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Reformation Week 2009 – Calvin’s Preaching

His style was simple and concise.  His sermons discursive and familiar or personal.  There was no rigid structure, but a flow, which although not casual was conversational.  Calvin excelled in application.  It was exhortation, correction, rebuke or comfort and consolation, woven throughout the exposition. Calvin noted that the preacher needed to speak in a way […]

Come, Holy Ghost!

Come, Holy Ghost! “Even the best grounded and most experienced Christian is still a sinner, preferring his own ideas and ways to God’s teaching.  If this week he loves the sacred Word, next week he may feel cold and uninterested; worst danger of all, he may feel bored, knowing it all already.  The task of […]