April 25: Rev. Edwin Rian returns to PCUSA
The Man Who Looked Backby Rev. David T. Myers I was frozen in place that day behind the front desk of the Christian conference center in New Jersey. The distinguished…
April 24: J.A. Alexander’s Birthday
Joseph Addison Alexander was the third son of the Rev. Archibald Alexander and his wife Janetta (Waddel) Alexander. In modern terms, Joseph was home schooled, and he developed an insatiable…
April 23: Calvin Writes to Knox (1561)
An excerpt from Selected Works of John Calvin: Tracts and Letters, edited by Henry Beveridge and Jules Bonnet (Baker, 1983), vol. 7, p. 183. “There exists but a small number of…
April 22: Everyone Wants to Slim Down.
It seems that some were proposing a plan for a smaller General Assembly for the PCUSA as recently as back in the 1930’s. I had not previously paid attention to…
April 21: Rev. Thomas Creigh
A Pastor’s Covenant One venerable Christian practice, now largely forgotten, is that of personal covenanting. You might think of this practice as akin to New Year’s resolutions, but that would…