THEOLOGICAL BUTCHERS, JOHN CALVIN
The Toxic Fruit of Reformed Theology, Part 5: Theological Butchers, John Calvin Kelleigh Nelson continues her series of articles on reformed theology. Today she features John Calvin. It is vital that you understand that even the most apparently brilliant men, like John Calvin, have fatal flaws in their thinking. I urge my readers to be like the Bereans and search the Scriptures. ACTS 17 10-12. Gibber! Gibber! Chugley By Kelleigh Nelson April 2, 2024 After the Holocaust we need God more than ever. For there is no limit to the evil men may do when they no longer believe that anything is sacred. —Rabbi Jonathan Sachs Monsters exist, but they are too few in number to be truly dangerous. More dangerous are the common men, the functionaries ready to believe and to act without asking questions. —Primo Levi, Auschwitz Survivor He could be vain of himself and not be ashamed of it. Yes, he could be excused for it. The Egyptian, the Babylonian, and the Persian rose, filled the planet with sound and splendor, then faded to dream-stuff and passed away. The Greek and the Roman followed and made a vast noise. They are gone. Other peoples have sprung up and held the torch high for a time, but it burned out, and they sit in twilight or have vanished. The Jew saw them all, beat them all and is now what he always was, exhibiting no decadence, no infirmities of age, no dulling of his alert, aggressive mind. All things are mortal but the Jew. All other forces pass, but he remains. What is the secret of his immortality? —Mark Twain Mark Twain fell in love with Joan of Arc and wrote a beautiful book about her. Did he come to faith? We don’t really know, but his statement…