My Desktop Photo 65: Dwarf Dogwood

Photo by Andrew Stark
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Find out more about the dwarf dogwood (or bunchberry) here.

Round the Sphere Again

The John Calvin’s Birthday Edition

Do you think he’d be happy about all the fuss? James White says no.

A few book blurbs, deals and giveways, etc:

• Ligonier Ministries: Living for God’s Glory by Joel Beeke and John Calvin: A Heart for Devotion, Doctrine & Doxology edited by Burk Parsons.
• Ligonier Ministries offers John Calvin: A Heart for Devotion, Doctrine & Doxology for a donation of any amount. (In case you’re forgotten, I reviewed this book here.)
• Tim Challies has a giveaway for the two books featured above plus The Expository Genius of John Calvin by Steven Lawson. Enter here.
• Desiring God Ministries is offering the biography of John Calvin by T. H. L. Parker for only $2.00.
• Christianity Today: Michael Horton’s Top 5 Books on Calvin

A little history:

• The Crusty Curmudgeon: Happy birthday, John Calvin (He promises to tell us about Calvin’s greatest controversy tomorrow.)
• Reformation Theology: John Calvin - born 500 years ago today
• Hiraeth: A quote from the birthday man.
• The Thirsty Theologian explains how God kept one Calvinist humble.

Dog-Eat-Dog

But all in fun, of course.