Widows, Deaconesses, and Nuns

Book 4/Chapter 13 The case of enrolled widows (section 18) 1. What argument do the Romanists make from 1 Tim. 5:12? 2. What does Calvin grant? 3. What does he deny? 4. What three points does Calvin make about this? Nuns are different (section 19) 1. What does Calvin call these enrolled widows? 2. What …

Swimming to Hawaii

The current health care debate fiasco illustrates why nothing whatever can be done about America’s death spiral apart from a profound reformation of doctrine, life and morals. And that will not happen unless a whole lot of preachers are moved by the Holy Spirit to start preaching differently than they currently do. I have said …

Away With Monkish Vows

Book 4/Chapter 13 Monastic sectarianism (section 14) 1. What does Calvin call blasphemy? 2. How were the ancient monks different from Calvin’s contemporaries? 3. What does Calvin call this? Indictment of the monks (section 15) 1. What is rare among monasteries? 2. Even in Augustine’s day, what does he lament? 3. Does Calvin think there …

The Prophet Obama

As you can see in the previous post, I appeared this morning on Fox News and, completely independent of my brief interaction with Christopher Hitchens there, was pleased to have done my small part for our First Amendment freedoms, appearing on a network that the president is actually trying to shut out of the political …