There are Bible commentaries published in the second half of the twentieth century that will continue to be read for years to come such as John Murray on Romans, Philip E. Hughes on Hebrews, and anything by F. F. Bruce...
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A Lecture about George Gillespie, 1613-1648
George Gillespie, 1613-1648 George Gillespie is one of eleven commissioners from Scotland in attendance at the Westminster Assembly and one of the youngest seated. At the time, he was the minister of Greyfriars Church...
Irish Presbyterians, by Peter E. Gilmore
I recently finished reading Irish Presbyterians and the Shaping of Western Pennsylvania, 1770-1830, by Peter E. Gilmore, University of Pittsburgh Press, 2018. His thesis is that Irish Presbyterians viewed their...
Overture Regarding Voluntary Societies, 1889
The overture that follows is referred to in the article “Membership Vows Origin, Presbyterian Church in America.” It came as Overture No. 10 before the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the...
Thoughts for the New Year, 2019
As the new year 2019 approaches this post includes three brief pieces located in Sterling’s Southern Orator Containing Standard Lectures in Prose and Poetry for Declamation and Recitation in Schools and Colleges...
Robert McCachren, 1798-1885
Robert was born the second son of John and Isabella Cunningham McCachren at the Forks of Brandywine, Chester County, Pennsylvania, September 24, 1798. When he was ten years old his father died leaving his mother with...
