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Ken Stewart has a really cool book. No it's not a back slap to calvanist's. Ken is a christian historian Professor of theology and biblical history who sets the historical record straight for reform pastors. Some of the myths i see proclaimed here in the forums with great zeal. first off calvin wasn't a hero of reformation it started 200 years before he was born in several cities not just Geneva. Second Calvin did not write today's predestination doctrin often credited to him. predestination theology was developed and tossed around way before calvin and the Tulip Doctrin was revised several times and not established in 1913. Calvins doctrins and theology changed several times through his life. He didn't even go into predestination till late in his life. Tulip was developed from some quick incomplete notes Calvin wrote after studying the Kingdom of God by agustus or Augustein I always mix those 2 up:) Anyway it is a really great book if you want to make claims about calvanism it is good to fact check. exspecially if your using false information to elevate your own doctrins and mentor over other christians. Plus, it gives you truth for a response against the false claims against calvanism like snake handling and calvin confussion. Ken Stewart did a really great job of sighting historical records and seperating the myths from the facts. So you can really see the depths of Reform ubderstanding way deeper into truth by scripture instead of the Tulip glaze you can eat the cake.
