June 9: “Errors and True Doctrines” (1837)
Unlike immediately prior years, the General Assembly of 1837 was controlled by the Old School wing of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Taking advantage of their numbers, they took…
January 9: The Auburn Affirmation
The Root of the Presbyterian Apostasy? Or simply one of the earliest public manifestations of long-standing sins? Such things do not just suddenly appear out of nowhere. The errors espoused…
December 21: Rev. Eleazar Whittlesey
Despite Your Weaknesses—Often Because of Your Weaknesses—God Can Use You. It has always been an issue with some of the covenant people of God that they often cannot relate…
December 17: Thornwell and the Board Debates
Earliest Inklings of a Long Discussion It was on this day, December 17th, in 1840, that James Henley Thornwell wrote of his intention to address an issue which would then…
August 25: “The Brazen Serpent” by Joseph H. Jones
An excerpt from The Brazen Serpent, by Joseph Huntington Jones provides our Lord's Day sermon today. Rev. Jones, as you will remember from yesterday's post, was a close friend of…