Coffee with John Calvin

Coffee with John Calvin

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Coffee with John Calvin episodes

  • Predestined Individuals or a Predestined Process? | John 6:38-39 | Drawn by The Father - Part 3 | ep. 007

    In this episode, I first respond to a Reddit troll who completely misunderstood my article on the correlation between obedience and our love for God/success for the Kingdom. Next, I look at Calvin's commentary of John 6:38-39, as well as Ephesians 1:1-12, to see if individuals are predestined (adopted) by God, or if simply the process (or plan) of salvation was predestined by God.


    One of the most convincing aspects of John 6, in terms of predestination and election referring to individuals, is the word "everyone". If everyone given to the Son is raised up on the last day, then it must mean that individuals are chosen by God with 100% effective grace. Convincing still further in Ephesians 1 is the list of personal pronouns in the context of God's adoption and predestination unto salvation.


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    28 min
  • Faith is a Gift? | Calvin on John 6:37-38 | Drawn by the Father - Part 2 | ep. 006

    In this episode of the Coffee With John Calvin podcast, we discuss Calvin's view that faith is a gift from God, and that faith is not sourced from the will of fallen creatures, but is sourced only from God. It is a super interesting discussion. The idea that faith is a gift from God is supported in other areas of Scripture, as John Piper also argues, as we will see once we get further into this episode.


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    27 min
  • Thomas Aquinas on John 6:35-44 | Drawn by the Father - Part 1 | ep. 005
    In this episode, I explain how irresistible grace is a doctrine that arises by a careful study of John 6:35-44. I also look to Thomas Aquinas’ commentary on the part of the passage where Christ says that of that given to Him He loses nothing, and how he attempts to reconcile that with John 17:12, where Christ says that none have been lost except the son of perdition.
    Aquinas has two categories for those who place their faith in Christ, and I believe that is where he and Calvin (and myself) diverge on this issue. There are those justified by grace through faith in Christ, and there are those who are not.
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    16 min
  • John 6:35 |The Bread of Life | ep. 004

    In this episode, I read John 6:35-44 to frame the discussion of prevenient vs. irresistible grace. Then, we look to John Calvin's commentary on John 6:35, where Christ refers to Himself as the Bread of Life, to see what meanings we can gather from the words of our Messiah.


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    15 min
  • Romans 8:7-9 | God's Providence and the Mind Set on the Spirit | ep. 003

    In this episode, we look to John Calvin's commentary of Romans 8:7-9, where Paul shows that the believer's mind is set on the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in us.


    Calvin addresses three themes in this episode, (1) divine providence, (2) human responsibility and accountability, and (3) the inadequacies of applying a freewill mindset to this passage of Scripture.


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    23 min
  • Romans 8:5-7 | The Mind Set on the Flesh | ep. 002

    In this episode, we explore the difference in the mind set on the flesh vs. the mind set on the Spirit. It appears clear that Calvin taught that outside of God’s grace through regeneration, all we do is evil. And this makes sense, if we could actually do things that are spiritually fruitful without the Spirit of God in our lives, if we could actually do what is pleasing to God without God working through us, then we wouldn’t actually be dead in our sins. We would be partially alive, spiritually speaking, and that is not at all the picture of our fallen state that Scripture paints for us.


    We are dead in our trespasses and sins; we are opposed to God by our very nature. We do not seek Him on our own, we do not do anything good.

    20 min
  • John Calvin's Educational Background and His Commentary on Genesis 1:1 | ep. 001

    In this episode, we look at three reasons why John Calvin possesses a unique tool kit for interpreting Scripture: (1) his background in studying Law, (2) his study of Renaissance Humanism, and (3) his study of the original languages of Scripture and early translations of Scripture (i.e., Hebrew, Latin, and Greek).


    Furthermore, we look at Calvin's commentary on Genesis 1:1 to exemplify his abilities in utilizing the original languages and his education to understand the text of Scripture conservatively and literally.


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    16 min

About Coffee with John Calvin

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Grab a cup of Joe and learn about John... John Calvin that is! In this SFR+ series we look back to the life and works of the controversial figure from the Reformation. The bulk of this podcast will be…