New: Guide to Calvin’s Institutes

Next year the church will celebrate the 500th birthday of John Calvin. Be prepared to see a glut of books on the man for the next year. This newest volume, out soon from P&R, looks great.

A Theological Guide to Calvin’s Institutes: Essays and Analysis (Hardcover)

Read inside (PDFs): Sample Pages

Publisher: P&R Publishing Company
Author: Hall, David W., Lillback, Peter
ISBN-13: 9781596380912
Binding: Hardcover
List Price: $25.99 $35.99
Westminster Bookstore: $16.89 $23.39

Expected arrival: June 2008

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CONTENTS

Foreword ix
J.I. Packer

1. The Historical Context of the Institutes as a Work in Theology 1
William S. Barker

2. A Primal and Simple Knowledge (1.1–5) 16
K. Scott Oliphint

3. Calvin’s Doctrine of Holy Scripture (1.6–10) 44
Robert L. Reymond

4. The True and Triune God: Calvin’s Doctrine of the Holy Trinity (1.11–13) 65
Douglas F. Kelly

5. Election and Predestination: The Sovereign Expressions of God (3.21–24) 90
R. Scott Clark

6. Creation and Providence (1.14, 16–18 ) 123
Joseph A. Pipa Jr.

7. A Shattered Vase: The Tragedy of Sin in Calvin’s Thought (1.15; 2.1–4) 151
Michael S. Horton

8. Calvin’s Interpretation of the History of Salvation: The Continuity and Discontinuity of the Covenant (2.10–11) 168
Peter A. Lillback

9. The Mediator of the Covenant (2.12–15) 205
Derek W. H. Thomas

10. Calvin on Christ’s Saving Work (2.16–17) 226
Robert A. Peterson

11. Justification and Union with Christ (3.11–18 ) 248
Richard B. Gaffin Jr.

12. Appropriating Salvation: The Spirit, Faith and Assurance, and Repentance (3.1–3, 6–10) 270
Joel R. Beeke

13. The Law and the Spirit of Christ (2.6–9) 301
David Clyde Jones

14. Ethics: The Christian Life and Good Works according to Calvin (3.6–10, 17–19) 320
William Edgar

15. Prayer: “The Chief Exercise of Faith” (3.20) 347
David B. Calhoun

16. Calvin, Worship, and the Sacraments (4.13–19) 368
W. Robert Godfrey

17. John Calvin’s View of Church Government (4.3–9) 390
Joseph H. Hall

18. Calvin on Human Government and the State (4.20) 411
David W. Hall

19. Calvin’s Doctrine of the Last Things: The Resurrection of the Body and the Life Everlasting (3.25 et al.) 441
Cornelis P. Venema

20. Essential Calvin Bibliography 468
Richard C. Gamble and Zachary John Kail

Index of Scripture 481

Index of Subjects and Names 489

May 13, 2008 - Posted by spurgeon | spurgeon | | 5 Comments

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This looks phenomenal! Thanks for providing the contents.

Comment by cameo | May 13, 2008 | Reply
I am very excited to get this work. I was wondering if there was a copy of Calvin’s Institutes that has a better binding than John T. McNeill’s edition? I like it, but it seems to fall apart easily. Thanks for your wonderful reviews and the section on the Purtian library.

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Hi! This is Mark from Westminster Bookstore. Just wanted to let you know that this book arrived today and is available on our site (www.wtsbooks.com). You’ll want to remove the “/coming_soon/true” from the end of your link to us so your visitors will be directed to the active page (instead of the “coming soon” page, which does not allow ordering). Thanks for linking to us, and thanks for spreading the word on this great resource!

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As you can see, we focus a lot of attention on books. I personally enjoy reading a lot and am known for taking a lot of photographs of books (nerdy, I know). On this blog we have the privilege of pulling the blanket off newly released reformed Christian books. And an annual highlight is our selection of a book of the year award among the best Christian books published in the past year. View the 2008 winners here.

Anyway, that’s a little intro to what we do here. Thanks for joining us! -Tony

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View our top 15 favorite books of 2008 here.

