A Moby Dick sermon: [The pulpit’s] panelled front was in the likeness of a ship’s bluff bows, and the Holy Bible rested on a projecting piece of scroll work, fashioned …
Do You Want Sensitive Flattery? Calvin Won’t Oblige
‘Ho! You can’t tell me what to do.’ ‘My friend, what you are really saying is that you do not want God to reign over you, and you want to …
Spewing Dogs and Swine
“And here we see that those who want the Law to be rejected today and spoken no more, are like dogs and swine. They are like certain vile blackguards who …
Calvin the Preacher, 260 Times a Year
“Calvin preached without notes and, it would seem, direct from his Hebrew Old and Greek New Testament. He had little time for immediate preparation, but his close knowledge of the …
Top 5 Lists: Theologians and Preachers
List edited on August 29, 2018 after hearing convincing arguments What do Christian nerds talk about while driving to a Rangers Europa League game? Who the top 5 theologians and …
John Knox, D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, and John Stott, On Preaching and Courage
John Knox, the Scottish Reformer, understood the seriousness of preaching. When he was called forth to preach the gospel, he “burst forth in most abundant tears, and withdrew himself to …