Sermon

John Calvin: Architect of Reformed Education

December 28, 2008 | Joel R. Beeke

Joel R. Beeke focuses on John Calvin’s role as an educator in the Christian faith. Beeke highlights Calvin’s commitment to teaching Scripture, his development of educational institutions, and his influence on Reformed theology. Calvin’s method of expository preaching and his emphasis on the clarity and accessibility of biblical teaching are key themes. The sermon underscores Calvin’s enduring legacy as a teacher who profoundly shaped Protestant education and theology.

Joel R. Beeke serves as president and professor of systematic theology and homiletics at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, and pastor of the Heritage Reformed Congregation of Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is the author or co-author of more than 100 books, editor of another 100 volumes, and has just finished writing the final volume, with Paul Smalley, of Reformed Systematic Theology (4 vols.; Crossway).