Someone will object, “But why can’t we do both?” Fair question but my growing impression is that those who talk most about “exegeting the culture” seem to spend more time doing that than teaching the faith. This has been an issue with . . . Continue reading →
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Audio: St Bartholomew’s Day 1572: A Sixteenth-Century Massacre
In 1572 the French Reformed Church was nearly destroyed within the space of a week in an orgy of murder. This massacre was the result of some cold-blooded political and religious calculations and a growing distrust of and hatred toward French Reformed Christians . . . Continue reading →
The First Huguenot Thanksgiving In 1564 At Ft Caroline (Florida)
In 1562, Jean Ribault, a naval officer under Admiral Gaspard de Coligny and a Huguenot, began a voyage to the land that is now southeastern United States. He established a colony on Parris Island, South Carolina called Charlesfort. The settlement failed in . . . Continue reading →
A Prison Letter From Huguenot Marie Durand
The “French Religious Wars” describes a series of eight civil wars fought out between 1562 and 1598. An estimated three million people perished, fifteen percent of the French population. Although the antagonists wore their inherited religious labels of “Protestant” or “Catholic,” social . . . Continue reading →
Video: Lessons For Exiles On Main Street—Huguenots As A Christian Minority
Dan Borvan traces a path for Christian life in a post-Christian culture by studying the French Reformed as a suffering church. Continue reading →