“Servant,” and not “pastor” is the most important and prominent, biblical term for any Christian believer in church leadership! Surprising? It was to me. Like most church people I had accepted the common belief that a lead elder in the local church is properly called “pastor” because the idea of pastor (or shepherd) is the... Continue Reading

  AN ADDRESS DELIVERED BEFORE THE PRESBYTERIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY AT THEIR ANNIVERSARY MEETING IN PHILADELPHIA   ON TUESDAY EVENING MAY 1, 1855.   BY THE REV. CHARLES HODGE, D.D.   BRETHREN:—We are assembled this evening as a Presbyterian Historical Society. It has occurred to me that it would not be inappropriate to discuss the question,... Continue Reading