignty of the Creator, and to understand that God is God and needs not man to excuse or explain away the power of the Potter over the clay as he makes to dishonor the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction. Commenting on the volume, Dr. Richard A. Muller of Calvin Theological Seminary states that this \"is an edition that respects the historical document and conveys the full style of the original translators but also makes the text accessible to the modern reader.\" We learn from Calvin that, \"It is a thing that much troubleth men's spirits, when they see the estate of the world so confused, that the most part do manifestly despite God, and it seemeth that they have conspired with the devil, to the end to give over themselves to all mischief. For this is thought a thing greatly against reason, that GOD should create men to destroy them. Wherefore then is it, that he suffereth the greatest number so to fall? If it be said that this ought to be imputed not to God, but to those that of their own accord throw themselves so to perdition, yet this maketh no whit to the appeasing of those troubles, that we may conceive: For could not God remedy it? Why is it then that he doeth it not? They that allege a simple permission, that God layeth the bridle upon every mans neck, and that every one guideth himself according to his own free will: yet they cannot well undo this knot: to wit, why God hath not created men of another sort: and wherefore he hath suffered that they should be so weak, yea and inclined to evil and corruption: and seeing that he knew their infirmity, wherefore is it, that he doth not help them and provide them some remedy? This therefore is to entangle ourselves in great torments and troubles.\" This book contains a Foreword by The Rev. David J. 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God's word is not bound by history or geography, and Calvin's French has a robust plainness and directness which allows it to cross barriers of language and culture with relative ease.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf the 101 sermons which the Reformer preached in 1554\"€\"55 on the Pastoral Letters, thirty, on Paul's second letter to Timothy, are presented here. They have been newly translated from the original French. They offer a clear, forthright exposition of the biblical text, but also challenge the reader to live out the truths taught, since to be profitable God's word must transform the way we think, feel and act. In Calvin's hands the sermon is an instrument of real and lasting change.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Banner of Truth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46018236219613,"sku":"9781848718401","price":215.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0729\/4995\/6829\/files\/9781848718401.jpg?v=1741044382"},{"product_id":"sermons-on-the-acts-of-the-apostles-chapters-1-7","title":"Sermons on the Acts of the Apostles: Chapters 1-7","description":"\u003cp\u003eA reading of any or all of these forty-four extant sermons on Acts by John Calvin will help the reader determine whether his conscience is at peace or simply asleep! Calvins vigorous presentation of the gospel in its full extent shows the sixteenth-century expositor understood the ramifications of New Testament theology. Calvin mixes biblical teaching and its demands on the believers life together so closely that the theology and its effects cannot be easily separated. Divine judgment and mercy underlie this effects theology, and it is the sense of judgment versus the promises of and the conditions for forgiveness and acceptance that informs the readers conscience whether he is indeed forgiven and at peace, a member of the body of Christ. On the other hand, the reader of the sleeping conscience, by comparison and self-examination, will be incited to awaken to a new or renewed relationship with the pressing demands of Christian effects theology. Calvin pulls no punches. If belief does not end in an increasingly Christlike character, it is as good as no belief, no theology. 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This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Banner of Truth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46018242511069,"sku":"9780851514758","price":185.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0729\/4995\/6829\/files\/9780851514758.jpg?v=1741041841"},{"product_id":"habakkuk-zephaniah-haggai-geneva-series-of-commentaries","title":"Habakkuk, Zephaniah \u0026 Haggai (Geneva Series of Commentaries)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is volume 4 of John Calvin's 5 volume set on the Minor Prophets. C.H. Spurgeon said, 'Everything that Calvin wrote by way of exposition is priceless. His expositions are more equal in excellence than those of other men; other men rise and fall, but he is almost uniformly good.' His great gifts as an interpreter are clearly evident here in his treatment of the oft-neglected Minor Prophets. In these volumes he opens up their rich contents to our hearts and minds: here is God's Word concerning false religion, spiritual adultery, injustice, judgment, the remnant, the restoration and sovereign love.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Banner of Truth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46018242543837,"sku":"9780851514772","price":185.