In continuing to explore something of Calvin's legacy, this message takes up his particular contributions to civil society, religious society and European society. Calvin was the forerunner of ideas concerning civil and religious liberty that now are taken for granted but that, in his time, were viewed as being truly radical. Those ideas became the foundation of the whole Western culture of individual liberty. He also was a champion of cooperation among those who adhered to the Gospel, even though they may disagree on some points of Scriptural interpretation. He wanted Protestants to identify the enemies of Christ and to turn their opposition against them, but not to display bitterness toward each other. He did not support the compromise of Gospel truth in order to effect any reconciliation with Rome, and he did not bemoan the diversity of Scriptural interpretation in the Protestant community. But he did believe that Protestants should be attacking the true enemies of the Gospel. He also left his stamp on Protestantism in Holland and England and Scotland, an impact that would have tremendous consequences in the colonization of the New World.
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Rev. David Mook is the pioneer pastor of Phoenix Free Presbyterian Church, founded early in 1986. Following his graduation from Bob Jones University in 1974, he joined the faculty in the Division of Speech, continuing there until 1983 when he entered the Free Presbyterian...
