The theological resources of our time are a provision of God, and taking advantage of them is the best way to be grateful towards Him. Never before has it been so easy to access what has been written in the history of the church.
Latin America has never seen such great a movement by the church of Christ, by the protestant church of Christ. Not only do we see an awakening to a biblical gospel, but Latin Americans are taking it to the ends of the world, literally.
There is absolutely nothing in Marxist ideology that is compatible with the Christian worldview. It revolts against God’s created order, it wages war against God’s law, and through the state seeks to redefine God’s creation.
Several books lay out the history of the protestant reformation and its contributions to Western society, but what about Ibero-America? How was the reformation received in the Spanish colonies of the New World?
Is man truly “wired” to believe in God? The claim has been contested for centuries. Ultimately, we will live in either faithfulness to or rebellion against the covenant God of Scripture.
As Western culture continues its march towards an abandonment of biblical authority, and an embrace of religious humanism, many have sought for a different origin for the principles that bind our societies together.
In the 1923 publication of the Enciclopedia Universal Ilustrada, the reformation in Spain was dismissed as non-existent. However, the reformation of God’s Spanish-speaking church has in fact never come to an end.
In Mark 14:43-52, we read of a man who is unlike any other man, sent by the Father to be the Messiah and Saviour of the world, and yet betrayed by one of his own. How can we understand Jesus’ betrayal and arrest?
As we read in 1 Corinthians 1:4-9, it is because of God’s grace that we have faith, because of His grace that we have been enriched, because of His grace that we can live transformed lives – because God is faithful.
Pierre Viret’s vision, as derived from his Christian Instruction and faithful to the spirit of the Reformation, was to recover biblical foundations for our time.