2009 celebrates John Calvin's 500th birthday. After having been officially called out of my "nerd closet" on Facebook today, the fact that Princeton Seminary's reading plan to read Calvin's Institutes in a year sounded appealing to me legitimated that claim. However, it will be a Web 2.0 enabled program which sounds cool:
We will not be sending out daily readings of the Institutes via email. They will be available on iTunes, RSS, mobile phones, and this website. Another option would be to buy a paper copy of the Institutes and use the Reading Guide to follow along.
I am seriously considering taking the plunge since it has been a while since I spent a little time with John Calvin. It would also be interesting to see how I read through it now given that my theological worldview and dispositions have changed so radically since I first read it.
Find more information here. Anyone else taking the plunge?
Thanks to BRC for posting it today.
Here is a new site dedicated to the birthday event as well.
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I REALLY want to try, but I need one more project, well, like I need one more project. I say go for it and add a blogging reflection discipline.
That sounds really often. Can I just have the bamboo shoots under the fingernails instead? Now if it were Calvin and Hobbes…
Um, I mean awful…
Why? Reading Aquinas summa Theologica would be more profitable
I am planning on giving it a go on the podcast side of things. Like you, its been a while since I spent much time with Calvin (other than my John Calvin bobblehead on my desk). Its a n interesting thought…
Drew, give us a Cliff's Notes version when you finish. Like maybe one page?
I can do that right now in a few bulletpoints. 1) What YOU do will not earn you a place in heaven. 2) God has absolute control over time and space and don't you forget it! 3) Pray and meditate on Scripture a lot. 4) Don't let anyone or anything stand in the place of God or else. That about sum it up?
See? You don't need five point Calvinism to understand what Calvin was all about – you only need 4!
Dave and I are joining in on reading the Institute in a year. I'll be pulling out my two-volume paper-version. We've also invited our congregations to join in, but I don't think we'll have any takers. I also plan on using Calvin's commentaries more heavily this year and will likely be quoting him more often than usual in sermons.
Drew,
Thanks for posting this. Since I had to forego my Reformation Theologians class this spring, I can at least do a deep dive on one! I have the feed on my home page, Gonna try teh podcast route.
Drew,
Thanks for posting this. Since I had to forego my Reformation Theologians class this spring, I can at least do a deep dive on one! I have the feed on my home page, Gonna try teh podcast route.