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Calvin's Institutes: April 21
In this episode, we dive into the opening movements of John Calvin’s third chapter, where he explores the "shadow" of faith: Repentance. Calvin makes a provocative claim that turns many people's assumptions upside down: he argues that you cannot truly repent until you have first experienced faith. For Calvin, repentance isn't a "down payment" we make to get God to love us; it is the natural and necessary response once we discover He already does.We’ll break down his famous definition of repentance, focusing on the tension between the "Mortification" of the old self and the "Quickening" of the…
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