Our friend Lee Irons has some thoughts on his reading through Book 3 of Calvin's Institutes (and other readings).
C. Matthew McMahon has a nice overview (and a more condensed version).
And having looked around a bit for reviews of the Institutes, a lot of people recommend this one-year reading plan. Also, the reader guides by Battles, Lane, and the one edited by Hall/Lillback receive frequent mention.
Apparently, the writers at Ref21, blog of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals, have commented on the whole work (though parts from Book 3 aren't online), and have published it in book form (oddly, only hard cover).
Covenant Theological Seminary has David Calhoun's lectures on the Institutes online for free. Check out the CTS website, or download on itunes. His Book 3 lectures are lessons 12 - 19.
27 December 2013
16 December 2013
Something Of An Introduction
One of the outstanding differences, of course, is that we Reformed folk confess that true Christians can't live in a more holy way than the Scriptures --the Word of God and only infallible rule of faith and obedience-- require. The universal standard for all Christians can hardly be met, let alone surpassed by some special club of spiritual elites.
The Golden Booklet may be used as a help to understanding what the Bible teaches about the Christian life, and it happens to be chapters 6-10 of book 3 of Calvin's larger work, The Institutes of the Christian Religion. So, Cady and I decided to read the entire third book together and to make comments about our readings here.
Nothing elaborate or super-insightful is intended. We're just charting our progress and jotting down anything we might have say about what we've read. Feel free to follow along. There are free audio recordings here.
We begin our endeavor with this prayer. Amen.
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