“. . . Don John of Austria rides home from the Crusade.” A hundred years ago, Chesterton wrote these words in his poem, Lepanto. Today, few in Christendom even know about that great naval battle, let alone write poems about it. Earlier this month marked the 440th anniversary of the Battle of Lepanto. It was [...]
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We saw in the previous article that neither the historical context of the times nor the view of Augustine concerning the Law supports the claims that Augustine ever preached or taught a two-kingdoms theology; neither can he be considered its founder. The historical context was the very century after Constantine, when emperors openly proclaimed the [...]
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A colleague asked me about a claim made by Michael Horton: allegedly John Calvin referred to “Christendom”—the idea that Christianity should prevail in all aspects of society—as a “contrived empire.” “Did Calvin really say that?” was the question, because, “I can’t find it anywhere.” So, I set out to see what Horton said that Calvin [...]
Full Story » Is there no single best way to run a country? Today’s host Joel McDurmon responds to a recent article by Michael Horton (under the pen name Knox Bucer-Beza) in Christianity Today magazine. Horton uses the works of John Calvin in an attempt to make the case that “Christendom is a contrived empire” rather than a [...]
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