YoungLearner
Puritan Board Freshman
After reading Lito Nosa's blog on this website, I set out to find more out about this upcoming movie, "Let the Lion Roar".
While this has probably been discussed on here before, this is a new one to me. Where do people get the idea that the Reformers, especially Calvin and Luther, are anti-Semites? I was under the impression that both did not hate Jews as an ethnic group, but hated Zionism. When I say Zionism, I mean the idea that Jews are more important than Christians, that the Christian Church is just a blip on God's plan for Israel, etc. The kind of stuff that John Hagee and his ilk cram down people necks. Can anyone enlighten me?
A link to an interview from the man who plays Calvin:
Kevin Sorbo on playing John Calvin in “Let the Lion Roar,” plans for a “God’s Not Dead” sequel and his support of the “Gosnell” movie - Faith, Media & Culture
Another thing, I was looking over some rather simplistic Christian history material for a homeschooling family. They did not have much to say about the Reformation and what they did have to say was whittled down to a few sentences. It specifically said that Luther was an emotional and sensitive man, and I forget about Calvin. Then it went into detail about Wesley and Charles Stanley and Finney. No Spurgeon, or any of the other Godly men of the 1800 and 1900s. I haven't read much on or by Luther, but is that all he boils down to, just an emotional and sensitive man? Come on now.
While this has probably been discussed on here before, this is a new one to me. Where do people get the idea that the Reformers, especially Calvin and Luther, are anti-Semites? I was under the impression that both did not hate Jews as an ethnic group, but hated Zionism. When I say Zionism, I mean the idea that Jews are more important than Christians, that the Christian Church is just a blip on God's plan for Israel, etc. The kind of stuff that John Hagee and his ilk cram down people necks. Can anyone enlighten me?
A link to an interview from the man who plays Calvin:
Kevin Sorbo on playing John Calvin in “Let the Lion Roar,” plans for a “God’s Not Dead” sequel and his support of the “Gosnell” movie - Faith, Media & Culture
Another thing, I was looking over some rather simplistic Christian history material for a homeschooling family. They did not have much to say about the Reformation and what they did have to say was whittled down to a few sentences. It specifically said that Luther was an emotional and sensitive man, and I forget about Calvin. Then it went into detail about Wesley and Charles Stanley and Finney. No Spurgeon, or any of the other Godly men of the 1800 and 1900s. I haven't read much on or by Luther, but is that all he boils down to, just an emotional and sensitive man? Come on now.