Category: John Calvin

Which of the following was not a blue law in Geneva? a) taverns were turned into religious clubs, where customers were permitted to sing Psalms or edify other diners but they could not swear, slander, or dance. b) wine was forbidden on Sundays c) the authorities must approve the names of newborn children.  There was…

A long-time bachelor with disastrous dating habits (think about it, would you want to have dinner and a movie with this man?), Calvin finally married who?  The answer is in the comment section. a) a wealthy German whose large dowry supported his life as a scholar. b) a French Protestant cougar, recommended by John Farel,…

Thank you for correcting me on the date of Calvin’s birthday.  I apparently misread some correspondence with Zondervan, and thinking that Calvin’s birthday was June 10 rather than July 10, worked feverishly over the weekend to compose a Koinonia blogpost for this Wednesday.  Then I quickly posted some Calvin trivia without confirming his birthday on wikipedia…

Calvin’s birthday week is here!  Calvin was born on June 10, 1509, and to mark this occasion, like every other Calvinist blogger, I will post on our favorite theologian all week (probably a series of trivia questions, so stop by each day to see how much you really know about Calvin).  Here is today’s question, with the…

Unlike Newsweek, which may or may not have tried to tweak the ever gracious Richard Mouw this week, the upcoming issue of  Time is on the “10 ideas that are changing the world right now.”  And number three is…the “new calvinism.”  Take a bow, Piper, Mohler, Carson, Driscoll, Taylor, et al.  May Jesus continue to bless…

My friend and former student Zach Bartels has put his cigars down long enough to start a new website in honor of the 500th birthday of you-know-who.  Click here (www.calvinati.com) to see if you are one of the lucky few who were elected to join this auspicious group.  If you choose not to click, or if you fail to…

In honor of the 500th anniversary of John Calvin’s birth, I will periodically test your knowledge of the great, and mostly accurate, Reformer. Today’s question:  like many other Reformers, Calvin sometimes used an alias to avoid detection.  Which two did he use?  I will give the answer in the first comment. a. Just some guy…