Our story begins with two dejected disciples on the road out of Jerusalem back to a little village called Emmaus. They are sad because they thought they were going to an inauguration in Jerusalem, but they had instead witnessed the crucifixion of their hoped-for king. They thought, verse 21 says, that Jesus was the “one […]
Monday, 01 August, 2022 by Michael S. Horton
Invited to give a plenary address in Wittenberg on the weekend of the Reformation’s quincentenary (October 31, 2017), I took my teenage son on a tour of Martin Luther sites along the way. I’ll use this travelogue as a way of exploring what it means—or at least meant—to be an “evangelical.” *** We visited the […]
Tuesday, 01 March, 2022 by Michael S. Horton
For the first time, membership in a church, synagogue or mosque has fallen below half of Americans. The Gallup organization attributes this mainly to the rise of the “unaffiliated.” Many of these neighbors were reared in our churches, so it bears some pondering as to how and why they not only leave us but resent and often […]
Monday, 19 April, 2021 by Michael S. Horton
In a current White Horse Inn roundtable discussion, Michael Horton (MH), Ken Jones (KJ), Kim Riddlebarger (KR), and Rod Rosenbladt (RR) discuss the book of Job. You can follow the rest of the discussion at www.whitehorseinn.org. Job was a man deeply devoted to God, and Satan chided God for Job's faithfulness: Why wouldn't he be […]
Friday, 28 February, 2014 by and Rod Rosenbladt, Ken Jones, Kim Riddlebarger, Michael S. Horton
In the context of the clash of European empires for the American colonies, Presbyterian preacher Samuel Davies (1723-61) turned the colonists’ attention to Christ’s kingdom as “the best refuge from this boisterous world” of violence and domination.1 “My kingdom is not of this world,” Jesus said, as much as to say, “I do not deny […]
Friday, 30 October, 2009 by Michael S. Horton
This discussion took place in September, 1990 on radio station KBRT in Los Angeles, and was moderated by host Greg Koukl. Moderator: Mike, could you describe the theological shift that has taken place so that we all can have a clear idea of what we’re talking about? Horton: Sure. What we are basically talking about […]
Friday, 01 January, 1993 by Clark Pinnock, Michael S. Horton
From the first-hand accounts, Oxford’s Gillian Lewis notes: “The city of Geneva possessed a significance which was symbolic and mythical. Her friends saw her as the mirror and model of piety, a haven of refuge, a roosting-place for fledglings, a stronghold to train and dispatch abroad soldiers of the Gospel and ministers of the Word.” […]
Monday, 02 March, 1992 by Michael S. Horton