December 21: Rev. Eleazar Whittlesey
Despite Your Weaknesses—Often Because of Your Weaknesses—God Can Use You. It has always been an issue with some of the covenant people of God that they often cannot relate a particular…
December 19: Rev. Henry A. Boardman
A Political Message in a Presbyterian Church — It was evidently a message which the well-known Presbyterian pastor in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania had to deliver, given the times. To wait for some better time would…
December 18: Woodrow Wilson
The Most Profoundly Christian Politician of the Twentieth Century? — How would you react if you discovered that an ancestor of yours had been James Stewart the First, the king of Scotland? That…
December 17: Thornwell and the Board Debates (1840-1860)
Earliest Inklings of a Long Discussion It was on this day, December 17th, in 1840, that James Henley Thornwell wrote of his intention to address an issue which would then be…
December 16: A Most Difficult Sermon
When called upon to preach in difficult situations, there are thankfully available to pastors some great examples from which they can learn. One of the most difficult situations for a pastor…