Michael Horton made the comment in a video I watched this morning from a talk he gave a few years back at a Ligonier conference that...."America is a people of enthusiasts." I was on the treadmill at the time....watching the video on my iPhone....with about forty other people around me at 5:30 in the morning....either walking or running a treadmill....doing some variation of mechanical steps....bicycling....or lifting weights.
We are indeed a people who are enthusiasts. In front of me on that treadmill were about twenty television screens with everything from health to sports to personal success to home remodeling on those screens. Michael Horton's 57 minute talk had an odd title....When The Church Cries "Uncle"...("Sam' That is.) The title of the conference from 2015 was Christless Christianity. I certainly and heartily recommend that you Google the YouTube but I should tell you in advance....you have to listen to a talk like this with the attention that you would give to filling out those long-form taxes....for you don't want to miss anything....but the results will be well worth the effort.
So who is this Michael Horton anyway? To me I guess...he will always be this baby-faced theologian....this twenty-something prodigy....this Luther in bluejeans....but I guess he's almost 55 years old today. Time flies as it seems as only yesterday....actually it was over twenty years ago....that I stumbled across this immensely challenging Christian radio program called The White Horse Inn and started subscribing to the magazine Modern Reformation. Anyway....back to....who is this Michael Horton....
After 37 years in the faith....it is my firm belief that R. C. Sproul was the most important Christian teacher in America....that is how powerful his mind was.....as he went to be with his Lord and Savior a little over a year ago. Sproul was from Pittsburgh....not all that many miles from where I grew up.....we probably sat next to each at Forbes Field at one time or another.....as a matter of fact I remember this older kid sitting next to me once....yakking the whole game....but seriously....I think that Michael Horton is his successor. He's written a ton of books....I've read most of them....and still has that radio program....and that magazine. If you are a college student in a Christian college....then you should be able to handle the rigorous mental exercise of these resources....but beware....imbibing this type of teaching may very well make you a reformer!
whitehorseinn.org
modernreformation.org
We are indeed a people who are enthusiasts. In front of me on that treadmill were about twenty television screens with everything from health to sports to personal success to home remodeling on those screens. Michael Horton's 57 minute talk had an odd title....When The Church Cries "Uncle"...("Sam' That is.) The title of the conference from 2015 was Christless Christianity. I certainly and heartily recommend that you Google the YouTube but I should tell you in advance....you have to listen to a talk like this with the attention that you would give to filling out those long-form taxes....for you don't want to miss anything....but the results will be well worth the effort.
So who is this Michael Horton anyway? To me I guess...he will always be this baby-faced theologian....this twenty-something prodigy....this Luther in bluejeans....but I guess he's almost 55 years old today. Time flies as it seems as only yesterday....actually it was over twenty years ago....that I stumbled across this immensely challenging Christian radio program called The White Horse Inn and started subscribing to the magazine Modern Reformation. Anyway....back to....who is this Michael Horton....
After 37 years in the faith....it is my firm belief that R. C. Sproul was the most important Christian teacher in America....that is how powerful his mind was.....as he went to be with his Lord and Savior a little over a year ago. Sproul was from Pittsburgh....not all that many miles from where I grew up.....we probably sat next to each at Forbes Field at one time or another.....as a matter of fact I remember this older kid sitting next to me once....yakking the whole game....but seriously....I think that Michael Horton is his successor. He's written a ton of books....I've read most of them....and still has that radio program....and that magazine. If you are a college student in a Christian college....then you should be able to handle the rigorous mental exercise of these resources....but beware....imbibing this type of teaching may very well make you a reformer!
whitehorseinn.org
modernreformation.org
