The Westminster Shorter Catechism begins with this first question: Q. 1. What is the chief end of man? A. Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever. Both of today's chapters give us insights into God's glory. Joh 12:16 These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus was… Continue reading John 12; Exodus 33 – God’s Glory
Category: Faith and Christianity
INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION Part II
This is part two of my posts from the Wylie study. Here are two summary chapters that Wylie writes on the Institutes. History-Protestantism-Vol2 - Calvin's Institutes These are: CHAPTER 23. THE “INSTITUTES.” Calvin Discards the Aristotelian Method — How a True Science of Astronomy is Formed — Calvin Proceeds in the same way in Constructing… Continue reading INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION Part II
INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION
In my J.A Wylie - History of Protestantism reading group we have come to the chapter on Calvin's Institutes. In this post and the next I present two introductions to this work, since it is likely that like myself, my readers have never actually read the work. This first post has the Table of Contents… Continue reading INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION
Proverbs 8 – Jesus Christ’s Cry….
My last post mentioned briefly about the short verse: John 11:35 Jesus wept. Here we see a different cry. John Gill opens the chapter this way: Proverbs 8:1 Doth not wisdom cry?.... Christ, who is the Wisdom of God; See Gill on Pro 1:20; and which clearly appears from his subsistence with the Father, his eternal… Continue reading Proverbs 8 – Jesus Christ’s Cry….
