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Title: Institutes of the Christian Religion (Two Volumes in One) by John Calvin, Henry Beveridge ISBN: 0-8028-8166-1 Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Pub. Date: May, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent
Comment: Few books written by mere men are this worthy of the time it takes to read them. From beginning to end, every thought, and often each word, is worthy of contemplation as Calvin's great mind for the word of God shines through - even in this translation from the original Latin. Be prepared for hours of study and searching Scripture as this work will drive you deep into the Bible to hear the unblemished Lamb speak to you. You may find even years after setting this book down that you will be occasioned to refer back to it as the Spirit applies Scripture to your heart and you remember the words of Calvin in this work. Many things you will read may appear at first to be incorrect, unreasonable, and heretical; but the value in this work is its ability to reclaim the Scripture from the world and our views of it. Few books will challenge you so.
Rating: 5
Summary: Hidden Gem among all Christian books
Comment: Calvin has been misunderstood by many -- including many believers who never read this book. ...It brought me to tears of repentance and renewed sense of God's great love and power. It expanded my thoughts of God in my heart. God became greater and bigger through this book, thus my worship of God became more profound and sincere.
1. This book is utterly God-centered. In this book, Calvin repeatedly emphasizes that men are created for God and His glory alone. Therefore, he rightly proves from the Scriptures that: creation, predestination, salvation, and our life before Him are all for that end (glory of God).
2. This book exalts the Gospel of Christ above all things. So we see why he was so harsh against Roman Catholic Church in his time, where Gospel of grace has been replaced by indulgence and superstition. In the Gospel of Christ, Calvin points out our weaknesses and God's great mercy. Actually, some were saved by reading this book during Puritan era.
3. This book uses the Scriptures masterfully. It shows that Calvin only made his point when the Scripture warranted it. Therefore, it is powerful in its assertion and authorative.
4. This book is ultimately life changing if read properly. It did me. Calvin emphasizes self-denial for all christians. He challenges believers to take up the cross and explains what that means in our thoughts, in our relationships, in our life, and in our worship.
NOTE:
(a) Many believers dislike Calvin because they do not believe in the Reformed doctrine of Predestination, and because of it they dismiss all other Calvin's teachings that are truly edifying. But before Calvin, Reformers like Luther (see, Luther's "Bondage of the Will") and Huss also taught it and emphasized it. Calvinistic predestination is not Calvin's creation, but was widely held because it was Scriptural.
(b) For those who believe that Calvin burnt people on the stake b/c they differed with Calvin are mistaken. People bring up Servetus who was burnt on the stake, but failed to know that it was not Calvin's doing. Servetus denied Trinity, during that time, denial of Trinity meant death (i.e., "Codex of Justinian", in Roman Catholic Church, consequently, Servetus was wanted by Roman Catholic Church to be burned as well). It was the Little Council members of Geneva who decided it. Calvin actually wanted a more merciful death -- beheading, but the Council rejected Calvin's plea. Calvin throughout Sevetus imprisonment, debated with him so that he may win him to true faith, so that he may not die.
This book will help you to grow in your knowledge of God and your devotion to God. This book has been time-tested, and it has many witnesses whose spiritual life is better because of it.
Rating: 5
Summary: Calvin was right
Comment: Those who deny Calvin and Predestination simply show their lack of historical knowledge.
Not only did Aquinas, Augustine, St. Paul, and Jesus Christ himself teach Predestination... but throughout history it has always held the moral high ground of theology.
Predestination is clearly taught in the Bible. Various attempts have been made to water down this dogma. For example, it has become official doctrine in the Eastern Orthodox church that God chooses according to his foreknowledge of what free wills would have chosen if they were given a chance. That is, God picks those people to be saved, whom He knows will respond in a positive manner, if given the opportunity.
Although this sounds good at first glance, it is actually unsound. Why? Because it implies that those who are chosen for salvation DESERVE that salvation more than those who are NOT chosen.
If somebody DESERVES salvation, that means they are better than the ones who do NOT deserve to be saved. This is the height of arrogance... and thus this doctrine leads to the sin of pride.
So it turns out that God must randomly pick certain people to be saved. Otherwise, it would be based upon merit... which means that the "meritorious" people have a good reason to be arrogant... hardly a fitting attitude when they get to heaven!
Calvin's Institutes are chock full of solid doctrine. The most important thing is that HUMILITY, not ARROGANCE, is the heart and soul of Predestination PROPERLY UNDERSTOOD.
Read it and you will undergo something like a Copernican Revolution. Copernicus changed Astronomy forever by proving that the Sun, not the earth, was the center of the physical universe. Similarly, Calvin changes Theology forever by proving that God, not mankind, is the center of the spiritual universe.
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Title: Martin Luther : Selections From His Writing by Martin Luther, John Dillenberger ISBN: 0385098766 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 20 February, 1958 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: The Bondage of the Will by Martin Luther, J. I. Packer, O. R. Johnston ISBN: 0800753429 Publisher: Fleming H Revell Co Pub. Date: April, 1990 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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Title: Confessions (Oxford World's Classics) by Saint Augustine, Henry Chadwick ISBN: 0192833723 Publisher: Oxford Press Pub. Date: April, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: Martin Luther's Basic Theological Writings by Martin Luther, Timothy F. Lull ISBN: 0800623274 Publisher: Fortress Press Pub. Date: October, 1989 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: Analysis of the Institutes of the Christian Religion of John Calvin by Ford Lewis Battles, John Walchenbach ISBN: 0875521827 Publisher: P & R Press Pub. Date: February, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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