As Shakespeare wrote, "Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them." John Calvin was certainly not born great.

How Prayer Was Calvin's Key to Living Well.

The voluntarist Anabaptists attacked the form of the 'Christian' social order which had dominated Europe ever since Constantine had legalized Christianity.

The Story of Hans Bret, Died January 1577

Translated by Miriam Usher Chrisman. Printed at Strassburg by Jacob Frölich Zentralbibliothek Zürich, Wick Collection PAS II 1/2. The broadsheet is dated in the collection as 1544.

16th Century Responses to the Anabaptists

This article condensed and edited from the book by the same title. Used by permission.

This story of the Michael Sattler family, the Paul Glock family, and the Klaus von Grafeneck family has never been told before. On the surface, it is not a story at all but two rather isolated Anabaptist events, one in the 1520s involving Michael Sattler and one in the 1550s–70s involving Paul Glock. The courage and spirit displayed in these events, however, touched the lives of the van Grafenecks and make one historical vignette about the witness of dying and living in the spirit of Christ.

A Quarter Century that Lit a Fire…that Spread to All the World!

Dr. Kantzer has read extensively the writings of Robert Schuller and was a member of the trio sent by CT to spend a day interviewing him.