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Thanksgiving Proclamations and Congressional Fast-Days by Dr. David W. Hall A previous post introduced the custom of the Continental Congress calling for days of fasting and thanksgiving. This was premised,…

Covenanters Begin with Colorful Ceremony by Rev. David T. Myers Following the first schism of the Presbyterian Church in 1741, Rev. Alexander Craighead in 1742 argued that the New Side Presbyterian branch should…

A Presbyterian Prays for Those Who Govern Us by David T. Myers On the day following a historic national election of our nation, it is beneficial to remember that our…

Already at this early date, two proposed overtures have been presented and will to come before the PCA's General Assembly when it meets in June of 2017. One overture seeks…

On this day in 1877, Archibald A. Hodge began his duties as a professor of theology at the Princeton Theological Seminary. Quoting a bit today from volume 2 of Dr.…