The following post was developed from my notes for a lesson delivered in 2013, then posted on Presbyterians of the Past, January 31, 2022. I have added a few entries, enhanced a few others, and clarified some...
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Review, God’s Ambassadors, Chad Van Dixhoorn
The period beginning with Henry VIII then continuing through Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell was a tumultuous era of England’s history. Henry VIII’s quest for a male heir led to a break with the papacy and establishment...
Review, Redeeming Our Thinking About History, Vern Poythress
Even though it was said over a hundred years ago, the following comment by an important American industrialist would find many sympathizers today. History is more or less bunk. It’s tradition. We don’t want tradition...
Review, With All Your Heart, A. Craig Troxel
As A. Craig Troxel points out in With All Your Heart: Orienting Your Mind, Desires, and Will Toward Christ, Crossway, 2020, the English word heart translates one Greek and two Hebrew words found in Scripture and it is...
B.B. Warfield & John Shirley Ward, Revising the Confession, 1889
The article by John Shirley Ward transcribed after this introduction responds to B. B. Warfield’s comments published while the Presbyterians were debating revision of the Westminster Confession in the Presbytery of New...
S. Beach Jones, John 18:36, A Kingdom Not of This World
The following sermon was delivered by S. Beach Jones, D. D. during the organizational meeting for the Presbytery of Patapsco in Maryland, April 1867. The text is John 18:36 which provides a response to Pilate by Jesus...
