July 10th would be the 500th birthday of the great reformation theologian, John Calvin. Of this event, a recent email from Ligonier Ministries states:
July 10, 2009, is the 500th birthday of the great reformer, John Calvin. This would be a momentous occasion even if Christianity were not in dire need of a new reformation. But we are in desperate need of reformation, and the doctrines of grace are as vital to the church today as they were in Calvin’s own day.
I believe that everyone who embraces Reformed theology needs to stand up and issue a clarion call for renewed commitment to the doctrines that John Calvin believed, taught, and lived out so magnificently.
The emphasis in the quote above was added by Reformed, Again!, and we agree - there is great need of reformation in the church today! Thanks be to our Great God in heaven for providing us with such men as R.C. Sproul and so many others that clearly see the need to return to Biblical truth, and continue to do as Jude exhorts, to “…contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.” (Jude 3, ESV)
For more on John Calvin, Ligonier has an essay posted this month entitled “The Theologian“.
