Pilgrim,

I have read the document "Was Geneva a Theocracy?" by Dr. Michael Horton. I have observed the following:

1) Dr. Horton is the vice-chairman of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals and therefore has impeccable credentials. Dr. John MacArthur is president of The Master's College and Seminary and his credentials are equally impeccable. Do you agree?

2) Dr. Horton wrote this document in 1992 and Dr. MacArthur wrote his book in 1994. I have no knowledge of whether or not Dr. MacArthur knew of the Dr. Horton document, but it is possible he did. It is certain that Dr. Horton did not know of the MacArthur book, since it wasn't written until 2 years after his document. Do you agree?

3) If Dr. MacArthur was aware of Dr. Horton's paper, I can only assume he would take Dr. Horton's testimony into consideration before saying Calvin committed atrocities by sanctioning the burning of Servetes. Do you agree?

4) Both Dr. Horton and Dr. MacArthur are Calvinists. I could have presented testimony from Arminians and Wesleyans as to the character of John Calvin, however, you would have dismissed their testimony as biased. Would you agree that the testimony of Dr. MacArthur is unbiased toward John Calvin?

5) The best way to resolve this conflicting testimony is to ask both Dr. MacArthur and Dr. Horton to give further input, since they wrote their testimony and are fully aware of the sources they used. Do you agree?

Yours in Christ,
George Fitt