August 29: Robert James Dodds, D.D.
Missionary to Syria A timely reminder to pray for the Christians in Syria Robert James Dodds was born near Freeport, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, on August 29, 1824. His parents were…
August 28: God’s Key Men in World Situations
At the PCA Historical Center, we've been preparing an author-title index to the THE INDEPENDENT BOARD BULLETIN, the official publication of the Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions, an organization…
August 27: Gideon Blackburn
Quite a Remarkable Man, Spent for the Gospel. Drawing again from Alfred Nevin’s Presbyterian Encyclopedia (p. 75), we read of the Rev. Gideon Blackburn: Gideon Blackburn was born in Augusta…
August 26: Van Horn on WSC Q. 89
STUDIES IN THE WESTMINSTER SHORTER CATECHISM by Rev. Leonard T. Van Horn Q. 89. How is the word made effectual to salvation? A. The Spirit of God maketh the reading,…
August 25:
The Use of Communion Tokens [excerpted from The Charleston Observer 11.2 (Sat., 14 Jan. 1837): 6, col. 2] (To view a recent donation of communion tokens received at the PCA…
