Sermons On Genesis by John Calvin - Chapters 1-11, Hardcover
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Sermons on Genesis: Chapters 1-11 by John Calvin
NEWLY PUBLISHED - FIRST, AND ONLY, ENGLISH TRANSLATION
Translated by Dr. Rob Roy McGregor
John Calvin is generally thought of as the greatest theologian of the Protestant
Reformation or as a gifted Bible commentator whose insights into the text of
Scripture are still highly valued today. Yet it is not widely known that
the greatest obligation Calvin felt was not to his fellow scholars, nor even to
his students, but to the ordinary people - citizens of Geneva and persecuted
refugees, shopkeepers and merchants, the young and the old - who crowded St.
Peter's Church no less than ten times a fortnight to listen to his sermons in
French.
Calvin's sermons have lain for too long in the shadow of his commentaries.
In seeking to correct this imbalance, it should be remembered that a sermon
serves a very different purpose from a commentary. While explanation and
interpretation are enough for students, they are never enough for a congregation
of sinners. That is why Calvin's sermons always combine the essential
elements of all true preaching - exposition, exhortation and practical
application. So let the reader be warned: this volume contains lively
preaching! Calvin aims to awaken the conscience and also demands life-changing
action. Is it any wonder that such preaching was used by God to bring
spiritual renewal on an unprecedented scale to the people and nations of
sixteenth-century Europe?
In his masterful translation Dr. McGregor has quite wonderfully brought the
preacher back to life and allowed us the privilege of being able, with a little
imagination, to take our places in St. Peter's Church on those cold autumn and
winter days with the Reformer himself in the pulpit.
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