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0729\/4995\/6829\/files\/9780851514772.jpg?v=1741041843"},{"product_id":"sermons-on-titus","title":"Sermons on Titus","description":"\u003cp\u003eCalvin’s expository sermons to the great congregation of St Peter’s, Geneva, taken down in shorthand and then published across Europe, were among the most sought-after volumes of the sixteenth century. In the late 1570s, translated from the French, these bulky volumes flowed through London’s bookshops and none was more popular than the ‘One hundred Sermons on the Epistles of St Paul to Timothy and Titus’ which appeared for the first time in 1579. The public demand was understandable. First, Calvin ‘opened the Scriptures’, not in these volumes for students only, but for the whole church. Second, the sermons were preaching in the full New Testament sense of the term, that is, proclamation and persuasion, with power and conviction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile the seventeen sermons in this volume were preached by Calvin between August and mid- October, 1555 during the course of his regular pulpit ministry in Geneva, they are far from being mere historical curiosities. Along with concern for irreproachable leadership, faithful teaching and the spiritual well-being of the church’s members, the apostle’s letter to Titus sounds a strongly ethical and evangelistic note in its emphasis on upright living, by which God is honoured and outsiders are drawn to the faith as they witness the power and grace of the gospel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccordingly, in these sermons Calvin consistently stresses the centrality of God’s revealed word in the collective life of the church, and the necessity for each believer to conform in holiness and uprightness to God’s standard of purity. A wholesome life is, through the Spirit’s gracious work, both the consequence and the accompaniment of wholesome teaching. Inconsistency of conduct is not, however, easy to avoid, and the world will rightly condemn Christians who say one thing and do another. Transformation into Christ’s likeness is the work of a lifetime. Enrolled in God’s school, believers are urged to profit each day, growing not only in knowledge but also in love, and not for their own sake only but for that of their neighbour, to whom they are bound by ties of humanity and brotherhood. In this way the church is strengthened, its witness is confirmed and tangible proof is given that it is what it claims to be the community of God’s redeemed on earth. The sermons on Titus reveal the heart of Calvin the pastor, the shepherd of God’s flock, whose members are nourished by the word of truth, made one with Christ by the Spirit’s regenerating power, adopted into God’s family and promised a heavenly inheritance which cannot fail.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Banner of Truth Trust","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46026688856285,"sku":"9781848715691","price":205.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0729\/4995\/6829\/files\/9781848715691.jpg?v=1741044353"},{"product_id":"the-soul-of-life-the-piety-of-john-calvin-profiles-in-reformed-spirituality","title":"The Soul of Life: The Piety of John Calvin (Profiles in Reformed Spirituality)","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn Calvin is the most notable figure from the Reformed tradition. Unfortunately, he is often characterized as a stern and cerebral individual who had little concern for practical matters. However, Calvin was actually influential in promoting a profound sense of piety among early Protestantism. In The Soul of Life, Joel R. Beeke presents the life and ministry of Calvin with a special emphasis on Calvin's efforts for cultivating healthy spirituality among the churches. The selections from Calvin's own work will give readers a firsthand look at Calvin's emphasis on godliness, and by God's grace, will be a means for spurring on greater godliness in our day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents:\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eThe Life of John Calvin\u003cbr\u003eThe Piety of John Calvin\u003cbr\u003eSection One: The Definition and Importance of Piety\u003cbr\u003e1. Piety Essential for Knowing God\u003cbr\u003e2. Piety as 'the Soul of Life'\u003cbr\u003e3. Piety in Practice\u003cbr\u003eSection Two: Piety's Supreme Goal, Soli Deo Gloria\u003cbr\u003e4. Piety's Zeal for God\u003cbr\u003e5. Piety's Progress\u003cbr\u003e6. Piety's Imperfection\u003cbr\u003eSection Three: Theological Dimensions\u003cbr\u003ePiety's Profound Root: Mystical Union\u003cbr\u003e7. Relishing an Incomprehensible Union\u003cbr\u003e8. Enjoying a Great Mystery\u003cbr\u003e9. Eating the Living Bread\u003cbr\u003ePiety's Double Bond: The Spirit and Faith\u003cbr\u003e10. The Spirit and Faith\u003cbr\u003e11. Faith's Boldness and Confidence\u003cbr\u003e12. Faith Struggling against Temptation\u003cbr\u003ePiety's Double Cleansing: Justification and Sanctification\u003cbr\u003e13. Justification Inseparable from Sanctification\u003cbr\u003e14. What Is Justification?\u003cbr\u003e15. The Means and Source of Sanctification\u003cbr\u003eSection Four: Ecclesiological Dimensions\u003cbr\u003ePiety Through the Church\u003cbr\u003e16. Confessing the Church's Holiness\u003cbr\u003e17. Keeping Sunday Holy\u003cbr\u003e18. Sharing Gifts for the Church's Good\u003cbr\u003ePiety of the Word\u003cbr\u003e19. True Knowledge by the Word\u003cbr\u003e20. True Education through Preaching\u003cbr\u003e21. True Completeness through the World\u003cbr\u003ePiety in the Sacraments\u003cbr\u003e22. The Spirit in the Sacraments\u003cbr\u003e23. Dying to Become New Creatures\u003cbr\u003e24. Being Members of Christ\u003cbr\u003ePiety in the Psalter\u003cbr\u003e25. Identifying with David\u003cbr\u003e26. Holiness Essential for Access to God\u003cbr\u003e27. Hoping in God despite Discouragement\u003cbr\u003eSection Five: Practical Dimensions\u003cbr\u003ePrayer\u003cbr\u003e28. Why Pray?\u003cbr\u003e29. Coming to God's Treasures\u003cbr\u003e30. Praying with Confidence\u003cbr\u003eRepentance\u003cbr\u003e31. Prayer, Forgiveness, and Repentance\u003cbr\u003e32. Turning to God from the heart\u003cbr\u003e33. Seizing Repentance\u003cbr\u003eSelf-Denial\u003cbr\u003e34. Belonging to God rather than Ourselves\u003cbr\u003e35. Controlling Our Carnal Affections\u003cbr\u003e36. Fighting against Our natural Inclinations\u003cbr\u003eCross-Bearing\u003cbr\u003e37. Christ's Cross and Ours\u003cbr\u003e38. Taking Refuge in God\u003cbr\u003e39. Lining Up for Combat\u003cbr\u003eThe Present and Future Life\u003cbr\u003e40. Resting in God's Will\u003cbr\u003e41. Cherishing Moderation\u003cbr\u003e42. Remaining at Leisure for God's Service\u003cbr\u003eObedience\u003cbr\u003e43. Obeying God's Will\u003cbr\u003e44. Honoring God and Living Justly\u003cbr\u003e45. 