Description To this groundbreaking work, originally published by the Oxford University Press in the 1980s, the author has added a new preface and two appendices, one of which consists of extracts from Calvin\'s Commentaries.
Married with two children, he is the author of several books including God Meant It for Good, a study of the life of Joseph, Does Jesus Care and Believing God..
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Kendall became the Minister of Westminster Chapel, London in 1977 after gaining a DPhil at Oxford University.
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Read it and reap "" --O.
Torrance ""An erudite and distinguished contribution."" --Church Times ""A breakthrough for those who reject particular redemption yet hold to the doctrines of grace.
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Kendall penetrates through distorting layers of rigid Calvinism to reveal the authentic Calvin."" --T.
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Packer ""This is an important work of impressive scholarship which makes a considerable contribution to the history of ideas in England as well as to Reformed theology.
I. no student in the Puritan field can excuse himself from reckoning with this important contribution."" --J. . . is a major step forward in the reappraisal of Puritanism . . .
Kendall\'s exciting study .
I learned Calvin was not a Calvinist "" --Luis Palau ""Dr.
It opened my eyes to who Calvin really was. ""An epoch-making book "" --Christianity Today ""I recommend Calvin and English Calvinism far and wide.
His book is an important clarification of Calvin\'s position in relation to those who have been regarded as his followers.
Kendall maintains that what became known as English Calvinism was largely the thought of Beza, not Calvin.
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The author demonstrates that the English ""Puritans,"" who he calls ""experimental predestinarians,"" were followers of John Calvin\'s successor in Geneva, Theodore Beza, and not of Calvin himself.
Description To this groundbreaking work, originally published by the Oxford University Press in the 1980s, the author has added a new preface and two appendices, one of which consists of extracts from Calvin\'s Commentaries