Reviews for I Cannot Be Silent Writings on Politics, Art and Religion

The average rating for I Cannot Be Silent Writings on Politics, Art and Religion based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2021-08-25 00:00:00 Matthew Newland I didn't expect Calvin to be so readable. His prose (translated from the Latin and styled by John McNeill in 1960) is forceful and clear. I also didn't expect him to be so passionate. There is no hint of the cold, cruel, calculating strawman so fondly abused by Catholics and Liberal Protestants. Even his famous polemical outbursts are warm with passionate metaphors, but he also expresses heartfelt compassion for the suffering of a sinful world. It's clear he had a desire to share the truth of God's love with anyone who would listen. This is red-blooded, full-throated theology.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-08-07 00:00:00 Joseph Vargas Calvin is worth reading directly. It is a delight to see how many have built upon his shoulders in using the same expressions and emphases; including the author's of the reformed confessions, especially the Westminster Standards. Many have drank from this fountain! His theology is devotional, practical, and full of sincere reverence. I especially enjoyed Book III on "How we receive the Grace of Christ" as well as his treatments on the abiding obligations of the moral law in its third use, which made me feel like an antinomian on more than one occasion!