At a table or sitting in a comfortable chair is where I like to read Calvin.

@MatthewEverhard

3 жыл бұрын

My homie! Lol.

I recently bought Calvin's institutes from the banner of truth. Also very easy to read, really enjoying it thus far.

Calvin’s Institute’s has been a blessing in my devotional life for years

@danielbui-tx5ht

20 күн бұрын

yeah, but it so hard to finish

Thank you, Pastor Matthew, for saying that Calvin is readable. I was putting away his writings just because I thought I would be struggling (since English is not my first language). I was the same about Systematic Theology and now I’m reading Reformed one by Beeke with ease and great pleasure! Calvin is the next! Blessings!

Great video. I’m reading the Institutes right now at 2.5 pages per day because you said you were going to do it last year and that video was encouraging. It’s been fantastic. It’s like sitting at the feet of a genius.

This channel is easily my favourite at the moment🔥

Purchased the institutes, working through that and Grudem's systematic theology. Looking into reformed doctrine has definitely peeked my interest in soteriology. Thanks for all the info!

On the stairs outside of mass is a good place to read Calvin.

Wow, I would love to have a hard copy of his commentaries. Thanks for the video Pastor Matt, always helpful.

Thank you for this pastor mat

I enjoyed your thoughts on Calvin.

Calvin’s commentary is the first commentary I go to. I would so love to own a hard copy of them. The man was truly anointed with wisdom and understanding of the word. Currently working SLOWLY through the Institutes.

@aleczamora6993

3 жыл бұрын

Do you know where I could get a copy of Calvin’s commentaries?

@iancampbell1494

3 жыл бұрын

@@aleczamora6993 banner of truth has some

I wish I had seen this when you first posted this… here I am slogging through the 2nd book of Institutes of Christian Religion..and here I see you holding up that little book…it’s like that old commercial..”Wow!..I could’ve had a V8!!!”😊🙏❤️

I am literally starting the Institutes cover to cover today. This was some good motivation. 😉

@MatthewEverhard

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@PastorCleveland

3 жыл бұрын

@@MatthewEverhard Do you know where to find Calvin's pastoral letters?

Hi Matt, I've been struggling with the issues of once saved always saved and election/predestination for a couple of years now. It seems both Arminianism and Calvinism both have parts I agree with but as they are so contradictory it's tricky. Do you have any advice how I can deal with this? Appreciate your content, God bless

I’m surprised you didn’t mention his sermons, they’re good too!

Any recommendations on longer biographies on Calvin? Also what are your thoughts on Berkouwers dogmatics?

Love your channel Pastor Matthew. New to the Reformed faith.

@MatthewEverhard

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Jason!

@aleczamora6993

3 жыл бұрын

Yes Pastor Matt and his channel is really helpful.

@rongrimes9102

3 жыл бұрын

@@MatthewEverhard I also enjoy your channel 👍 After getting saved at 16 I thought I knew everything about the Bible, but at almost 60 I’m finding out that I don’t even know what I thought I knew. lol

Really enjoyed your introduction to Calvin. I listen to a lot of J. Vernon McGee. I believe he used to be a Presbyterian. I always thought if I was not Baptist I would be one of you guys. Lol. Could you give me more information on that reading group? Thanks

I would love a list of the 5 most important Christian books.

Thanks for the video. I'm looking to get deeper into understanding Calvin. I find reading old English to be difficult. Therefore, what translation of the Institutes would you recommend? Thanks

I saw someone post on FB that there is some portion that is missing in that Hendrickson hardback that the paperback has. Have you noticed that? By the way, I also have the same paperback that you have and I find the fonts too small for comfortable reading.

