Best Biography Of John Calvin - April 2024

Calvin

During the glory days of the French Renaissance, young John Calvin (1509-1564) experienced a profound conversion to the faith of the Reformation. For the rest of his days he lived out the implications of that transformation—as exile, inspired reformer, and ultimately the dominant figure of the Protestant Reformation. Calvin’s vision of the Christian religion has inspired many volumes of analysis, but this engaging biography examines a remarkable life. Bruce Gordon presents Calvin as a human being, a man at once brilliant, arrogant, charismatic, unforgiving, generous, and shrewd.The book ex... [Read More]

• ASIN: B003AU4E40
• ASIN: B003AU4E40
• Manufacturer: Yale University Press

John Calvin and his passion for the majesty of God

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• ASIN: 184474356X
• ASIN: 184474356X
• ISBN: 184474356X
• Brand: Inter-Varsity Press
• Manufacturer: Inter-Varsity Press

Newton on the Christian Life: To Live Is Christ

John Newton is famous for his legendary hymn "Amazing Grace." Many have also celebrated his dramatic conversion from a life of sin, or his work to help end the British slave trade. But often overlooked are Newton's forty years as a pastor ministering to parishioners and friends unsettled by the trials, doubts, and fears of life.Newton is perhaps the greatest pastoral letter writer in the history of the church. He took up his pen day after day to help others fix their eyes on Christ, which, he writes, is the underlying battle of the Christian life. Through a careful study of scores of letters, ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00UJYL70Y
• ASIN: B00UJYL70Y
• Manufacturer: Crossway

Prime Obsession: Bernhard Riemann and the Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics

The definitive story of the Riemann Hypothesis, a fascinating and epic mathematical mystery that continues to challege the world.In 1859, Bernhard Riemann, a little-known thirty-two year old mathematician, made a hypothesis while presenting a paper to the Berlin Academy titled  “On the Number of Prime Numbers Less Than a Given Quantity.”  Today, after 150 years of careful research and exhaustive study, the Riemann Hyphothesis remains unsolved, with a one-million-dollar prize earmarked for the first person to conquer it.Alternating passages of extraordinarily lucid mathematical exposition... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0452285259
• ASIN: 0452285259
• ISBN: 9780452285255
• Brand: Plume Books
• Manufacturer: Plume

The Vagabonds: The Story of Henry Ford and Thomas Edison's Ten-Year Road Trip

A “fascinating slice of rarely considered American history” (Booklist)—the story of Henry Ford and Thomas Edison—whose annual summer sojourns introduced the road trip to our culture and made the automobile an essential part of modern life.In 1914 Henry Ford and naturalist John Burroughs visited Thomas Edison in Florida and toured the Everglades. The following year Ford, Edison, and tire maker Harvey Firestone joined together on a summer camping trip and decided to call themselves the Vagabonds. They would continue their summer road trips until 1925, when they announced that their fame ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1501159313
• ASIN: 1501159313
• ISBN: 1501159313
• Brand: Simon & Schuster
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

John Calvin (Heroes of the Faith)

Though he was a leading figure in the Protestant Reformation, John Calvin (1509-1564) may be best remembered for his influential theological positions. Calvin fled his native France to escape the persecution his reformation teaching was attracting. Later, in Geneva, his positions led to his expulsion from the city, but when Protestant forces regained control of Geneva, Calvin established a new theocratic government--which harbored persecuted Protestants from across Europe. Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion laid out his understanding of Bible doctrine, including his beliefs in the p... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1586602985
• ASIN: 1586602985
• ISBN: 1586602985
• Brand: Brand: Barbour Publishing, Incorporated
• Manufacturer: Barbour Publishing, Incorporated

Lightkeepers Boys Box Set: Ten Boys

This giftbox collection of colorful stories makes a perfect present that will delight young adventurers. This edition includes Ten Boys who Changed the World, Ten Boys who Didn't Give In, Ten Boys who Made a Difference, Ten Boys who Made History, and Ten Boys who Used Their Talents.

• ASIN: 184550318X
• ASIN: 184550318X
• ISBN: 184550318X
• Brand: CFU
• Manufacturer: CF4Kids

Martin Luther: The Man Who Rediscovered God and Changed the World

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Metaxas is a scrupulous chronicler and has an eye for a good story. . . . full, instructive, and pacey.” —The Washington PostFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Eric Metaxas comes a brilliant and inspiring biography of the most influential man in modern history, Martin Luther, in time for the 500th anniversary of the Reformation   On All Hallow’s Eve in 1517, a young monk named Martin Luther posted a document he hoped would spark an academic debate, but that instead ignited a conflagration that would forever destroy the world he knew. Five hundred years... [Read More]

• ASIN: 110198001X
• ASIN: 110198001X
• ISBN: 110198001X
• Brand: WaterBrook Press
• Manufacturer: Viking

The Five Points of Calvinism: A Study Guide

Using the classic TULIP acronym (Total depravity, Unconditional election, Limited atonement, Irresistible grace, and Perseverance of the saints), this primer on the five points of Calvinism is perfect for students and laypeople alike. Using the Scriptures from which they are drawn, Edwin H. Palmer analyzes each point and explains them in accessible language. Helpful discussion questions follow each chapter, making this book ideal for classes or study groups. This important resource also includes a new foreword by Michael Horton and relevant historic catechisms and confessions.

