August 8: Geneva Tour (continued)

In the last picture posted above you can see in the background the pulpit (replica) in the exact spot where John Calvin preached his all his sermons for decades.

This evening the weather got nice and my dad and I walked off some jet lag around the city.

One of the handful of men whose powerful preaching turned Geneva to the Gospel was named Antoine Froment. Froment arrived in Geneva as a language teacher and promised to teach anyone French in 30 days or your money back. He was a gifted teacher and the people loved him. On January 1, 1533 Froment stood up on a table in a busy market just outside of town Molerd Place. He chose Matthew 7:15 as his text and preached on false teachers who are wolves in sheep's clothing. When the soldiers from the (still Roman Catholic) city came to arrest him, the crowd converged around Froment to protect him and helped him escape from the city.

Froment preaching on a table at Molerd Place.

Me in Molerd Place on our walk. Can you see I'm standing on the very same spot as Froment?

Have you ever seen a man-made rainbow? This little stub of a rainbow is caused by this gigantic fountain. 

We also (moments later) got a real rainbow on our walk around the ramparts of Geneva. 

There's graffiti everywhere. 

Our walk around the ramparts took us unexpectedly into a parking garage!