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A Bedtime Prayer from John Calvin

On April 30, 2021April 30, 2021 By Derek MelansonLeave a comment

“O Lord God—who has given man the night for rest, as you have created the day in which he may employ himself in labor—grant, I pray, that my body may so rest during this night that my mind cease not to be awake to you, nor my heart faint or be overcome with torpor, preventing …

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Reading John Calvin

On March 23, 2021March 24, 2021 By Derek MelansonLeave a comment

So the other day I found another podcast worth a regular listen. It's called Into Theology: Reading Great Works of Theology Together. It grabbed my attention because in the first several episodes the hosts discuss John Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion. "Aha!" I thought, "Here's my chance!" Whereas on my own reading the Institutes …

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