Something to Read for Lent

John Calvin was born 500 years ago. At the age of 27 he wrote a summary of Christianity that is still in print. So well is it written that I knew of a French Literature course at a state university in Missouri that read it as a classic literature piece.

There is a section of it that has become known as "Calvin's Golden Booklet". It is a summary of the Christian lifestyle. During the next 40 days I'll be posting some of my own thoughts and the thoughts of others on these passages.

You can order a nice little book from amazon or read it on line at:

1. The Life of the Christian Man; and First, by What Arguments Scripture Urges Us to It.
2. The Sum of the Christian Life: The Denial of Ourselves.
3. Bearing the Cross, a Part of Self-denial.
4. Meditation on the Future Life.