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On The Christian Life
$9.99Add to cartNew Translation of John Calvin’s Classic Work Explores What It Means to Live the Christian Life
For centuries, Christians have read John Calvin’s On the Christian Life to answer a fundamental question: What does it mean to live faithfully as a Christian? This fresh translation of what is often referred to as Calvin’s “Golden Booklet” features an all-new introduction, robust citations, and explanatory footnotes-introducing a new generation of readers to a classic work of Christian spirituality.
In the book-a portion of the Reformer’s magnum opus, Institutes of the Christian Religion-Calvin suggests that a deep understanding of theology is worthless if the gospel has yet to “penetrate into the most intimate affection of the heart.” Touching on essential themes like self-denial, submission to God, bearing one’s cross, enduring suffering for the sake of righteousness, and meditating on the life to come, this accessible work will help believers reflect on their lives as Christians and lean on the grace of Jesus in everyday life.
*A Brand-New Translation: Translated from the original Latin edition by Calvin scholar Raymond A. Blacketer-making this classic work more accessible to modern readers than ever before
*A Fresh Introduction: Includes an all-new introduction by editor Anthony N. S. Lane, professor of historical doctrine at the London School of Theology
*Helpful Resources: Includes robust source citations and explanatory footnotes to help pastors, students, scholars, and everyday Christians better understand Calvin’s words and context
*Explores the Christian Life: Addresses themes including self-denial, taking up one’s cross, submitting to God, and suffering for the sake of righteousness
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On The Christian Life
$14.99Add to cartTaken from John Calvin’s magnum opus Institutes of the Christian Religion, this book has inspired readers around the world for more than four centuries. This concise and practical devotional was first printed for the purpose of teaching Christians how to live out their faith. Focusing on subjects such as righteousness, self-denial, the significance of the cross, suffering, and how we should live our lives today, Calvin stresses the importance that believers cling to the grace given through Christ’s death and resurrection. He proposes practical ways to bring that grace into our fallen world without abusing our roles as representatives of God.
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Sermons From Job
$25.00Add to cartLeroy Nixon, the translator of these sermons wrote, “Of all the sermons by Calvin, the 159 on the book of Job have probably been the most famous. They express clearly his sense of the majesty of God. To work with them over the past three years has been a rich and exciting spiritual experience. . . If the reader gets only a fraction of the benefit which came to the translator, the reader will be amply rewarded. Calvin’s piety is well expressed in the sermons titled, ‘The Lord Gave; the Lord has taken Away’; ‘Blessed is the Man whom God Corrects’; ‘Though He Slay Me, Yet Will I Trust in Him;’ ‘Does Not God Count My Steps’; ‘ and ‘The Right Use of Affliction.’ Pervading these sermons is the prayer and conviction that whatever comes to pass may all be for the glory of God.”
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Secret Providence Of God
$17.99Add to cartIn 1558 John Calvin held a prominent position of leadership in the Reform movement. He had written prolifically and his works had been widely circulated-and critiqued. It was at this time that he penned an answer to a critique of his position on divine providence, as articulated in the 1546 edition of the Institutes. His polemical defense of his beliefs, The Secret Providence of God, reflects the boisterous, argumentative tone of the Reformation era and is Calvin’s fullest treatment on this most important doctrine. Unfortunately, in recent decades this work has been largely forgotten.
With this new English translation of Calvin’s work, editor Paul Helm reintroduces The Secret Providence of God to students, pastors, and lay readers of Reformed theology. Translator Keith Goad has modernized the English while preserving a Latinized translation style as far as possible. Helm has provided a full introduction, discussing the work’s background, content, style, and relation to Calvin’s other writings on providence.
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Thine Is My Heart
$22.00Add to cartPrint on demand
Thine Is My Heart brings together a year’s worth of meditations from the writings of John Calvin, carefully selected to reveal his devotional side. Taken from his commentaries, correspondences, and sermons, these selections demonstrate that practical application of Christian truth was never far from his mind. Let these daily portions be an encouragement to you to offer your heart to the Lord, promptly and sincerely. -
On Prayer : Conversation With God
$20.00Add to cartThis book collects for the first time John Calvin’s teachings on prayer, taken from his 1559 classic Institutes of the Christian Religion. Calvin scholar John Hesselink puts Calvin’s views in context with an introductory essay for the book. A summary and questions for discussion precede each segment of Calvin’s text, making this volume ideal for personal and group study.
