Just say the word - Calvinism - and you will draw frowns. When John L. Thompson's daughter brought home her civics textbook a few years ago, he noticed there was a short section on John Calvin, the ...

Today is John Calvin’s birthday—a time to celebrate and to reflect on him, his work, and his legacy, though surely not without pause. One of the founders, movers, and shakers of the Protestant ...

Justification remains a controversial doctrine. New Testament scholars are reexamining Paul’s teaching. Lutherans and Roman Catholics have produced a Joint Declaration on the topic. The excerpts from ...

John Calvin’s “Institutes of the Christian Religion” is considered a defining book of the Reformation and a pillar of Protestant theology. First published in Latin in 1536 and in Calvin’s native ...

You may find members of Presbyterian and Reformed churches more theologically engaged than usual these days. This year marks the 500th anniversary of John Calvin’s birth. I decided to observe the ...