The link below is to a book review of ‘Sermons on Genesis,’ by John Calvin.
For more visit:
https://banneroftruth.org/us/resources/book-review-resources/2016/sermons-genesis-review-brian-garrard/
The link below is to a book review of ‘Sermons on Genesis,’ by John Calvin.
For more visit:
https://banneroftruth.org/us/resources/book-review-resources/2016/sermons-genesis-review-brian-garrard/
The link below is to a book review of ‘Faith Unfeigned,’ by John Calvin.
For more visit:
https://banneroftruth.org/us/resources/book-review-resources/2016/faith-unfeigned-review-brian-garrard/
The link below is to a book review of ‘Sermons on Ephesians,’ by John Calvin.
For more visit:
https://banneroftruth.org/us/resources/book-review-resources/2015/sermons-on-ephesians-a-review-by-brian-garrard/
The link below is to a book review of the ‘Institutes of the Christian Religion,’ by John Calvin.
For more visit:
https://banneroftruth.org/us/resources/book-review-resources/2015/institutes-of-the-christian-religion-a-review-by-stephen-westcott/
‘What Calvin Says – An Introduction to the Theology of John Calvin’ is the next book I’ll be reading (and reviewing here). This book by W. Gary Crampton was published in 2002 (my edition – the second edition) by The Trinity Foundation (www.trinityfoundation.org/). This edition is a paperback.
A quick glance at the table of contents seems to suggest that it follows the ‘Institutes,’ so I’m not sure whether it is just another short ‘abridgment’ of them or something more. Time will tell as I read through the book, which is 210 pages in length.
I have now started to read ‘Calvin for Armchair Theologians,’ by Christopher Elwood. I have to admit that I come to this book with a very doubtful attitude. The front cover illustration of John Calvin and the many ‘comic-like’ illustrations throughout the book worry me. I just don’t get a sense that this book is a serious treatment of John Calvin. That is the impression that presents when just looking at the book – I hope to be proven wrong for having ‘judged a book by its cover.’ The illustrations in the book are by Ron Hill, who is apparently a freelance illustrator and cartoonist.
I have to admit that the ‘armchair theologian’ part of the title also gives me a poor impression of the book – it sort of gives me the picture of a guy who loves to watch sport on the TV while sitting in his armchair, while not really taking the sport seriously in his actual life – has nothing to do with it in reality, in that he doesn’t play sport. This is the idea that ‘armchair theologian’ paints for me, which is an approach to theology that is far removed from the Bible’s idea of involvement with the truth.
But, as I said, I hope to be proven wrong for having ‘judged a book by its cover.’