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John Calvin's Golden Booklet Of The True Christian Life
John Calvin, an essential leader in the Protestant Reformation, wrote the “Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life” to outline his beliefs and teaching to live as a “true Christian”. Calvin, a strong believer in predestination and the depth of God’s will, was wrong in assuming that God’s will and predestination is so dominant and therefore gives people no reason to live a moral life. In the remaining length of the page, points will be made (derived and guided by quotes from the aforementioned novel) in three paragraphs, followed by a conclusion paragraph to summarize my main thoughts. To say that we are all predetermined by God to make certain choices and follow certain paths robs us of our free will. “The Lord commands every one of us
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