September 27: George Tybout Purves, Pastor-Scholar
He was a wanted man The Presbyterian pastor teacher was a wanted man, that is, wanted by theological seminaries to teach at their school. Princeton Seminary wanted George T. Purves to teach…
September 26: Samuel Davies
God Will Surely Provide It was on this day, September 26th, in 1759, that the Rev. Samuel Davies was installed as President of the College of New Jersey. [It was…
September 25: Originator of the T.U.L.I.P Acrostic?
Total Depravity Unconditional Election
Limited Atonement
Irresistable Grace
Perseverance of the Saints You've probably seen this acronym, designed to teach some of the main tenets of Calvinism. But where does…
September 24: President Edwards, a Presbyterian?
It was on September 24th, in 1757, that Jonathan Edwards made his decision to accept the offer to become the third president of the College of New Jersey (now known…
September 23: William Holmes McGuffey
Home School Education in the Nineteenth Century They are still being used today! McGuffey Readers, that is. But what an important force they have had from the early days of our land up…