A Survey Through Church History - W. Robert Godfrey
John Calvin & Geneva - P3:E7 - A Survey of Church History - W. Robert Godfrey
Episode 7
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23m
God excels at overturning human expectations. When John Calvin left Geneva in 1538, he assumed that he would not be back. Content to study and minister in relative obscurity in Strasbourg, Calvin was unwittingly being equipped to return to Geneva and carry on the task of Reformation that he and William Farel had begun there. During the years ahead, John Calvin would leave a permanent mark upon both this city and the Reformed branch of Christianity.
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