Excellent advise as always. I find John Calvin a very good read. There was only one thing that I wish was different in your talk on Calvin. I certainly agree that Martin Luther did not write a systematic theology. The closest thing was the Smalcald Articles, and, as you stated, Luther is a bull in a China shop in that work. However, there is the great humanist systematizer of Luther's theology, Philip Melancthon. He was the author of the Augsburg Confession and its Apology (as you know, I'm certainly not trying to educate an edifying preacher with a Ph. D., and forgive me if it seemed that way). Concordia published his 1521 Loci Communes, which does a good job of systematizing Luther's theology. Recently, Repristination Press published the first translation of the 1535 Loci Communes, which is the one that Luther gave so much praise. It was published just a couple years before the Apology, and was used to teach systematic theology. I bring up Philip Melancthon because he was trained as a humanist like John Calvin, and they were friends. My Triumvirate of early Reformation systematic theologians is Melancthon, Calvin, and Zacharias Ursinus. The latter wrote the excellent commentary on the Heidelberg Catechism, which Ursinus helped compose. Once again, none of this is new to you. Calvin's Institutes is the best early Reformed theologian, and his work has stood the test of time. Ursinus is excellent, but not as good as Calvin. But, I digress. This comment is already too long, but I'm trying to make the point that there was an excellent systematizer of Luther's theology before Calvin. From the Reformed viewpoint, Calvin is certainly more important. I'm personally a big fan of Melancthon before he began stressing synergy, but he does not seem to be considered that important outside of confessional Lutheran circles. Of course, your video was about Calvin, not Melancthon, and you are Reformed, not Lutheran, so perhaps that's why you didn't consider Melancthon when you were making your comments on systematizing the doctrines of the Reformation. I read a lot about the German, Swiss, and English Reformations, and admire Melancthon, so that's why I mentioned him. Your video is still excellent!

A great book that I'm reading provides a succinct summary of some of the great thinkers of the Christian church, including John Calvin is Ken Samples' "Classic Christian Thinkers."

The Bahamas. Sitting in an Armenian church, wearing a T-shirt with Calvin's picture on it.

Calvin's biblical commentary is my favorite work from him.

Just watch his biography on KZread, get a good introduction into his life and views then jump right into the institutes! If you love it you will read it! If you don't understand it, come back to it after a few years of maturing in your walk with Christ!

I’m Pentecostal and quite obviously Arminian as a result of that and Calvin is awesome. The Little Book/Golden Book is very good and helpful. Those of you coming from a different theological perspective, don’t knock reading those who you disagree with.

@MatthewEverhard

3 жыл бұрын

Jake is the man. :-)

@jakehumphrey1213

3 жыл бұрын

@@MatthewEverhard appreciate it brother! Your videos are great and there’s a lot of truth in them. I used your video on basic Bible study books to start my own personal library.

Where should someone start reading John Knox?

Thanks for the list, i have Christian institute in PDF &, a book - positive & negative on him

Recently, I heard a liberal theologian say that Calvin said something to the effect that people with disabilities or deformations in their bodies were not true images of God. Did Calvin say something like that? Where? Love your videos. God bless you.

@rongrimes9102

3 жыл бұрын

That seems to goes against Jeremiah 1:5

Banner of Truth has as version of Calvin’s Institutes as well. I believe it’s an abridgment

@doctor1alex

3 жыл бұрын

It’s not abridged, just an earlier edition of the Institutes from 1541 so much shorter than the compete 1559/60 final edition.

@darrenlee1480

3 жыл бұрын

I have bought the 1541 because I'm not interested to read the part where Calvin addresses roman catholic stuff in the 1559/60

@doctor1alex

3 жыл бұрын

He does address many errors of Roman Catholicism in the 1541 edition by the way. He does so mainly when talking about how salvation is of grace alone through Christ and His work alone, and therefore justification is received by faith alone.

@darrenlee1480

3 жыл бұрын

@@doctor1alex yeah but it's a lot less than 1559 version

@doctor1alex

3 жыл бұрын

@@darrenlee1480 ah fair enough

Don't bother, read Charles Finney's systematic theology. Clear, straight forward!

Definitely in the bathroom to make the best use of the paper.

Unfortunately I can't stand Calvin, not only for his mistaken theology (we can agree to disagree in love), but mainly for his antisemitism and hate for my people. Definitely not someone I would recommend to read or learn from. I grew up without Calvin, and I will continue to grow my spiritual life without him. It saddens me to see people following such a hateful man. I am sure most Calvinists don't even know he was a hardcore antisemite.

@doctor1alex

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve personally not seen any antisemitism in any of Calvins writings. Could you refer to any?

@doomerquiet1909

3 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure martin luther might’ve been a lol more anti semitic🙂

@doctor1alex

2 жыл бұрын

@Michael Lloyd Merichko Where is this quote from please? Context is of the upmost importance. For example, if he wrote this of the Pharisees who blasphemed the Holy Spirit, as recorded in Mark 3 for example, then he would be correct in this statement.

Where Should I Start Reading Calvin? Answer: In the toilet so you can flush it when you are done.

Basic answer.....don't.