October 3: The Spirit of Presbyterianism
And so our Saturday tours through PRESBYTERIANISM FOR THE PEOPLE ended last week. Apparently that book proved popular enough that its author, the Rev. Robert P. Kerr, was encouraged to expand…
May 22: The Plan of Union Abrogated [1837]
As settlers moved ever westward in North America, the problem of planting churches in these new regions forced questions of Christian unity and cooperation. So it was that in 1801…
May 5: Rev. Gage vs. the Auburn Affirmation
By the 1940s, efforts by modernists were well underway to effect a union between the PCUSA and the PCUS. As conservatives in the PCUS (aka Southern Presbyterian Church) began to…
April 16: Warfield’s Eulogy for Dr. Paxton
“A nail driven in a sure place.” William Miller Paxton is another of those names that seems now forgotten to the modern ear. He was notably a pastor in Pittsburgh,…
February 1: Van Horn on WSC Q. 4
STUDIES IN THE WESTMINSTER SHORTER CATECHISM by Rev. Leonard Van Horn. Q. 4 — What is God? A. — God is a Spirit, infinite, eternal, and unchangeable, in his being, wisdom, power,…