http://reformeddeacon.com/authors/john-calvin/ Recent content in John Calvin on Readings in the Reformed Diaconate Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us http://reformeddeacon.com/the-deacons/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://reformeddeacon.com/the-deacons/ http://reformeddeacon.com/the-pastoral-wisdom-of-john-calvin/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://reformeddeacon.com/the-pastoral-wisdom-of-john-calvin/ Excerpt There were men that would employ themselves to serve the poor. Others spared not their own property and yet they had not one penny rent. There was not a house to be had upon hire. Thus does God set a looking glass before us, where by we ought to confirm and frame ourselves. But if we look upon ourselves, we shall find the exact opposite: for it seems that we have conspired to do quite otherwise than was then observed in the ancient church.