He was formerly the producer of the national radio program The White Horse Inn and managing editor of Modern Reformation magazine. He is currently the president of the Society of Classical Protestants, and webmaster for Reformation Ink. Ronald S. Wallace, in his acclaimed book Calvin, Geneva, and the Reformation, approaches his studies as an intellectual historian.
Much more time is given to the ideas believed than in other works of history.
This is not hard to understand, for Wallace is sympathetic to the period he is recounting, himself having been a Reformed minister. This does make the book much more interesting, for it is quite obvious that the author has a great admiration for Calvin, and because this is so, the book seems to have a positive gleam to it. It is refreshing to read a historical survey of such a controversial character as Calvin from someone who actually stands in defense of the fellow. Though it certainly has its bias, it is a competent history of the life of Calvin, and of the city of Geneva, from the viewpoint of an admirer. One should be leery of historians who do not enjoy their subject matter.