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The initial hesitation overcome, Calvin went on to produce a commentary series covering much of Scripture, one which is, in words of William Cunnignham, 'not only superior to any that preceded it, but it has continued ever since, and continues to this day, to be regarded by all competent judges, as a work of highest value.' C.H. Spurgeon concurred: 'Everything that Calvin wrote by way of exposition is priceless. 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Influential because, vital as the Institutes, commentaries and treatises were to the defence and propagation of Christian doctrine, it was the Word preached and applied from the pulpit which above all fashioned Geneva's evangelical culture and made it the nerve-centre of Reformed Protestantism.\u003cbr\u003eThis volume presents readers with a short series of sermons on the Beatitudes, translated for the first time into English by Robert White. They comprise Calvin's exposition of Matthew 5:1-12, Mark 3:13-19 and Luke 6:12-26. Five sermons were preached on the Beatitudes in the course of an extended treatment of the Synoptic Gospels. Begun in July 1559, this series had still not been completed by February 1564, when ill health forced the Reformer's retirement from the pulpit. His absence was to be permanent: he died three months later, in May 1564. The late date of these sermons, therefore, marks them out as a definitive example of the Reformer's mature pulpit style. They represent his very last effort to elucidate a New Testament text in the context of regular public worship. Translated into a modern idiom, this book will transport the reader back into sixteenth-century Geneva, where he can hear the Reformer preach on issues of perennial Christian concern.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Banner of Truth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46257192272093,"sku":"9780851519340","price":125.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0729\/4995\/6829\/files\/9780851519340.jpg?v=1741126800"},{"product_id":"calvin-on-sovereignty-providence-and-predestination","title":"Calvin on Sovereignty, Providence, and Predestination","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"The doctrine of God has subordinate truths that are easily appreciated by all God's people and other truths that seem to graduate you into the higher echelons of God's self-disclosure and its attendant spiritual benefits. God's sovereignty is in the latter category, and John Calvin, the Swiss Reformer, did a lot to help the church appreciate this truth from Scripture. Joel Beeke does a great service by helping us to understand some of Calvin's teachings on God's sovereignty, especially in providence and in predestination. Trust me, this little book is worth every moment you will spend reading it!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e— Conrad Mbewe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Few subjects in the Bible are most important than the doctrine of divine sovereignty and predestination. It is a monumental truth so extensive and far-reaching that it affects every other doctrine we believe. To be right here is to be correct in a myriad of other places. Joel Beeke has done an outstanding job for us, summarizing the teaching of the greatest theologian of the Reformation age, and perhaps of any age - the indomitable John Calvin. read, learn from, and live the message of this book.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e— Steven J. 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Joel Beeke does a great service by helping us to understand some of Calvin's teachings on God's sovereignty, especially in providence and in predestination. Trust me, this little book is worth every moment you will spend reading it!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e— Conrad Mbewe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Few subjects in the Bible are most important than the doctrine of divine sovereignty and predestination. It is a monumental truth so extensive and far-reaching that it affects every other doctrine we believe. To be right here is to be correct in a myriad of other places. Joel Beeke has done an outstanding job for us, summarizing the teaching of the greatest theologian of the Reformation age, and perhaps of any age - the indomitable John Calvin. read, learn from, and live the message of this book.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e— Steven J. 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Haykin declare the significance of John Calvin's life and ideas-particularly his contributions to systematic theology, pastoral theology, and political theology-as well as the influence he had on others through the centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith focused studies related to the Trinity, predestination, the Holy Spirit, justification, preaching, missions, principles of government, welfare, and marriage, this book demonstrates how Calvin's thought has been, and still is, a dynamic wellspring of fruitfulness for numerous areas of the Christian life. More than 450 years since Calvin experienced the beatific vision, his thinking about God and His Word still possesses what our culture passionately longs for-true relevancy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents:\u003cbr\u003ePart 1: Calvin's Biography\u003cbr\u003e1. The Young Calvin: Preparation for a Life of Ministry - Michael A. G. Haykin\u003cbr\u003e2. Practical Lessons from the Life of Idelette Calvin - Joel R. 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