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  • Roman Catholic Scholar Converts to the Evangelical Cause

    05/09/2007 1:08:47 PM PDT · by topcat54 · 24 replies · 824+ views
    Paris News Service ^ | Dateline Paris, 1534 | "Guy LaFontaine"
    Dateline Paris, 1534. © Paris News Service By Guy LaFontaine Jean Calvin, 25, of Noyon, a leading scholar of the classics and law student in the University of Paris, has reportedly converted to the evangelical cause. A classicist with a bright future before him, Calvin published a promising work on Seneca's On Clemency just two years ago. That future has become considerably cloudier of late. Sources tell us that it was likely young Calvin who wrote the provocative sermon given by Nicholas Cop, rector of the University. Since the so-called Affair of the Placards (during which one of the Protestant...
  • Why Calvin Is Cool; An Infomercial for Calvinism

    04/20/2006 11:16:00 AM PDT · by Gamecock · 318 replies · 2,979+ views
    The Internet Monk ^ | Michael Spencer
      Why Calvin Is Cool  An Infomercial for Calvinismby Michael SpencerI know that's Calvin Coolidge, but if I put a picture of John Calvin up there, most people won't read the column. The hostility towards Calvinism is growing here in Bibleland. Note the intrepid Dave Hunt's attempt to vanquish the Calvinistic dragon with his new book, What Love Is This?, perhaps more aptly titled, What Research Is This? Norman Geisler unsuccessfully sought to forge a via media in Chosen, But Free and Gregory Boyd and the Openness Boys (great name for a band) have been blasting away for several years...