Sermon for Sunday, September 27th, 2020 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Mic 5:1-6 ESV] 1 Now muster your troops, O daughter of troops; siege is laid against us; with a rod they strike the judge of Israel on the cheek. 2 But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too …
As the biographer of the noted presbyterian philosopher Gordon H. Clark, a number of students of Christian apologetics have asked me to explain his apologetic methodology. In recent decades, buoyed by the great number of internet forums for endless argumentation and debate, the topic of apologetics seems to have overtaken in popularity the study of …
[A November 1879 sermon of Rev. Henry Frost Wadsworth, pastor of First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY] 1 John 3:2 Beloved now are we the sons of God. Adoption is one of the results or privileges that follows the conversion of the soul to God and the nature of adoption may be explained in the …
[A January 1864 sermon of Rev. Henry Frost Wadsworth, pastor of First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY. Found among the historical papers of the church.] Rom. 12:11 – Not slothful in business, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord. There are some who entertain the idea that industry is in competition with religion. Such claim that …
Sermon for Sunday, September 20th, 2020 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Jdg 16:18-22 ESV] 18 When Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called the lords of the Philistines, saying, “Come up again, for he has told me all his heart.” Then the …
[I’ve been collecting references to this event. While I haven’t written a prose account, I figured the references themselves (chronologically ordered) might be of interest to OPC, BPC, and Machen scholars.] J. Gresham Machen to Presbyterian minister Roy T. Brumbaugh, 10/9/1935 – “It looks as though the crisis were on in the Seminary board meeting. …
A Battle on the Board of Trustees at Westminster Seminary, 1935-1936. Read More »
Sermon for Sunday, August 30th, 2020 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Isa 53:10-12 ESV] 10 Yet it was the will of the LORD to crush him; he has put him to grief; when his soul makes an offering for guilt, he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his …
Sermon on John 17:1-26 – “Jesus’ Prayer for His People” Read More »
Sermon for Sunday, August 23rd, 2020 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Neh 8:1-8 ESV] 1 And all the people gathered as one man into the square before the Water Gate. And they told Ezra the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses that the LORD had …
1. Clark defined probability as the fraction of favorable cases over total number of cases. In good Clarkian fashion it is of primary importance to first define the term at hand. As for “probability,” Clark twice provided a definition in his debate with David Hoover. In the first occasion he said “Probability is the fraction …
Sermon for Sunday, August 16th, 2020 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Psa 30:1-12 ESV] 1 A Psalm of David. A song at the dedication of the temple. I will extol you, O LORD, for you have drawn me up and have not let my foes rejoice over me. 2 …
Sermon for Sunday, August 9th, 2020 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading and sermon text: [Psa 2:1-12 ESV] 1 Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD and against his …
Sermon on Psalm 2:1-12 – “Is the World out of Control?” Read More »
Sermon for Sunday, July 26th, 2020 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Exo 33:12-23 ESV] 12 Moses said to the LORD, “See, you say to me, ‘Bring up this people,’ but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. Yet you have said, ‘I know you …
Sermon on John 16:1-15 – “The Son and the Spirit Speak” Read More »
[This is the text of the minority report on the free offer of the Gospel written by William Young and Floyd Hamilton in 1948 in opposition to the Majority Report on that subject written by John Murray, Ned Stonehouse, and Arthur Kuschke.] On the free offer of the gospel, the undersigned find themselves unable to …
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Sermon for Sunday, July 19th, 2020 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Gen 1:1-5 ESV] 1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering …
Sermon on John 15:26-27 – “The Witness of the Spirit” Read More »
Sermon for Sunday, July 12th, 2020 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Psa 91:1-16 ESV] 1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say to the LORD, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom …
Sermon on John 15:18-25 – “Persecuted Like Christ” Read More »
Sermon for Sunday, July 5th, 2020 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Deuteronomy 7:6-11 ESV] 6 “For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on …
Sermon on John 15:12-17 – “Jesus Shows His Love for Us” Read More »
Sermon for Sunday, June 28th, 2020 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Psa 80:1-19 ESV] 1 To the choirmaster: according to Lilies. A Testimony. Of Asaph, a Psalm. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock. You who are enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth. …
Sermon for Sunday, June 21st, 2020 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Joe 2:28-32 ESV] 28 “And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men …
Sermon on John 14:15-31 – “The Comfort of the Holy Spirit” Read More »
To Think Christianly, A History of L’Abri, Regent College, and the Christian Study Center Movement by Charles E. Cotherman, Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2020, 301 pp. Charles E. Cotherman has provided a valuable study on the “History of L’Abri, Regent College, and the Christian Study Center Movement.” While this might seem like an eclectic …
Review of To Think Christianly by Charles E. Cotherman Read More »
Sermon for Sunday, June 14th, 2020 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Ezr 1:1-11 ESV] 1 In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, …
Mailed out for: Sunday, June 7th, 2020 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Psa 33:1-22 ESV] 1 Shout for joy in the LORD, O you righteous! Praise befits the upright. 2 Give thanks to the LORD with the lyre; make melody to him with the harp of ten strings! 3 …
Sermon on John 14:1-14 – “Take Comfort in the Lord” Read More »
Mailed out for: Sunday, May 31st, 2020 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Lev 19:9-18 ESV] 9 “When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, neither shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest. 10 And you shall not …
From The Word of God and the Mind of Man by Ronald H. Nash. “For twenty years or so, as a friendly critic of Van Til’s views, I have maintained that Van Til’s position entails scepticism. …” (p. 100) “Only recently, however, have I come to understand that Van Til had developed his own version …
Mailed out for: Sunday, May 24th, 2020 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Psa 41:1-13 ESV] 1 To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Blessed is the one who considers the poor! In the day of trouble the LORD delivers him; 2 the LORD protects him and keeps him alive; …
Sermon on John 13:18-30 – “Jesus Foretells Judas’ Betrayal” Read More »
Mailed out for: Sunday, May 17th, 2020 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Gen 18:1-15 ESV] 1 And the LORD appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the door of his tent in the heat of the day. 2 He lifted up his eyes and …
