Piper on Parker on Calvin

John PiperJohn Piper quotes Parker’s biography of Calvin on Calvin’s labour of preaching –

Those in Geneva who listened Sunday after Sunday, day after day, and did not shut their ears, but were “instructed, admonished, exhorted, and censured,” received a training in Christianity such as had been given to few congregations in Europe since the days of the fathers.

A challenge to preachers today – from Desiring God.

‘Lambeth power list’

Archbishop Rowan WilliamsThe Telegraph in the UK has published the final instalment of it’s list of the top 50 ‘influential figures’ in the Anglican Church.

Not necessarily edifying, but some may find it of interest – at The Telegraph.