There must be some difficult situations and decisions to be made when a minister of the church is employed by the government to serve as a chaplain. Such a calling would be similar to serving in a state church because...
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Neil Postman & David Wells
In 1985, Neil Postman published Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business, which considered the media, its influence on views, and the sound bite world of the time. Dr. Postman taught in...
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The Lion of Princeton,
Kim Riddlebarger
A recently completed title from my stack of books in waiting is Kim Riddlebarger’s The Lion of Princeton: B. B. Warfield as Apologist and Theologian, 2015. There are several aspects to the work which could be mentioned...
West Virginia Presbyterians, Review, Two Books
The state of West Virginia was established in 1863 from the north-western portion of Virginia. It was the middle of the Civil War and a majority of Mountaineers believed they had more in common with the Union than the...
John H. Livingston, 1746–1825
With this biography the meaning of “presbyterian” is expanded to include other denominations that are Calvinistic in theology, ruled by elders, and are ordered by connectionalism. Presbyterian means most basically rule...
James A. Lyon, 1814-1882
James Adair was born to Ezekiel L. and Mary Adair Lyon near Jonesborough, Tennessee on April 19, 1814. His early education was obtained at home and in a local academy. The Lyons attended the Presbyterian Church in...
