Roberts Liardon tells us that the people were willing and ready, but Farel was a visionary with very little ability to distill it all into long-term leadership. He openly confessed his inability and lack of skill in this area. Because of Farel’s influence, Geneva became a Reformation city two years later. The government and the [...]

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Roberts Liardon tells us that similar to Luther, Calvin never gave the exact date of his conversion. These Reformers were more interested in the corporate expansion of the Reformation than they were in the individual details of their lives. The early Reformers were selfless individuals. They truly had the distinction of giving their lives for [...]

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While a student at College de Montaigu, Calvin furthered his study of Latin and learned the art of debate, or vocal argumentation, as they called it. It’s easy to picture the slender seventeen-year-old, brilliant in phrase, disrupting a debate and silencing the participants with his superior insight and knowledge. Debate was an art Calvin cherished, [...]

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The last days of his life were met with strength equal to that demonstrated earlier in his life. On January 23, 1546, Luther set out on a journey to settle a dispute between various dukes and their subjects. He was so ill and weak that he had to stop and rest along the way. By [...]

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