Zwingli: Zealous Reformer, Faithful Pastor.
On October 11, 1531, Huldrych Zwingli (1484–1531) died on the battlefield after his Zurich battery was routed by Catholic forces at Kappel. He went into battle believing that God would sustain them—a devastating miscalculation. The accounts of his death vary dramatically. According to one report, the Catholics who found his lifeless body staged a posthumous […]
Cultural Sanctification: Engaging the World like the Early Church
The secular turn in the modern age is often compared with the ancient pagan world. In my recent book: Cultural Sanctification: Engaging the World like the Early church, I consider these parallels and how ancient Christians responded. In the following except, I discuss one of the key features that distinguished the Christians from their pagan […]