Why do people ignore God glory in creation?
English: Anonymous 16th century portrait of Calvin. (Front cover Cottret, Bernard (2000), Calvin: A Biography, Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm. B. Eerdmans) (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) “Ever since in the creation of the universe he brought forth those insignia whereby he shows his glory to us, whenever and wherever we cast our gaze.… And since the glory of his power and wisdom shine more brightly above, heaven is often called his palace. Yet … wherever you cast your eyes, there is no spot in the universe wherein you cannot discern at least some sparks of his glory.” (Institutes, 1.5.1) From the Institutes’ preface, John Calvin portrayed the human condition as “naked of all virtue,” enslaved, blind, and weak. The purpose of this depiction was to preclude all occasion for self-glorying and give all glory to God . Human beings, thought Calvin, should be stripped of “vainglory” to “learn to glory in the Lord.” Five centuries after Calvin’s birth, John Piper suggests that a fitting sy