Take Root in the Heart: Calvin on the Knowledge of God

September 29th, 2008 | 1 min read

Questions about the knowledge of God too quickly often turn very quickly toward the issue of sources-where does our knowledge of God come from?

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Matthew Lee Anderson

Matthew Lee Anderson is an Associate Professor of Ethics and Theology in Baylor University's Honors College. He has a D.Phil. in Christian Ethics from Oxford University, and is a Perpetual Member of Biola University's Torrey Honors College. In 2005, he founded Mere Orthodoxy.

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Take Root in the Heart: Calvin on the Knowledge of God

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