John CalvinA Little Book on the Christian Life, Damask

This little book is Chuck full of strong clear doctrine of the Christian faith. The modern translation is excellent and makes reading John, Calvin pleasurable and highly profitable.

Great principles to ponder and take to heart.

This is a very readable translation of a classic book discussing Christian living! Perfect to read again and again.

Calvin's challenges to live godly and soberly in this book should touch the heart of every Christian. Let his words challenge your thoughts and desires and read the verses he quotes with prayerful retrospection and you will come away encouraged, rebuked, and more like Christ.

A book every Christian should own and read. Relatively small book so it shouldn’t take to long for most to read it.

This book is a very concise challenge to abandon the ways of the world for the ways of God. Although I found it a bit repetitive and overly simplistic at times, it is a praiseworthy little volume and a necessary reminder in this era of convenience and extravagance.

It's a little book, but it delivers a big wallop. This book would be great for high school graduates. There is good basic theology but practical advice for life.

Both my husband and I really love this little book. Denlinger and Parsons did a great job with the modern translation making it easy to read...don't know how I'd manage the original. Calvin is a master of brevity yet with each paragraph he unpacks a treasure trove of truth and wisdom. This kind of teaching is much needed in our day and sadly the church is sorely lacking it. Thanks to the translators and Reformation trust for bringing "A Little Book On The Christian Life" into my life.

There are some wonderful lines and thoughts in here. And the adaptation of the language makes it accessible to all. I got far more out of this book, than many a weightier tome.Calvin also shows hie pastor’s heart throughout with caring and practical device for the realities of our time on earth.The popular view of Calvinism as tough and unfeeling, is completely undermined by this book. Always let people speak for themselves and never trust the world to speak the truth.

Magnífico libro. Corto y breve pero muy claro. Este famoso escritor explica las doctrinas cristianas de una manera fácil y a la vez contundente. Ampliamente recomendable.

A Little Book on the Christian Life is actually a chapter taken from The Institutes of the Christian Religion, book 3, chapters 6 to 10. It's also translated into modern English by both Aaron Clay Denlinger and Burk Parsons. They both did a terrific job translating John Calvin's work, because, admittedly, as much as I love reading John Calvin, a lot of it can be quite challenging to read, especially his Institutes book. This book is pocket sized and easy to carry, it's also very beautifully bound - high quality paper and everything. The book itself is very practical to Christian living, the sections are like mini-sermons. There's just so much truth and exposition squeezed into such few words, I often find myself re-reading a chapter! If you own Calvin's Institutes, should you purchase this book? Yes. For two reasons: 1) It's re-translated into modern English, and easy to understand. 2) We can't all carry the Institutes in our pockets or backpacks, and if we did, reading them in public transit or anywhere would be quite uncomfortable. This book is very easy to carry and read anywhere you go.

I much prefer this short work as opposed to all the deep, complex theology in the Reformed tradition. Calvin really could just get straight to the point. This is what a lot of Theologians have trouble doing, such as charlatans like John Piper or Karl Barth. I would recommend this book, in the same sense I would recommend Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis. Its well written, direct, and holds up to todays standards of Christian apologetics, although its not quite apologetics as it is an introduction to the Reformed Faith.

I liked it all. I think I would recommend this to a little more mature Christian group if it was used for a study. I think it might overwhelm a new Christian group.So, now that you know you are a Christian, how are you living your life, which direction are your thoughts going. Read this book and meditate on what is put forward. It's a good chew for Christians in any time period. I like the balance it gives. It will never grow old. I'm sure I'll read it a few times. Maybe once a year would be good.