The McKrakenCast
Episodes
Monday Jun 24, 2019
John Calvin's Central Doctrine?
Monday Jun 24, 2019
Monday Jun 24, 2019
This is the third in a three-part series that I have done on How I Read John Calvin. Truth in advertising: Karl Barth makes an appearance (yes, again), but so does Francis Turretin!Hint: it's not predestination. You can access this content in video format.
Wednesday Apr 24, 2019
John Calvin and the Natural Knowledge of God (How I Read John Calvin, part 2)
Wednesday Apr 24, 2019
Wednesday Apr 24, 2019
This is part two in a three-part series on How I Read John Calvin. It tackles the issue of whether it is possible - within the context of Calvin's theology - to know God on the basis of human rationality and observation of the world. Truth in advertising: Karl Barth makes an appearance.
Wednesday Apr 24, 2019
Biography of a Calvin Reader (How I Read John Calvin, part 1)
Wednesday Apr 24, 2019
Wednesday Apr 24, 2019
This is the first in a three-part series on How I Read John Calvin. Thanks to Joshua Torrey (Twitter: @JoshuaTorrey) for sparking the idea.
At one point I say that McNeill published a selection of the Institutes; I should have said that Donald McKim did so.
Elsie McKee's book is entitled, The Pastoral Ministry and Worship in Calvin’s Geneva (Geneva: Droz, 2016).
Tuesday Apr 23, 2019
Questions & Answers about John Calvin
Tuesday Apr 23, 2019
Tuesday Apr 23, 2019
John Calvin was the leading Protestant reformer in Geneva, Switzerland, during the second generation of the Reformation. One of the founders of the Reformed / Presbyterian tradition, his theology remains highly influential for many people still today. In this episode, I answer some questions about all that.