Jeffrey S. McDonald’s John Gerstner and the Renewal of Presbyterian and Reformed Evangelicalism in Modern America, 2017, is an informative biography of a seminary professor serving in an era of crucial events in...
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William L. Breckinridge, 1803-1876
William Lewis was born near Lexington, Kentucky, July 22, 1803, the eighth child of John and Mary Hopkins (Cabell) Breckinridge. He and his brothers Joseph Cabell, John, and Robert Jefferson were joined by a brother...
George Howe, 1802-1883
Travel in the nineteenth century could be dangerous whether by train, ship, bicycle, or horse. Trains could run off the rails and crash or collide with other trains. Ships ran aground or sank in storms and skittish...
Joseph Caldwell, University Educator
Joseph was born to Joseph and Rachel (Harker) Caldwell, April 21, 1773, in Lamington, New Jersey. His father was a physician who emigrated from Ulster in the north of Ireland; his mother’s father was a Presbyterian...
The Incarnation of Christ, by William S. Plumer
The following text is a transcription of the chapter, “The Incarnation of Christ,” from The Rock of Our Salvation: A Treatise Respecting the Natures, Person, Offices, Work, Sufferings, and Glory of Jesus Christ, written...
William P. Jacobs, A Barnabas, A Good Man
William Plumer Jacobs was born to Rev. Ferdinand and Mary Elizabeth (Redbrook) Jacobs in Yorkville (York), South Carolina, March 15, 1842. Ferdinand had been born in Alexandria, Virginia and after completing formal...
