William McKinley (1843-1901) (president: 1897-1901)
Religion: Methodist. Brought up in a devout Methodist home, McKinley, at 10 years old, publicly professed his faith at a revival meeting in Poland, Ohio and, at 16, became a communicant in the church. He was, throughout his life, a devout, active Methodist and a regular churchgoer. In Canton, Ohio, he [...]
Archive for April, 2009
Religion of the Presidents – 25
Posted in Presidential Religion on April 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Religion of the Presidents – 23
Posted in Presidential Religion on April 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901) (president: 1889-1893)
Religion: Presbyterian. Brought up in a devout Presbyterian home, Harrison formally joined the church while a student at Miami University after hearing a sermon by the Rev. Dr. Joseph Claybaugh. In Indianapolis, he regularly attended First Presbyterian Church. He became a deacon in 1857 and an elder in 1861. He taught [...]
Augustine’s Reaction to the Psalms
Posted in "The Confessions", Augustine on April 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
How I cried out to you, my God, when I read the Psalms of David, those hymns of faith, those songs of a pious heart in which the spirit of pride can find no place! I was new to your true love. I was a catechumen living at leisure in that country house with Alypius, [...]
God and the Soul
Posted in Book of Psalms, William Binnie on April 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Seeing, then, that we possess, in the Psalms, an authentic expression of genuine religion, in all its manifold phases, I propose to devote some chapters to the illustration of the more salient features of the piety here set forth for our imitation. From this one portion of Scripture, it will, I think, be possible to [...]
For the Lord’s Day (67)
Posted in Book of Numbers, For the Lord's Day on April 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On the west side, shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim by their companies, the chief of the people of Ephraim being Elishama, the son of Ammihud, his company, as listed, being 40,500. And, next to him, shall be the tribe of Manasseh, the chief of the people of Manasseh being Gamaliel, the [...]
Theology
Posted in Christian Theology, Stephen Neill on April 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
You may expel theology with a pitchfork, but she will always return. All the ultimate questions about man and his life are theological. The moment I begin to think about my own existence, I am faced by unfathomable mysteries. I may deny the existence of these mysteries. What I cannot do is to domesticate them, [...]
Religion of the Presidents – 22 and 24
Posted in Presidential Religion on April 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) (president: 1885-1889; 1893-1897)
Religion: Presbyterian. As a minister’s son, Cleveland was imbued with religious training as a child. Playing was absolutely forbidden on the Sabbath. He was expected to attend church twice on Sundays as well as to go to Sunday School and midweek prayer meetings. Although he grew lax in observing the Sabbath [...]
Religion of the Presidents – 21
Posted in Presidential Religion on April 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Chester A. Arthur (1829-1886) (president: 1881-1885)
Religion: Episcopalian. Much to the disappointment of his parents, Arthur never formally joined a church. As president, he attended St. John’s Episcopal Church in Washington, to which he donated a window in memory of his late wife.
From: The Complete Book of U.S. Presidents, from George Washington to George W. Bush, [...]
The Intermediate State
Posted in Anthony A. Hoekema, Eschatology on April 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The New Testament, like the Old, teaches that man is not annihilated at death but continues to exist, either in Hades or in a place of blessedness sometimes called Paradise or Abraham’s Bosom. Hades is the usual Septuagint translation of Sheol. The meaning of Hades in the New Testament, however, is not exactly the same [...]
Spurgeon and Little Green Men from Mars
Posted in Book of 2 Corinthians, Charles Haddon Spurgeon on April 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Apparently, Charles Spurgeon believed in life elsewhere in the universe:
Laws must be respected, and the breakers of them must be punished. Now, if it is so in our imperfect civil communities, it must be much more so in God’s government of the entire universe. It is not merely men with whom God has to deal [...]
