Volume 32 · Issue 1 · Winter 2026
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· David E. Willis
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David E. Willis

David E. Willis (1928–2014) was Charles Hodge Professor of Systematic Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary. A scholar of Calvin and the Reformed tradition, he wrote on Christology, the sacraments, and pastoral care.

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Calvin’s Theology of Pastoral Care
Calvin’s Theology of Pastoral Care

How did Calvin actually understand pastoral care? Willis works from Calvin's commentary on John 10, where Christ alone is the shepherd and human pastors serve only in a derivative sense,…

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