May 4: What Constitutes Schism?
What Constitutes Schism? In the May 4, 1936 edition of the Presbyterian Guardian (now on-line), Dr. J. Gresham Machen wrote an article on a proper definition of schism. The times…
April 21: Rev. Thomas Creigh
A Pastor's Covenant One venerable Christian practice, now largely forgotten, is that of personal covenanting. You might think of this practice as akin to New Year's resolutions, but that would…
March 26: Peter Bullen & Indian Missions
Today's entry comes from E.H. Gillett's HISTORY OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES. I found his account of Indian missions under the Rev. Peter Bullen an enjoyable read, and…
February 18: Birth of Walter Macon Lowrie
When God's Children Come to See Me Walter Macon Lowrie was born on February 18, 1819, and came to saving faith in Christ while in college, in 1834. Like Lyman…
January 25: Benjamin Morgan Palmer
—The decease of Dr. Palmer of New Orleans is like a change in the landscape of the South. As far as it is possible for one man in the space…