John Calvin
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- On my 4th read through of the Institutes. There is so much in it I think sometimes I'll never exhaust it. I love how Calvin really emphasizes Scripture over everything.
- Amen. With a great tenderness and sweetness of the truths of God.
- I completely agree. While I have been firmly in the Doctrines of Grace camp for decades, I never read through Calvin's Institutes. I am currently reading through them for personal devotions for the first time and have found them incredibly rich. I am now convinced that if he is not the most prominent theologian in Christian History, he certainly is in the top 3, without any doubt. God incredibly gifted that man in a way that still serves as a blessing to His church today and will long into the future after we are gone in my humble opinion.
- willWhat is your driving force in life? What makes you move out of your comfort zone?Esther 4:15–16Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther4:15–16 Esther felt identified with her people. She now looked to them for spiritual support. “And fast for me” implies prayer and fasting. This suggests that Esther had a genuine faith in God. By her request for fasting (and certainly prayer is assumed), Esther showed that she needed the support of others and recognized the need for God’s intervention. Even she and her maids would fast as well. This meant she would share her faith with these maids. Esther believed God answers prayer. Such prayer
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