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“Call Me Blessed”

From Web Exclusives

The project known as Evangelicals and Catholics Together is now in its thirteenth year¯following its initial statement, " The Christian Mission in the Third Millennium ," with much-discussed statements on salvation , Scripture , and the Communion of Saints . The group is currently . . . . Continue Reading »

Calvin: A Biography

From the April 2001 Print Edition

Bernard Cottret’s Calvin: A Biography is the fifth in a spate of English“language biographies of the Geneva reformer appearing in recent years. It is also the best. Biographies of John Calvin tend to be rather predictable, even boring: they typically feature his little“known . . . . Continue Reading »