John Calvin Lecture Notes

As I said, I borrowed heavily from Sam Storms notes on John Calvin for this morning's lecture, and here are the links to those notes:

The Life of John Calvin
The Theology of John Calvin

Your reading for this week is The Thirty-Nine Articles, which is the official doctrinal creed of the Anglican Church which was born out of the English Reformation. As you're reading, do the following: With each article, decide whether you think the article sounds Protestant, Catholic, or both (a compromise between the two). The English reformers tried very hard for a "middle way" between Protestantism and Catholicism, and you'll be able to see it as you read.

Luther and Calvin

Thanks for the good discussion on Luther this morning. This next week we turn to John Calvin. I've been looking for something short for you to read this week, but Calvin wasn't big on writing only a little bit on this or that topic. So as promised, I will leave you a link for Calvin research (as well as one for Luther). It's a free research week for you. Spend some time on the site I give you checking out whatever interests you about Calvin, and I'll prepare a lesson for Sunday morning to guide our discussion.

Here's a link for Calvin which provides links to many of his own works, as well as the biographical works and theological analyses from other scholars: John Calvin at Monergism.com

And here's a similar link for Luther: Martin Luther at Monergism.com

95 Theses

Since I was on the retreat this past weekend, I was obviously not in class. I hope you enjoyed R.C. Sproul's message on Luther. Please bring the 95 Theses to class this upcoming week, and we will discuss Luther's theology then.

The week after, we will be talking about John Calvin. I'll try to post a link to the assigned reading later today so you have an extra week to look it over.

Welcome to Reformation, Revival, and the Modern Era

Welcome, all, to our Spring Sunday School quarter. We're starting right off with a month on the Reformation. We'll spend the second month on the two Great Awakenings, and then the third on the last century and current issues. We'll be covering just a broad overview of what has transpired, and we will dig deep into some of the main characters (Calvin, Luther, Edwards, etc.).

I'll try to provide links for areas of interest that will not be covered.

Keep an eye on the right hand column of this blog - there you'll find reading assignments for the week with their due date. Please read these, print them out, and bring them to class each week. I do not assign unreasonable amounts to read, and the class information will be greatly helped if you come having read the assignment. I'm looking forward to spending this quarter with you!