The Life and Ministry of John Calvin

John Calvin (1509-1564) is a man whose extensive theological contributions have impacted countless believers and whose name has become synonymous with Reformed Theology.

But who was John Calvin and why did he dedicate his life to the preaching and teaching of God's Word? This brief biographical sketch will introduce you to this pastor, theologian, and Reformer.

We'll Cover:
• Calvin's early life
• How he was talked into ministering in Geneva
• His later banishment from Geneva
• Calvin's time in Strasbourg and return to Geneva
• His constant trials
• John Calvin's continuing legacy

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[elwoodgroves]

I don't know who you are, but you have done an excellent job with this intro to John Calvin. God bless you, my friend!

[carsanovadidrifto]

Thank you brother. Much love from South Africa.

[joshthomas]

Great overview. Thank you for the video. I'm using it in the humanities class I teach to introduce Calvin.

[TerryC]

Thank you for this concise and well thought out bio. I have subscribed.

[SATMathReview]

I’m Catholic and was very much expecting a John Calvin, pray for us at the end of this video

[chadm]

Well done my friend! Thanks for this info.

[christelledekock]

Thank you so much for compiling and sharing this information. We watched this video from Orleans in France where Calvin studied.

[deannorby]

I live in Scotland whose whole culture is steeped in Calvinism, because of the Scottish Reformation. A close American friend once explained to me he is now a Calvinist. Then he asked me if I knew what Calvinism is? I replied, 'You obviously don't, if you ask me that question!.'





By the way Calvinism is not the Gospel... the Gospel came first! Calvinism is one way to express the Gospel!

[kalvman]

My name is Kalvin. This speaks to me in a way I can not explain. You might describe me now, the same as he was described to look like.

[gdamteful]

Thank you so much. I learn a lot about John Calvin. An amazing man!

[soundjudgement]

Good video presentation. " Many are the afflictions...

[EmmaBerger-ovni]

Thanks for this video! I just discovered your channel, looks very interesting!

[Rico-Suave_]

Great video, thank you very much, note to self(nts) watched all in it

[JoelDevane]

I was going through some stuff in storage and came across my old family ancestry packet that my family gave to each of us. I noticed something about the “Huguenots” and began doing some online research, and what I found is shocking! My ancestry ties back to the Huguenots, a group of Protestants who followed the teachings of theologian John Calvin. After facing persecution in France, they fled to America, settling in North Carolina

[peapod]

Great presentation. Inspiring man, John Calvin.

[BrentBeauford]

How sad, he goes down in history as one of the greatest perverters of scripture, the image of God and the Gospel. In all his writings, he gave not 1 chapter to expound the LOVE God.
He believed in the death penalty for heresy.
No murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
Again, how sad, and yet he is exalted as some great one.

[megancwrtycadno]

Tyndale was not martyred in England, but near Brussels, Flanders in what is now Belgium

[THISWEEKINHUMAN]

Calvin was not a loving, caring, forgiving man. All one has to do is look at what he did to Michael Servetus, whom he murdered for different theological views on the trinity and baby baptism. It was Michael Servetus teaching against the trinity that go him burned at the stake. Both Luther and Calvin embraced the murderous lynching laws to murder those who did not embrace their teachings. Calvin never repented of this murder of Servetus, and neither has Luther. These were men who forgot what Jesus said "love your enemies..." Neither did that, rather they destroyed lives of those who challenged their teachings; they never let go of the same persecuting spirit of the Roman and Orthodox churches.

[bredluvr]

I've heard geneva was in a paper shortage and a librarian gave people his sermons to write on the back of!! may be wrong, not sure. we have different sources!

[Christine-temr]

Luther was German and Jean Calvin was French.
The Huguenots *helped spreading protestantism ideas in the West. Interestingly, there are very few protestants nowadays in France. Whatever happened.