In Christless Christianity, Michael Horton asks the following question: “What would happen if Satan really took control of a city?” He alludes to Donald Grey Barnhouse, who offered his own scenario half a century ago. Barnhouse speculated that if Satan took over Philadelphia all of the bars would be closed, pornography would be banished, and pristine streets would be filled with tidy pedestrians who smiled at each other. There would be no swearing. The children would say, “Yes, sir” and “No, ma’am,” and the churches would be full every Sunday. But . . . Christ would not be preached.93
