John Calvin, the Church Reformer (1)

John Calvin was a church reformer par excellence. He was a church reformer only because God made him a church reformer, for the church is God's and reformation is God's work. When the church of God apostatizes from His truth and the biblical pattern for the church, then reform is required. The church must be re-formed, that is, formed back to the Bible. Church reformation is a spiritual work, and thus reformation begins with the Spirit changing the hearts of the members. God Himself determines...