Professor Grant Horner of The Master's College, discusses the life of John Calvin.
'Professor Grant Horner's academic specialty is the literature, theology and philosophy of the Renaissance and Reformation, with primary concentration in Milton, Shakespeare, Erasmus, Luther, Calvin and late sixteenth and seventeenth century intellectual and cultural history. His research and writing has focused on Christian Humanism in the Reformation, particularly the complex relationship between developing Reformed thought and Classical Greco-Roman pagan mythology and philosophy. He is actively researching and writing a full-length work on John Milton and John Calvin, another book on Ecclesiastes, and an anthology on Genesis Three. He has previously published on theology and the arts in “Think Biblically” (Crossway, 2003) and the bestselling book 'Meaning at the Movies' (Crossway 2010).
During the first hour of the broadcast, Professor Horner discusses the following in regards to John Calvin; his Early Years, Conversion, Reformed Theology, Strasbourg, Geneva, The Institutes and common misconceptions about the man and his ministry.
During the second hour, Tony Miano discusses the conversation he had with two Mormon Missionaries who came to the door of his home and a confrontation which occurred outside an abortion clinic which almost led to Tony being physically assaulted, and Tony answers questions from listeners. |
