Episodes

  • An Update and Introducing John Calvin vs Albert Pighius
    Nov 11 2024

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    11 mins
  • The Importance of Humility in John Calvin. Burk Parsons (Calvin Conversations Series)
    Nov 4 2024

    Dr. Burk Parsons serves as Senior Pastor of Saint Andrew’s Chapel, and he is editor of Tabletalk, the monthly magazine of Ligonier Ministries where he has served since 1999. He is a Ligonier Ministries Teaching Fellow, and he is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church in America. Dr. Parsons holds his master’s and doctoral degrees from Reformed Theological Seminary. His dissertation is titled “The Missio Dei and the Church: Towards Fulfilling the Great Commission through Ordinary Means of Grace Ministry.” He is author of Why Do We Have Creeds?, editor of Assured by God: Living in the Fullness of God’s Grace and John Calvin: A Heart for Devotion, Doctrine, and Doxology, and cotranslator and coeditor of A Little Book on the Christian Life by John Calvin.

    Join Matt and Burk as they discuss Calvin's relevance and impact for today.

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    58 mins
  • The Future Direction of Calvin Studies? Sam Ha (Calvin Conversations Series)
    Oct 28 2024

    Sam Ha is currently Theological Librarian and Curator of the Meeter Centre at Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids where he is also a PhD candidate. Sam is also an ordained pastor in the Presbyterian Church of Korea, and serves churches in the UK, South Korea, and the US. Join Matt and Sam as they discuss Calvin's global impact including on the Korean Penninsula, the amazing historical gems at the Meeter Centre, the importance of physical proximity in Calvin's understanding of worship, and the role of suffering in Calvin's Theology.

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    43 mins
  • Calvin the Evangelical? (Myth or Reality Series Part 5)
    Oct 20 2024

    In this episode we explore the popularity of Calvin among evangelicals of various stripes and the degree to which Calvin fits or does not fit the "evangelical" label. Did Calvin advocate for a conversion experience, or a lifelong journey of faith? What did Calvin believe about infant baptism? Did he believe in a kind of baptismal regeneration?

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    6 mins
  • Lies, Deceit, and Subterfuge in Geneva? Dr. Jon Balserak (Calvin Conversations Series)
    Oct 2 2024

    Dr Jon Balserak is a top Calvin scholar and early modern historian. He is currently Visiting Lecturer at the University of Illinois Chicago and is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. In this episode Dr Balserak shares how he came to be interested in Calvin, and discusses his super intriguing new book Geneva’s Use of Lies, Deceit, and Subterfuge, 1536-1563; Telling the Old, Old Story in Reformation France.

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    39 mins
  • Calvin the Pastor? (Myth or Reality Series Part 4)
    Sep 30 2024

    In this episode we look at the perception of Calvin as a diligent Pastor.

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    10 mins
  • Calvin the Logician? (Myth or Reality Series Part 3)
    Sep 29 2024

    Today we look at the accuracy of the perception that Calvin was a Logician who set out to construct a system of theology.

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    6 mins
  • Michael Servetus: Sentencing and Execution (Show Down Series) Part 3
    Sep 13 2024

    In this final episode on Michael Servetus we look at the historical and theological context of the sentencing and execution of Servetus and John Calvin's involvement in these sad and dreadful events. The "Show Down" series seeks to understand the historical and theological context for the various people Calvin debated and clashed with.

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    10 mins