Comments on: Happy Birthday John Calvin http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tullian/2009/07/10/happy-birthday-john-calvin/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:30:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Theresa http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tullian/2009/07/10/happy-birthday-john-calvin/comment-page-1/#comment-2632 Theresa Sun, 02 Aug 2009 13:54:15 +0000 http://www.crpc.org/blog/?p=702#comment-2632 Dear Pastor, Jesus Loves you and so do I I am not a member of your church, but have attended and listen every Sunday on the radio.....A friend shared with me a hateful letter sent around your church................ I am so sorry and so shocked that such viciousness is around you................ I am shocked and saddened, Dr. Kennedy would be very ashamed and sad right now that the few have set such a bad reflection on his church. My prayers are with you but more so for these lost souls. My the Lord surround you with HIS Perfect Love Dear Pastor,
Jesus Loves you and so do I
I am not a member of your church, but have attended and listen every Sunday on the radio…..A friend shared with me a hateful letter sent around your church……………. I am so sorry and so shocked that such viciousness is around you……………. I am shocked and saddened, Dr. Kennedy would be very ashamed and sad right now that the few have set such a bad reflection on his church. My prayers are with you
but more so for these lost souls. My the Lord surround you with HIS Perfect Love

]]> By: Tullian Tchividjian http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tullian/2009/07/10/happy-birthday-john-calvin/comment-page-1/#comment-2631 Tullian Tchividjian Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:47:37 +0000 http://www.crpc.org/blog/?p=702#comment-2631 Thank you Steve! Thank you Steve!

]]> By: coconutsteve http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tullian/2009/07/10/happy-birthday-john-calvin/comment-page-1/#comment-2630 coconutsteve Sat, 11 Jul 2009 04:32:39 +0000 http://www.crpc.org/blog/?p=702#comment-2630 Amen to the post and the replies! I pray that God will use you to shake the world beginning right here in South Florida! When times get tough, just remember the difficult world and trials that Luther, Calvin and all the Reformers faced. I consider you a modern day reformer because you understand that the Gospel is not just about preaching but truly impacting our world through "holistic" ministry. Luther and Calvin understood this! I know times are difficult and I pray for you daily! I want to share a quote that has helped me during the trying times of ministry: "The man who gets his orders from heaven will never need to fear the face of mortal man. He teams up with omnipotence and he will be absolutely unassailable." Dr. Charles Stanley Amen to the post and the replies! I pray that God will use you to shake the world beginning right here in South Florida! When times get tough, just remember the difficult world and trials that Luther, Calvin and all the Reformers faced. I consider you a modern day reformer because you understand that the Gospel is not just about preaching but truly impacting our world through “holistic” ministry. Luther and Calvin understood this! I know times are difficult and I pray for you daily! I want to share a quote that has helped me during the trying times of ministry:

“The man who gets his orders from heaven will never need to fear the face of mortal man. He teams up with omnipotence and he will be absolutely unassailable.” Dr. Charles Stanley

]]> By: Josiah http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tullian/2009/07/10/happy-birthday-john-calvin/comment-page-1/#comment-2629 Josiah Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:00:15 +0000 http://www.crpc.org/blog/?p=702#comment-2629 I am grateful for the deep prying into the Word of God that Calvin passed on to us. I can relate to your mentioning misconceptions - from my (albeit limited) understanding of the history it seems that most of those come from his second generation followers. The patterns of human behavior and treatment of those revered is an interesting thing to take note of. It may be a fair warning for us not to make so much of the men we love today that our children end up seeing us esteem them and their books/preaching above King Jesus and His very word. Interesting how even the best, cross-centered things quickly become distorted as the human heart generates its idols. How I pray that God grows in me faithfulness to His supremacy. I am grateful for the deep prying into the Word of God that Calvin passed on to us. I can relate to your mentioning misconceptions – from my (albeit limited) understanding of the history it seems that most of those come from his second generation followers. The patterns of human behavior and treatment of those revered is an interesting thing to take note of. It may be a fair warning for us not to make so much of the men we love today that our children end up seeing us esteem them and their books/preaching above King Jesus and His very word. Interesting how even the best, cross-centered things quickly become distorted as the human heart generates its idols. How I pray that God grows in me faithfulness to His supremacy.

]]> By: David Axberg http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tullian/2009/07/10/happy-birthday-john-calvin/comment-page-1/#comment-2628 David Axberg Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:43:10 +0000 http://www.crpc.org/blog/?p=702#comment-2628 Kevin's Blog is worth the full read. Thank you all for the reminders. Kevin’s Blog is worth the full read. Thank you all for the reminders.

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