October 16: James W. Dale
Those Quiet Ones Will Surprise You. Pastors and some others who read this blog may well have studied the work of the Rev. Dr. James W. Dale, on the subject…
October 15: Rehoboth Presbyterian Church
The First Presbyterian Congregation in America? This writer puts a question mark in our title simply because there are several churches which claim to be the first Presbyterian Church in…
October 14: Cumberland Presbyterians & the WCF
It was on this day, October 14th, in 1814, that the Cumberland Presbyterians adopted their unique edition of the Westminster Confession of Faith. Taking our text from George P. Hays, The…
October 13: The Ordination of Rev. Adam Boyd
What follows provides us with an interesting insight into the process of licensure and ordination for ministerial candidates nearly 300 years ago. Here too, our readers find out where our…
October 12: T.D. Witherspoon on the Distinctive Doctrines of Presbyterianism (1883)
"The Distinctive Doctrines and Polity of Presbyterianism," is the title of an address delivered by the Rev. Thomas Dwight Witherspoon, on the occasion of the Joint Centennial celebration of the…