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Playing on Tony’s iPod …

Were You There?
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Podcast #1: 07/07/07
podcast > interview with artist Tom Fluharty

Podcast #2: 04/09/08
podcast > interview with Dr J. Ligon Duncan [more]

Let Your Kingdom Come
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How Great Your Name
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What a Savior!
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Rick Gamache
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sermon > A Functional Doctrine of Sin

sermon > The Glory of the Cross [great sermon!]

C.H. Spurgeon
sermon > Without Money and Without Price [a favorite sermon!]

John Piper
biography > on Jonathan Edwards [required!]

sermon > Boasting only in the Cross [classic!]

C.J. Mahaney
sermon > Cross-Centered Parenting [excellent!]

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Who is Tony? My name is Tony Reinke. Like a well-dressed but heart-hardened Pharisee I spent 22-years hiding from God in self-righteous ‘faithfulness.’ That was until one morning my heart–numbed by my empty morality and trapped in a deceptively low standard of ‘goodness’–was subdued by God’s sovereign grace (Eph. 2). During a sermon by Paige Patterson in Lincoln, NE on Luke 18:9-14, I perceived the Gospel as the great exchange, released my self-righteousness, and clung to the saving righteousness of Jesus Christ. That morning this Pharisee became a broken tax collector and, though once blind, I could now see the reality of life, the gravity of sin, and the preciousness of Christ’s redeeming blood. Now there is nothing more precious to me than knowing Jesus Christ, the One who died for me and gave me His righteousness in place of my sinfulness (Phil. 3:7-9). Pursuing further up and further into the Cross has become the center of my life and this blog is intended as a place to share the pursuit.

Though I wouldn’t survive long in the wild, I consider myself agrarian (a farm boy from Nebraska). I was a short-term sports writer and a long-term carpenter who loves to tinker with gizmos and design web content. My story is part Mayberry part BlackBerry. Educationally, I graduated from a little private business school in Omaha with a degree in Liberal Arts. Theologically, I’m an autodidact made possible by the patient and wise direction of pastors in a local church. I’ve been married for 11 years to the wife of my youth (Karalee) and we have three precious kids, a majority of whom are named after dead preachers. I now *work* full time as the editorial and research assistant to my living hero of the faith, C.J. Mahaney. My line of work is a mix of theological research, reading, writing, journalism, photography, all integrated into social media (blogs). For fun I administrate Herman Bavinck dot org .

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My book wishlist. Hopefully one day these $$ and valuable books will be added to my library. All from the The Works of Jonathan Edwards (Yale editions) …

Vol. 1: Freedom of the Will (a gift from my friend Robin)
Vol. 8: Ethical Writings (purchased)
Vol. 21: Trinity, Grace, and Faith (purchased)
Vol. 2: Religious Affections
Vol. 3: Original Sin
Vol. 4: The Great Awakening
Vol. 20: The ‘Miscellanies’ ( No. 833-1152 )
Vol. 23: The ‘Miscellanies’ ( No. 1153–1360 )
Vol. 17: Sermons and Discourses ( 1730-1733 )
Vol. 22: Sermons and Discourses ( 1739-1742 )
Vol. 15: Notes on Scripture

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Princeton Cemetery. I don’t know how I did it, but in the Spring of 2006 I convinced my wife and kids it would be fun to spend the day at Princeton cemetery. Princeton is famous for its school and less famous for its rich evangelical history. I took several photographs at Princeton Cemetery (where Edwards, Hodge, Warfield and the Alexanders are buried). These photos always remind me to be Cross-centered.

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Do-it-yourself Blank Bible. Of all the books we promote, none compare with God’s Word. We pursue the Cross as God opens His Word to us. In this anticipation, we encourage you to make your own blank bible like Jonathan Edwards.’ Building a blank bible shows both a commitment to serious, life-long reflection and the anticipation of God’s illuminating Spirit. To date, over 15,000 readers have accessed the Blank Bible Index.

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Humble Calvinism. Early this year we started a series on Humble Calvinism, a study through John Calvin’s Institutes. Especially noteworthy is Calvin’s experiential sensitivity to the contours of godliness. Join us as we continue learning humble and holistic Calvinism as Calvin intended. See the Humble Calvinism series index here.

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The Puritan Study. The Puritans were Cross-boasters. So how do we use the wealth of Puritan literature in our personal devotions and expositional studies? Our series on building and using a Puritan Study answered this important question. For more see the full Puritan Study series index.

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