Calvin

500 years ago today John Calvin was born.

His influence on the Christian church is immeasurable, remaining so today. Week by week, sometimes day by day, he mounted the pulpit steps in Geneva to deliver expositions of the Bible. Like us all, he had his faults and his foibles, but he was one of the greatest examples of a truth sometimes lost in the pulpit - that God should be given the microphone.

In other words, people do not benefit from knowing what the preacher thinks, any more than hearing what the local supermarket manager thinks. Bread for the soul is served when God's word is allowed to speak and the preacher is but the channel - God, in other words, is handed the microphone.

Sola Deo gloria - to God alone the glory.