Jean-Philippe Bru / Practical Theology

During this season of Thanksgiving, let’s include our thankfulness to God for each of the dedicated, gifted, hardworking teachers at the Faculté Jean Calvin.

(Each teacher will appear over the next several days.
The information is untranslated from the FJC website.)

Jean-Philippe Bru, Théologie pratique (Boice Chair of Practical Theology)

Directeur des stages et éditeur-en-chef de La Revue Réformée.

Missionnaire en Roumanie pendant 4 ans, puis pasteur des Églises protestantes réformées. évangéliques.

Formation

Maîtrise en théologie (Faculté Jean Calvin).

Bachelor of Theological Studies (Maryland Bible College & Seminary).

Publications (traductions)

Ronald Boyd-MacMillan, À toute épreuve, Excelsis-Portes Ouvertes, 2008.

Wayne Grudem, Théologie systématique, Excelsis, 2010.

Barry Danylak, Le célibat réhabilité, Excelsis, 2011.

Bruce Waltke, Théologie de l’Ancien Testament, Excelsis, 2011.

Articles récents

Justifiés par la pure grâce de Dieu, les sermons de Calvin sur Galates 2.11-21,in Y. Imbert (dir.), Foi et Oeuvres, Actes du Carrefour théologique 2017, Kerygma et Excelsis, 2019, p. 45-58.

La Restauration du pasteur qui chute, Cahier de l’Ecole Pastorale HS n° 19, 2018, p. 45-56.

Le défi des extrémismes religieux, La Revue Réformée n° 282, Kerygma 2017, p. 1-18.

Enrollment at the Faculté

109 students are enrolled this fall at the Faculté Jean Calvin seminary in Aix-en-Provence, France:

• 59 undergrad students (12 on-campus, 47 distance-learning),

• 10 master’s students,

• 5 doctoral students, and

• 35 à la carte/continuing-ed students.

Please pray with us for each of these 109 students, for their future vocations, and for the Church, that it remain faithful to Jesus Christ.

Did You Know ?

Did you know that Faculté Jean Calvin students are serving in 20 countries? I learned this from the FJC seminary’s new website. Click to explore. The website is in French only, but the following is translated from the webpage that presents FJC’s distinctives.

To share your faith

A unique program in France to learn to share and explain your faith. The Faculté is the only one to offer a complete teaching of apologetics to help present and defend the Christian faith. This is done in word and deed through the work of the Holy Spirit. The Faculté's apologetics program provides tools for witnessing and spreading the gospel in contemporary culture and society.

A Calvinist institution

A living theology that reveals the sovereign grace of God. The theology of the Faculté emphasizes the grace given by God, the salvation manifested in Jesus Christ, and the transforming work of the Holy Spirit. The purpose of the Calvinist teaching of the Faculté is to study Scripture with seriousness and respect, to encourage Christians to proclaim the grace of God, and to support the growth of the Church of Jesus Christ.

Studying from a distance

30 Years of Experience

Experience in the application of distance learning. Same content as the diplomas pursued on the Aix-en-Provence campus. A teacher is specially assigned to follow up with distant learning students.

Constant Adaptation

To train while pursuing one’s ministry or professional commitment. The Faculty Jean Calvin takes into account the situations of each and adapts to facilitate the studies.

In Training, both Matriculated and À La Carte

Choice of free courses, audited courses, credit for courses by examination. Building a custom program is possible.

New Academic Year Begins at FJC

Thank you for your faithful prayers and financial gifts as the Huguenot Fellowship continues to support the Faculté Jean Calvin in Aix-en-Provence, France. The start of the new 2019-2020 Academic Year was inaugurated by a special service held today, Sunday, September 15.

Henri Lindegaard

The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: “Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will let you hear my words.” So I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was working at his wheel. The vessel he was making of clay was spoiled in the potter’s hand, and he reworked it into another vessel, as seemed good to him to do. Then the word of the Lord came to me: “O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter has done? declares the Lord. Behold, like the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand…” (from Jeremiah 18)

This passage from Jeremiah inspired Henri Lindegaard, a French Prostestant pastor, poet and painter, to meditate deeply on its meaning. In this ink drawing, Lindegaard conveys the patient and purposeful work of God as a potter, muscularly making something useful — and even beautiful — from the simplest of materials. Lindegaard was born in Spain in 1925, the son of a Danish father and a Spanish mother. In 1942, Lindegaard and his family made the unlikely trip north to German-occuplied France to seek refuge in the Huguenot town of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, a haven for Jews fleeing from the Nazis, located in the mountains of south-central France. Influenced by Cubist painters, Lindegaard developed a distinctive style of woodcut-like black-and-white ink drawings, a compilation of which were published after his death in 1996, with a selection of his Biblical interpretations in poetry, as La Bible des Contrastes (2003). His drawings incorporate elements which, despite their simplicity, suggest a profound theological meaning. Indeed, He is the potter, and we are His clay.

What's New at Faculté Jean Calvin

Yannick IMBERT, Professor of Apologetics (and History), President of Kerygma Editions, has been appointed Dean.

Pierre-Sovann CHAUNY, professor of Dogma has been named in charge of the 1st Level.

Rodrigo DE SOUSA, professor of Old Testament and Hebrew has been named in charge of the 2nd and 3rd Levels.

Jean-Philippe BRU is still professor of Practical Theology, Head of Internships and President of the Reformed Journal.

Michel JOHNER, professor of Ethics and History, is on a sabbatical for research during the 1st semester.

Donald COBB, teacher of New Testament and Greek, is on a mission to the USA during the 1st semester.

FJC Summer 2019 Newsletter

David Powlison

Friday June 7th David Powlison, director of CCEF, beloved husband, father and grandfather, departed this world to be with Our Savior. He succumbed to pancreatic cancer. He was a great friend to many, a trusted counselor, and a prolific author and speaker. He was a complete human being, wise, funny, and absurdly well read. Our hearts go out to Nan, his extraordinary wife and to his talented children. A memorial service will be held Tuesday, June 18, 3:00 PM at Calvary Church in Souderton, PA. Praise God for his unique servant.

William Edgar