  michael scott horton (born 1964) is the j. gresham machen professor of theology and apologetics at westminster seminary california since 1998, editor-in-chief of modern reformation (mr) magazine, and president and host of the nationally syndicated radio broadcast, the white horse inn. both modern reformation magazine and the white horse inn radio broadcast are now entities under the umbrella of white horse media, whose offices are located on the campus of westminster seminary california. ==history== horton was raised in an arminian southern baptist church. while at high school, horton adopted calvinistic beliefs and began attending the philadelphia conference on reformed theology, where he met james montgomery boice, r.c. sproul, and j.i. packer. horton received a b.a. degree at biola university. since high school, he had always known that he wanted to go to westminster theological seminary in philadelphia. at the time, westminster seminary california was just starting in a small storefront in escondido but many of the men horton was reading at the time taught there, and this eventually led to his choice to get his m.a. there. he learned biblical hebrew and koine greek, and studied under meredith kline. he was impressed by the revolutionary concepts put forward by kline, robert strimple, robert godfrey, and dennis johnson. horton received his ph.d. from wycliffe hall, oxford and coventry university; and completed a research fellowship at yale divinity school. he was ordained a deacon in the reformed episcopal church. he was formerly the president of christians united for reformation (cure), which later merged to become the alliance of confessing evangelicals (a
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