February 5: John Witherspoon
This Day in Presbyterian History: A Force for God and Country is born On July 4, 1776, the only clergyman to sign the Declaration of Independence was John Witherspoon, a…
February 4: The Cane Ridge Revival & the Cumberland Presbyterians
This Day in Presbyterian History: Getting up a Revival We all remember the events which made up the first great awakening in the colonies. Men like Jonathan Edwards, George Whitefield,…
February 3: David Brainerd [1718-1747]
This Day in Presbyterian History: The Author and Finisher of Faith We return again to the devotional diary of David Brainerd, the Presbyterian missionary of the middle eighteenth century. What could…
February 2 : Rev. George Duffield [1732-1790]
This Day in Presbyterian History: A Man of Genius and Eloquence The minister showed up at the door of his new congregation in Philadelphia, only to find the door locked,…
January 31: R. B. Kuiper [1886-1966]
This Day in Presbyterian History: Distinctive Calvinism The wording of the postal telegram in 1933 was simple enough to Rienk Bouke Kuiper, who was president of Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. …