Calvinistic Book Reviews Part 2

I have been saving Part 2 for today! This will be a long post today! :-)

The year 2009 marks the 500th anniversary of John Calvin's birth. There are books being published celebrating this fact. They are published under "The Calvin 500 Series".

The book that would be great for everyone to start with is The Legacy of John Calvin by David W. Hall. This book is just 100 pages long. It lists some of Calvin's accomplishments throughout his lifetime and beyond. It also has a brief biography of John Calvin.

The following is the contents of the book:

A Chronology of John Calvin's Life

Ten Ways Modern Culture Is Different because of John Calvin
1. Education: The Academy
2. Care for the Poor: The Bourse
3. Ethics and Interpretation of the Moral Law: The Decalogue
4. Freedom of the Church: The Company of Pastors
5. Collegial Governing: The Senate
6. Decentralized Politics: The Republic
7. Parity among All Professions: The Doctrine of Vocation
8. Economics and Profit: The Invisible Hand
9. Music in the Vernacular: The Psalter
10. The Power of Publishing Ideas: The Genevan Presses

John Calvin: A Life Worth Knowing

Tributes: Measuring a Man after Many Generations

Since this year celebrates the 500th year of Calvin's birth the Foundation for Reformed Theology is encouraging everyone to read through Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion.
They have come up with a daily reading plan for the Institutes so it can be read in one year. Anyone who has a copy of the Institutes and would like to read it through in a year can email me and I will send you the PDF of the suggested reading schedule.

If you are wondering how to live out Calvinism (or more accurately, living out the christian life) then this next book is for you.

Living for God's Glory - An Introduction to Calvinism by Joel R. Beeke

The book is just over 400 pages in length and has Six Parts and 28 Chapters. I have really enjoyed reading this book. I want to read it over again sometime in the future. There is a good bit of theology in the second part of the book but I would like to suggest that we all need to fully understand it. It's not a full treatment of the theology but it should be enough for anyone to fully grasp it.

Part One: Calvinism in History
Part Two: Calvinism in the Mind
Part Three: Calvinism in the Heart
Part Four: Calvinism in the Church
Part Five: Calvinism in Practice
Part Six: Calvinism's Goal

I believe this book would be really good for family's especially those who have older children or teens. This is really an excellent book.

Soli Deo Gloria

P.S. My posts will be much slower in the future. I have started reading lager books. I have started Concise Reformed Theology (900+ pages) and the four book Reformed Theology by Herman Bavnik. So it will take me a good while to get through those. I do have some other smaller books that I will be reading a well.