Status Updates From John Calvin (Afterword by R...

Though we have been regenerated, that does not necessarily make us more intelligent or talented. Yes, we can learn truth from unbelievers in literature, science, or medicine or appreciate the order and beauty in their musical expression. Of course, Christians should always read, listen, and learn critically, never forgetting the differing presuppositions that exist between the believer and unbeliever.

The order established by God ought to be so highly valued by us as to honor even tyrants when in power.

This is the first clause, that we owe to the Scripture the same reverence which we owe to God; because it has proceeded from him alone, and has nothing belonging to man mixed with it.