July 31: James Waddell Alexander
A Model Preacher and a Faithful Pastor How does one live in the shadow of a man, albeit your father, who was the leading theologian of the day? The answer…
February 16: The Death of B.B. Warfield
Most of the April, 2005 issue ofTabletalk magazine focused on the life and ministry of Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield, the great Princeton Seminary professor. One of the most remarkable passages in…
February 7: The Rev. George Smith Boardman, D.D.
Our candidates for this date are few, and information is sparse. Today’s entry comes largely from Alfred Nevin’s Encyclopedia of the Presbyterian Church, with some additional details provided by the Biographical…
September 29: Dr. Samuel Miller [1769-1850]
If You are Number Two, Do You Try Harder? Samuel Miller was definitely number two among that faculty of Princeton Seminary that year of September 29, 1813. Started only one year before,…
September 27: Dr. George Tybout Purves
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…