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Essay Contest

Announcing the Reformation 500 Essay Contest!

Winner to Serve as Junior Grand Marshal of the Reformation 500 Children’s Parade And to Receive Calvin’s Commentaries — This and More!

Students, it’s time to pick up your pens!

God’s word gives hope, and it’s important that the next generation is equipped to defend the great hope that comes when His principles are faithfully applied and to show the disastrous results that occur when they are set aside — to “be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh [us] a reason of the hope” (I Peter 3:15) that we have as believers in Christ.

To encourage this outcome in light of John Calvin and Charles Darwin’s birthdays this year, Vision Forum Ministries is pleased to announce the Reformation 500 Essay Contest. The topic for the contest: “Calvin vs. Darwin: How Their Contrasting Worldviews Birthed Hope and Hopelessness.”

Contestants are expected to compare and contrast the impact of John Calvin and Charles Darwin’s worldviews on Western culture, giving specific examples of how their ideas have led to hope and hopelessness. The contest is open to any young man or lady eighteen years of age and under. The essay is not to exceed fifteen hundred words. It should be typed, double-spaced, and submitted by email with an accompanying biographical sketch, including a photograph of the essay’s author, age, email address, and phone number.

Submit your essays to:

CalvinVsDarwin@visionforum.org

Submissions must be received no later than May 25th. Two winners will be selected from the entries.

The Grand Prize winner will:

  • Receive a Free Family Pass to the Reformation 500 Celebration
  • Serve as Junior Grand Marshal of the Reformation 500 Children’s Parade
  • Be recognized on stage at the Reformation 500 Celebration
  • Receive a 23-volume anniversary edition of Calvin’s Commentaries
  • Receive a framed Geneva Bible leaf (pre-1640 edition)
  • Have their winning essay posted on Vision Forum Ministries’ website

The runner-up essay winner will receive a 23-volume anniversary edition of Calvin’s Commentaries and a framed Geneva Bible leaf (pre-1640 edition).

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