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John Calvin : Selections From His Writings
$13.99Add to cartA pivotal figure of the Protestant Reformation, John Calvin’s vision of God changed the world. Calvin (1509-1564), who, in response to God’s call became a pastor against his natural inclinations, transformed an unimportant city into a powerful force for religious reform. Today, many know of John Calvin as an historical figure, but few have read his writings or are familiar with the personal spirituality that drove his life. This volume presents the main facets of Calvin’s faith, including his personal religious experience, his pastoral ministry, and his revolutionary theological vision. This is a perfect resource for those seeking to learn about the man behind the legacy.
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Galatians-Colossians
$36.50Add to cart376 pages
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This is volume 11 – Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians.These classic commentaries by Calvin laid the basis for later scholarly exegesis of the Bible. The commentary is verse-by-verse, with anywhere from a paragraph to a whole page of commentary per verse. This is a completely new translation into modern English of Calvin’s Commentaries on the New Testament. Those familiar with previous translations have frequently discovered that these previous translations sometimes fail to reveal the close coherence of Calvin’s ideas, miss many of his characteristic images, and often translate whole passages poorly or omit them altogether. -
Romans And Thessalonians
$39.50Add to cartThe power of John Calvin’s study of Romans and of 1 and 2 Thessalonians is captured in this superb translation by R. MacKenzie. Precise and authoratative, yet lucid and very readable, this volume will enrich all who are interested in understanding the full breadth and depth of these important sections of Scripture.
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Hebrews And 1-2 Peter
$37.50Add to cart396 pages
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William B. Johnston has masterfully translated Calvin’s commentaries on Hebrews and 1 and 2 Peter. Now, Calvin’s excellent study of these books is available to all readers. Students will find Calvin’s comments surprisingly modern, as his exegesis and method of study remain extremely valuable. This commentary is great for those who like John Calvin and anyone who wants to understand these books better. -
Concerning The Eternal Predestination Of God
$35.00Add to cartThe name of John Calvin is often associated with the doctrine of predestination. Readers will witness Calvin masterfully arguing his points, wrestling with the scriptures, and fully engaged in the polemical world of sixteenth-century theological debate.
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Acts 1-13 : Torrance Edition
$38.99Add to cartThis is a print on demand book.
This volume is one of twelve classic commentaries by John Calvin, theologian par excellence of the Reformation, whose expositions of Scripture remain as relevant as ever. Edited by David W. Torrance and Thomas F. Torrance, these twelve commentaries on the New Testament bring Calvin’s authoritative voice to life in clear contemporary English. The translations all strive to retain the close coherence of Calvin’s ideas and characteristic images while remaining faithful to the Latin text – doing full justice to the Reformer’s qualities as one of history’s finest expositors of the Word of God.
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Acts 14-28
$35.99Add to cartThis volume is one of twelve classic commentaries by John Calvin, theologian par excellence of the Reformation, whose expositions of Scripture remain as relevant as ever. Edited by David W. Torrance and Thomas F. Torrance, these twelve commentaries on the New Testament bring Calvin’s authoritative voice to life in clear contemporary English. The translations all strive to retain the close coherence of Calvin’s ideas and characteristic images while remaining faithful to the Latin text – doing full justice to the Reformer’s qualities as one of history’s finest expositors of the Word of God.
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Institutes Of The Christian Religion
$43.99Add to cartThis is a print on demand book and is therefore non-returnable.
John Calvin was just twenty-seven years old when the first edition of his Institutes was published in Basel in 1536. Building on the work of Erasmus and Luther, Calvin wrote with brilliance and passion of the many ways the church and its theology had been “deformed,” and he presented a case for restoring the church and theology to its pristine purity. Calvin’s “little book” – as he affectionately called it – grew in size through the rest of his life; eventually, this early, shorter version evolved into what is now known as the Institutes, the 1559 edition, which Calvin considered the authoritative form of his thought for posterity.
Noted Calvin scholar Ford Lewis Battles translated the 1536 Institutes in 1975, after completing his masterful translation of the 1559 Institutes. This revised edition of Battles’ translation is now being published in recognition of the four- hundred-fiftieth anniversary of the original publication of the 1536 Institutes.
Intended both for readers who wish to gain a better understanding of this earliest expression of Calvin’s theology and for scholars who may wish to pursue further research, this edition contains extensive notes and references. The book’s four appendices include a new translation of Calvin’s Preface to Olivetan’s Bible (1535); the five indices include an index of biblical references and a comparative table of the 1536 and 1559 Institutes. The numerous citations in the endnotes from the writings of Calvin’s predecessors and contemporaries illuminate the significance of the text in its historical context.
