The Wittenberg Door

There’s a lot of bad information about prayer floating around. And for someone like me, who is not naturally inclined to hitting his knees, ...

On June 5, 1837, the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. separated into Old School and New School divisions. The split involved a series of i...

On May 29, 1619, the Synod of Dort was adjourned at the conclusion of its one hundred eightieth session. Convened on November 13, 1618, in t...

Memorial Day, the last Monday of May, is the day we honor Americans who gave their lives in military service. The holiday was originally cal...

From Forgotten English . . . Stram Any sudden, loud and quick sound; so to stram the doors means to shut them with noise and violence. Hen...

On May 21, 1922, Harry Emerson Fosdick preached the famous sermon, “Shall the Fundamentalists Win?” from the pulpit of First Presbyterian C...

On May 18, 1908, congress mandated that the motto “In God We Trust” be minted on certain coins. The motto evidences one of the reasons why ...

On May 17, 1906, Carl McIntire was born in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The son of a Presbyterian minister, McIntire followed his mentor, J. Gresham...

There are two aspects to the assurance of salvation: one is objective in nature and the other is subjective. Our assurance is objective in t...

There is . . . a great need for a reformation of the evangelical pulpit. To reform the pulpit is to reform the church. What is needed is n...