John Calvin
207From Republic to Oligarchy to Empire
7 Oct 2024
8:49¶ 22
“I’ll add one more thing about Cicero, a little fun fact. The first published work of John Calvin was a commentary on Cicero after…”
9:42¶ 23
“His epistemology shifts radically. Open the first chapter of the Institutes and start reading, but when he gets to the doctrine of the state…”
10:27¶ 25
“With civil punishments. Calvin’s commentaries on Deuteronomy and some of his more mature thought does lean toward a more theocratic approach to civil government,…”
161The Day of Small Things
17 Apr 2023
45:52¶ 143
“Often so. And whereas I have respect for Luther obviously, and I have tremendous respect for Calvin, but the idea that you walked into…”
46:24¶ 145
“No! There were people firing guns under his window and siccing their dogs on him, so it was not the greatest gig going on,…”
44:55¶ 139
“We can nitpick these people and say, “When the revival comes we’ll get really good pastors and elders.” You know what? I don’t think…”
88A Mother in Israel (Part 4) - Jerusalem
18 Oct 2021
21:37¶ 64
“Calvin says this. This is from his commentary on Galatians 4:26 –”
21:44¶ 65
“The Jerusalem which he calls above, or heavenly, is not contained in heaven, nor are we to seek for it out of this world,…”
22:29¶ 66
“Such are the reasons why the Church is called the mother of believers. And certainly he who refuses to be a son of the…”
45Divine Property
8 Nov 2020
44:23¶ 148
“The one exception in the entire textbook I found was John Calvin. They obviously had never read any primary sources whatsoever, and they painted…”
1:57¶ 8
“Let me read something from Ayn Rand and maybe this will put things in focus. She writes, “To hold one’s own life as one’s…”