August 7: Rev. John Witherspoon [1723-1794]
At last, He Had Arrived You would have thought that he was a king making a royal entrance into his kingdom, so great was the rejoicing among God’s people to his…
November 16: Dr. Ashbel Green’s Inaugural Address
The Danger of Education without Christian Orthodoxy & Piety Chosen to serve as the eighth president of the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University), Dr. Ashbel Green left the…
October 20: A Monument in Praise to What God Has Done
A Colossal Monument for a Spiritual Giant Standing twenty feet tall and weighing thousands of pounds, and located in the nation’s second-largest city park (Fairmount Park, in Philadelphia, comprises 4,618…
May 17: Rev. John Witherspoon
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…
May 21: The First General Assembly
The First General Assembly Held in America To Presbyterians, the American Revolution had been a holy war. And now with its winning, Christian Presbyterians could get back to growing the…