The Warrior-Pastor: Appropriating the Example of Ulrich Zwingli for a 21st Century Reformation
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The Warrior Pastor by Rev. John Sawtelle
Ulrich Zwingli
Synopsis: Paul repeatedly admonishes Timothy to fight the good fight of faith and to be a good soldier of Jesus Christ. Everyone knows that Pauline rhetoric regarding pastoral ministry is saturated with this kind of bold martial imagery, but it is not always easy to find examples of godly men whose ministry conforms to these uncompromising standards. Surely in the life of Ulrich Zwingli, the Reformer of Zurich, we find a pastor-theologian who sought to personify this Pauline imagery in his life and ministry. Zwingli’s bold stand for the truth, even unto death on the battlefield of Kappel, stands as a model for 21st century confessionally Reformed pastors to emulate by preaching, promoting, and defending Reformed doctrine against those who attack the church by teaching false doctrine.
Presenter: John Sawtelle, pastor of All Saints Reformed Church in Brea, CA, is an ordained minister of Word and Sacrament in the United Reformed Church of North America (URCNA) and has served previously in the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America. He has a BA in Humanities with a concentration in Ancient Near Eastern Studies from CSU Sacramento, a Master of Divinity from Westminster Seminary in Escondido, CA, and is working on his Masters Thesis in Rhetorical Theory and Criticism at CSU Fullerton. Pastor John loves to preach the Bible verse by verse in order to show God’s people the basis of their doctrinal convictions in God’s word. His life-goal is to be part of a church planting movement that plants more confessionally Reformed churches in the LA metropolitan area than there are AM/PM Mini Marts.
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