Dr. Witherow was a busy professor and was honored in several ways.In 1878, he was the moderator of the General Assembly meeting in Belfast, then in 1884 he became a senator (director) of the Royal University of Ireland. He was honored with the Doctor of Divinity in 1883 by the Presbyterian Theological Faculty Ireland, and... Continue Reading

De Bres’ most enduring work dissented from Roman Catholic dogma which made it a banned book. But its very argument was a plea for toleration. In thirty-seven brief articles covering the traditional heads of Christian doctrine, de Bres’ Belgic Confession (1561) sought to prove the biblical orthodoxy and civic loyalty of reforming Christians.   Guido... Continue Reading

In everything Calvin did, he purposed to give all the glory to God. Calvin’s aim was not to spar over theological points for the sake of it but to draw his listeners and readers to bow their knees and worship the one true and living God.   A visit to modern Geneva in Switzerland might... Continue Reading

“Now it pleased God to send Mr. Whitefield into this land and my hearing of his preaching at Philadelphia, like one of the old apostles, and many thousands flocking after him to hear the gospel and great numbers converted to Christ…it was said to be 3 or 4000 people assembled together.”   This is a... Continue Reading

According to Open Doors International, an organization that monitors and supports persecuted Christians, eight out of the 10 deadliest countries for Christians are in sub-Saharan Africa, where a reported 16.2 million Christians have been displaced.   Concern is growing over the whereabouts of Kevin Rideout, an American missionary abducted on October 21 in the West... Continue Reading

The theological resources available to the English-speaking church today are greater than any in the history of the world. And though he would never claim it for himself, part of that can be traced, in one way or another, to the quiet, steady influence of Graeme Goldsworthy. For many of us, Graeme Goldsworthy handed us... Continue Reading

Humility, which fosters trust, is found in living out God’s truth, often to our own detriment. My pastor, in good times and bad, is an example to me as he exhibits this humility: not causing division in the church, not discrediting or slandering any person, not exalting himself before the congregation, not trying to gain... Continue Reading

Dearest brother, we rejoice to have known you, but more so that you were known to Jesus, who kept you faithful to that great end. You have run the race, and beaten us all.   The last words of a brother to be considered in the context of the first words that are offered to... Continue Reading

…Fair was a Senior Pastor at Christ Presbyterian Church in Tulsa. Other elders at the church shared a statement: “On Thursday, October 23rd, the church leadership of Christ Presbyterian Church was made aware of the arrest of Senior Pastor Jeremy Fair. The church leadership immediately met and placed Jeremy Fair on indefinite leave, and are... Continue Reading

My interest is rather to point out that a) it is inaccurate to call anyone in our midst a fundamentalist insofar as that term is commonly understood today; b) doing so serves rather to confuse than to clarify the nature of our internal ecclesiastical disagreements, not only regarding the parties involved but also regarding the... Continue Reading