Does Doctrine Divide While Mission Unites? This was the sentiment when the schism of 1837 between the Old School and New School Presbyterians was healed in the days following May 20,…
There was No Ecclesiology 101 on How to Begin a Denomination There wasn’t a manual on denomination beginnings. No teaching elder had ever taken seminary courses on it. No one…
A Foundation Stone Laid—The Formation of the Free Church of Scotland A third Reformation or a sinful schism? The power of the people in the pews or a decision by…
John Witherspoon Brings Politics into the Pulpit In our last historical devotional, we saw how the Confession of Faith cautioned synods and council from making pronouncements on political matters. In this…
A Political Issue Divides the Old School General Assembly With the Old School General Assembly meeting on May 16, 1861, the unity of the nation was at stake.  Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina has…