Brian Lee

John Calvin’s 16th-century Reformation theology faces a tough crowd in 2009. Enslavement to sin sounds somewhat hopeless, and heavenly predestination downright unfair. But Brian Lee, 37, a defense consultant as well as founding pastor of Christ Reformed Church in Washington, D.C., hopes to place Calvin in a new light during this 500th-anniversary year of his birth. His church is hosting a Calvin in the Capital speaker series on Thursdays, Oct. 8 through Nov. 12. Lee shared with The Examiner by e-mail thoughts on Calvin’s faith, and his own.