On September 30, 1924, Princeton Seminary opened its one hundred and thirteenth session. The first events, as announced in the Seminary Bulletin, were “the matriculation of new students in the parlor of Hodge Hall and the drawing for the choice of rooms by entering students at three o’clock in Stuart Hall.” The student accomodation – [...]
Archive for October, 2009
John Murray’s Introduction to Princeton Seminary
Posted in Book of Romans, Iain H. Murray, John Murray on October 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On Disobeying God
Posted in Book of Jonah, John Calvin on October 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It is deserving of notice that, as Jonah represents himself as guilty before the whole world, so he intended, by his example, to show how great and detestable a sin it is not to submit to the commands of God and not to undertake whatever He enjoins, but to evade His authority. That he might [...]
God’s Power
Posted in God's Attributes, Ronald H. Nash on October 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
No less a philosopher than Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) acknowledged difficulty in comprehending God’s power. Thomas wrote that, while “all confess that God is omnipotent…it seems difficult to explain in what His omnipotence precisely consists.” British philosopher Anthony Kenny concurs: “It is, by no means, easy to state concisely and coherently what is meant by ‘omnipotence’.”
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Presbyterian Government
Posted in Church Polity, Thomas Smyth on October 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In 1843, Smyth also brought out a popular work, An Ecclesiastical Catechism of the Presbyterian Church, for the use of families, Bible classes, and private members. He saw a great need to instruct the communicant members and the children of the Presbyterian Church in the principles of her worship and polity. His desire was to [...]
No Christianity, No Morality
Posted in Christian Theology, Christian Worldview, Friedrich Nietzsche, Morality on October 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When one gives up the Christian faith, one pulls the right to Christian morality out from under one’s feet. – Friedrich Nietzsche, from Twilight of the Idols (1888)
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) was a German philologist and atheistic, nihilistic philosopher.
A Busy Ministry
Posted in Thomas Chalmers on October 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dr. Chalmers did not allow things to be carried to the proposed length. The offer of a manse and of an increase of income were respectfully declined; but he gratefully accepted the offer of an assistant. Additional labor would be, thereby, bestowed upon parochial cultivation while, at the same time, additional leisure would be secured [...]
For the Lord’s Day (93)
Posted in Book of 2 Kings, For the Lord's Day on October 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A man came from Baal-shalishah bringing the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain in his sack. And Elisha said, “Give to the men, that they may eat.” But his servant said, “How can I set this before a hundred men?” So, he repeated, “Give them [...]
Edifying Conversation
Posted in Gospel of Luke, Matthew Henry on October 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Our Lord Jesus, here, sets us an example of profitable edifying discourse at our tables when we are in company with our friends. We find that, when He had none but His disciples - who were His own family – with Him at His table, His discourse with them was good and to the use of [...]
Anglicanism Before and After the Revolutionary War
Posted in Anglican Church, Samuel Eliot Morison on October 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Before 1776, the Anglican church was supported by taxation and enjoyed a monopoly of performing marriages in all Southern colonies and in parts of New York. It was disestablished in New York, Maryland, and the Carolinas, and complete religious liberty adopted in those states during the war. In Virginia, however, it took a ten-year contest, [...]
Religion in Victorian Times
Posted in Gertrude Himmelfarb, The Victorians on October 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The religious census of 1851 was generally interpreted as evidence of the decline of religious faith even before Darwinism appeared on the scene; on the Sunday of the census, only half of those able to go to church did so. By Victorian standards, that number was disappointing; by modern standards, it is impressive. On that [...]
