I’ve been reading through the Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin

I’ve been reading through the Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin the past two weeks and greatly surprised at the lack of “deadness” so many profess to see in Calvin. (of course I hear this from a lot of anti-theology type people and those who “don’t want to be boxed into a certain demographic”, whatever that means.) Reading through Calvin is like listening to Max Roach, it’s alive, it’s full of color and vibrant and is clearly coming from his heart and bent on penetrating yours.  It is good stuff.  And what’s even more surprising is how much Calvin has to say on enjoying God, enjoying His love and being in love with such a God. I guess I just wanted to clear some things up.

“For until men recognize that they owe everything to God, that they are nourished by his fatherly care, that He is the Author of their every good, that they should seek nothing beyond him – they will never yield him willing service. Nay, unless they establish their complete happiness in him, they will never give themselves truly and sincerely to him.”