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By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:06:13 +0000

Thank you for another informative program. The point concerning ministering and receiving the word as a part of congregational worship of God was helpful (Rom 15:4-6). The elucidation of receiving the word as being nourished (1Ti 4:6), in terms of our union with Christ, was edifying.

I have some questions regarding some of Calvin’s teaching:

Could the emphasis on preaching as a means of grace: being dependant on the correct expounding of the scriptures, without also an explicit acknowledgment of a total dependence on the grace of God through Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit (Joh 15:5; 1Co 2:4), lead to a Catholic ex opere operato conclusion? Could not God sovereignly decide to withhold
His grace if He so chose, even if correct means are employed?

Does the emphasis on the minister preaching as Christ actually speaking, without the explicit recognition of the complementary truths of: each believer having the unction of the Holy Spirit (1Jn 2:20) and Christ being in us (Col 1:27) and amongst us (Mat 18:20), lead to the minister assuming the role of a vicar (in persona Christi)?

Again thank you for your hard work in seeking to serve and edify the body of Christ.

By: Jared Nelson

Jared Nelson — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:56:19 +0000

Is Rev Clary’s paper published anywhere as of yet? If not are there plans to publish it? I am working on a thesis on the preaching of the word as means of grace and would profit from giving his paper a closer look.

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Calvin on Preaching Repentance and Forgiveness « In Thy Light — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:09:56 +0000

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By: Tim H.

Tim H. — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:44:05 +0000

It was a great interview Pastor Clary. I thank God for your service to His kingdom.

By: Glen Clary

Glen Clary — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:15:00 +0000

Thanks again Jim and Camden for your graciousness. In a bibliography on Calvin’s Preaching, one would want to include (in addition to the good books you list above) volume 4 of Dr. Hughes Oliphant Old’s The Reading and the Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church, which covers the Reformation period. Also, I should have mentioned the preaching conference held each Fall at First Presbyterian Church in Columbia, S.C. This is an excellent oportunity for one to come study Reformed preaching with Dr. Old, Dr. Sinclair Ferguson and others (check the website for details http://www.erskineseminary.org/Academics/IRW.html).