Please notice that at the PCA General Assembly held in Greenville in 2013 a booklet titled, “Presbyterian Church in America. A Guide to the Document, ‘A Message to All the Churches of Jesus...
bwaughUpcoming conferences in Greenville, South Carolina
Please notice that both events will provide an abundance of books for sale to alleviate symptoms for those afflicted with bibliomania. The Greenville Conference on Reformed Theology (GCRT) will begin Friday, October 2...
Book notice: A Survey of Presbyterian Mission History in Africa
Volume 2 of A Survey of Presbyterian Mission History in Africa is now available worldwide. This title continues the story of Presbyterian missions in Africa from the 1820s through its second century. A review of volume...
Book notice: Around the World with 80 Missionaries
Linda Finlayson has added to her wonderful books for children Around the World with 80 Missionaries, Christian Focus, 2026. Its colorful 8.5 x 11 hardback cover opens to 111 pages of meticulously composed graphics that...
Naming Children in Calvin’s Geneva
On R. Scott Clark’s Heidelblog he posted, “Why Did the Geneva Consistory Insist on Biblical Names at Baptism?” which interacts with a blogpost by Matt Tuininga. As Clark begins his article he quotes...
Presbycast on Mencken and Machen
PCA Ruling Elder Brad Isbell has edited Presbycast Pravda for about five years. His podcasts and posts cover diverse topics from a fine memorial for Queen Elizabeth II, to analysis of issues faced by the PCA, and on to...
Calvin the Moderate Exegete
John Calvin might be thought by some a tyrant insensitive to the views of others, especially when it comes to interpreting Scripture, but R. Scott Clark makes the case that he was receptive to interpretations of the...
The Religious Life of Laura Ingalls Wilder
In 2016 a review of Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography, Laura Ingalls Wilder, edited by Pamela Smith Hill and published by the South Dakota Historical Society was posted on Presbyterians of the Past. The...
Stuart Robinson Declines a D.D.
The Kentucky Tribune, Danville, Sep. 2, 1853, p. 2, provides a news snippet about Presbyterian of the past Stuart Robinson. “Rev. Stuart Robinson, formerly of Frankfort and now of Baltimore, has declined the...
Clowney on the Blessing in 1 Peter 1:2
Commenting on 1 Peter 1:2 , Edmund P. Clowney says of “May grace and peace be multiplied to you,” that: “What makes a greeting a blessing? Peter gives the answer in the words that precede his blessing...