• ASIN: 0801072441
• ASIN: 0801072441
• ISBN: 0801072441
• Brand: Baker Pub Group/Baker Books
• Manufacturer: Baker Books

REMEMBERING DENNY (FSG Classics)

A reissue of Calvin Trillin's memoir of his relationship with a brilliant but tragic Yale classmate that is also a rumination on social change in the 1950s and 1960sRemembering Denny is perhaps Calvin Trillin's most inspired and powerful book: a memoir of a friendship, a work of investigative reporting, and an exploration of a country and a time that captures something essential about how America has changed since Trillin--and Denny Hansen--were graduated from Yale in 1957. Roger "Denny" Hansen had seemed then a college hero for the ages: a charmer with a dazzling smile, the subject of a featu... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0374529744
• ASIN: 0374529744
• ISBN: 0374529744
• Manufacturer: Fsg Adult

The Reformation: A History

The National Book Critics Circle Award–winning history of the Reformation—from the New York Times bestselling author of Christianity  At a time when men and women were prepared to kill—and be killed—for their faith, the Protestant Reformation tore the Western world apart. Acclaimed as the definitive account of these epochal events, Diarmaid MacCulloch's award-winning history brilliantly re-creates the religious battles of priests, monarchs, scholars, and politicians—from the zealous Martin Luther and his Ninety-Five Theses to the polemical John Calvin to the radical Igantius Loyola... [Read More]

• ASIN: 014303538X
• ASIN: 014303538X
• ISBN: 014303538X
• Brand: Penguin Books
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

Scoring At Half-Time: Adventures On and Off the Pitch

• ASIN: B005VQGHPU
• ASIN: B005VQGHPU
• Manufacturer: Ebury Digital

The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Presidents, Part 2: From Wilson to Obama (The Politically Incorrect Guides)

“Steven Hayward thinks presidents should be graded on their loyalty to their oath of office. Why, it’s just crazy enough to work!”--Jonah GoldbergGovernment scholar Steven Hayward is ready to debunk some of the biggest presidential myths Americans believe are facts.In Politically Incorrect Guide to the Presidents, Part 2, he traces the legacy of each president from Wilson to Obama and along the way reveals truths most Americans never heard.JFK was assassinated by a Communist. FDR had the right to run against Hoover. Wilson openly criticized the Constitution. And the 2000 election did, in ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1621575799
• ASIN: 1621575799
• ISBN: 1621575799
• Brand: Regnery Publishing
• Manufacturer: Regnery Publishing

Valley Forge

The #1 New York Times bestselling authors of The Heart of Everything That Is return with one of the most inspiring—and underappreciated—chapters in American history: the story of the Continental Army’s six-month transformation in Valley Forge.December 1777. It is 18 months after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and some 12,000 members of America’s beleaguered Continental Army stagger into a small Pennsylvania encampment 23 miles northwest of British-occupied Philadelphia. The starving and half-naked force is reeling from a string of demoralizing defeats at the hands of K... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1501152718
• ASIN: 1501152718
• ISBN: 9781501152719
• Brand: Simon & Schuster
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

Out of the Flames: The Remarkable Story of a Fearless Scholar, a Fatal Heresy, and One of the Rarest Books in the World

Out of the Flames is an extraordinary story - providing testament to the power of ideas, the enduring legacy of books, and the triumph of individual courage.Out of the Flames tracks the history of The Chrisitianismi Restituto, examining Michael Servetus's life and times and the politics of the first information during the sixteenth century. The Chrisitianismi Restituto, a heretical work of biblical scholarship, written in 1553, aimed to refute the orthodox Christianity that Michael Servetus' old colleague, John Calvin, supported. After the book spread through the ranks of Protestant hierar... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0767908376
• ASIN: 0767908376
• ISBN: 0767908376
• Brand: Goldstone, Lawrence/ Goldstone, Nancy
• Manufacturer: Broadway Books

John Calvin : Pilgrim and Pastor

One of western civilization's most influential men, Calvin considered himself a pilgrim and pastor first. This book introduces his essential life and thought to modern readers upon the five-hundredth anniversary of his

• UPC: 10753599
• Rating: 4.0

John Calvin and His Passion for the Majesty of God (Foreword by Gerald L. Bray) - eBook

Piper concisely but forcefully explores the essence of Calvin's preaching and zeal as he seeks to ignite every Christian's passion so that the glory and supremacy of God takes center-stage in our lives as

• UPC: 565149784
• Rating: 5.0

The Humanness of John Calvin: The Reformer as a Husband, Father, Pastor & Friend

Through the nearly 450 years since his death, John Calvin has been portrayed by his critics - Protestant as well as Catholic - as a cold, ruthless fanatic. This distorted characterization, for the most part,

• UPC: 53260675
• Rating: 5.0

John Calvin - eBook

An introduction to the essential life and thought of one of history's most influential theologians, who considered himself first and foremost a pilgrim and a pastor.July 10, 2009, marks the five-hundredth anniversary of the birth

• UPC: 953672920
• Rating: 4.0

A Brief Introduction to John Calvin

Honoring the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, Christopher Elwood offers an insightful and accessible overview of John Calvin's theological ideas within their historical

• UPC: 55220036
• Rating: 3.0

The River of Grace : The Story of John Calvin

This is the only biography of Calvin available for young people. Joyce focuses on Calvin's childhood and youth, tracing his days at the university and the circumstances of his conversion. She traces his early and

• UPC: 53611837

John Calvin : After Darkness Light

Calvin had ideas on how we could live better lives - particularly how we could live in close harmony with God and each other - but because his ideas were radical, his life was filled

• UPC: 428237068

John Calvin--A Biography

John Calvin was one of the most important leaders of the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation. In this revision of his major biography, T. H. L. Parker explores Calvin's achievement against the backdrop of the turbulent times

• UPC: 6097213

Letters of John Calvin (Hardcover)

Letters of John Calvin

• UPC: 740627391

John Calvin

In this attractive volume, Simonetta Carr introduces young readers to the life, thought, and work of one of the most famous Reformers of the Christian church. She tells about the life of John Calvin from

• UPC: 22554665