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John 1-10 A Print On Demand Title
$31.99Add to cartThis volume is one of twelve classic commentaries by John Calvin, theologian par excellence of the Reformation, whose expositions of Scripture remain as relevant as ever. Edited by David W. Torrance and Thomas F. Torrance, these twelve commentaries on the New Testament bring Calvin’s authoritative voice to life in clear contemporary English. The translations all strive to retain the close coherence of Calvin’s ideas and characteristic images while remaining faithful to the Latin text – doing full justice to the Reformer’s qualities as one of history’s finest expositors of the Word of God.
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Matthew Mark And Luke And James Jude Volume 3 A Print On Demand Title
$37.99Add to cartThis volume is one of twelve classic commentaries by John Calvin, theologian par excellence of the Reformation, whose expositions of Scripture remain as relevant as ever. Edited by David W. Torrance and Thomas F. Torrance, these twelve commentaries on the New Testament bring Calvin’s authoritative voice to life in clear contemporary English. The translations all strive to retain the close coherence of Calvin’s ideas and characteristic images while remaining faithful to the Latin text – doing full justice to the Reformer’s qualities as one of history’s finest expositors of the Word of God.
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Matthew Mark And Luke Volume 2
$33.99Add to cartThis volume is one of twelve classic commentaries by John Calvin, theologian par excellence of the Reformation, whose expositions of Scripture remain as relevant as ever. Edited by David W. Torrance and Thomas F. Torrance, these twelve commentaries on the New Testament bring Calvin’s authoritative voice to life in clear contemporary English. The translations all strive to retain the close coherence of Calvin’s ideas and characteristic images while remaining faithful to the Latin text – doing full justice to the Reformer’s qualities as one of history’s finest expositors of the Word of God.
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Matthew Mark And Luke Volume 1 A Print On Demand Title
$35.99Add to cartThis volume is one of twelve classic commentaries by John Calvin, theologian par excellence of the Reformation, whose expositions of Scripture remain as relevant as ever. Edited by David W. Torrance and Thomas F. Torrance, these twelve commentaries on the New Testament bring Calvin’s authoritative voice to life in clear contemporary English. The translations all strive to retain the close coherence of Calvin’s ideas and characteristic images while remaining faithful to the Latin text – doing full justice to the Reformer’s qualities as one of history’s finest expositors of the Word of God.
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Instructions In Faith
$22.00Add to cartThis translation of a very enlightened book includes all the essentials of Calvin’s position, unobscured by the complicated discussions characteristic of Calvin’s later writings. Keeping Calvin’s intentions in mind, Paul Fuhrmann presents an edition that has value for people who have a schaolarly interest in the Reformed tradition and for lay readers who wish to clarify and strengthen their own faith.
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Calvins Ecclesiastical Advice
$34.00Add to cart“From the Publisher:” The Columbia Series in Reformed Theology represents a joint commitment by Columbia Theological Seminary and Westminster John Knox Press to provide theological resources from the Reformed tradition for the church today. Volumes in this series are intended for scholars, theologians, pastors, and lay people who are committed to faith in search of understanding.
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Institutes Of Christian Religion (Revised)
$26.00Add to cart14 Chapters
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John Calvin’s Institutes has established itself as “one of the most important theological works ever written,” writes Tony Lane. This abridged edition of the Institutes provides a readable and inexpensive sampler of Calvin’s greatest work.Lane has condensed the 1559 edition, retaining the heart of Calvin’s teaching on all his major themes. Hilary Osborne has put Henry Beveridge’s translation “in simpler and more modern English.”
The result is “a selection from the Institutes which is manageable for the average modern reader, in terms of length and of intelligibility.” Lane reminds us that Calvin designed the Institutes “to be a practical book …. He requires of all doctrine that it be scriptural and that it be useful for Christian living.”
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Calvin Commentaries
$55.00Add to cartThis volume, demonstrating the main elements of Calvin’s doctrine as they appear in his many commentaries on the books of the Old and New Testaments, speaks with singular power to the ordinary reader today. Included are more than two hundred selections under headings ranging from the Bible, knowledge of God, and the church. Introductory selections from Calvin’s own writings also are provided. The editor’s general introduction tells how the commentaries came to be.
