A partial play-by-play of Presbyterianism’s past.
The 20th century:
1922 – Fosdick fights fundamentalist forces.
1923 – Machen’s manifest makes mincemeat of modernism.
1924 – Herman Hoeksema heads honorable Hollander hullabaloo.
1937 – Buswell’s BPC bans booze.
1944 – Cornelius complains concerning Clark’s comprehensibility conclusions.
1955 – Schaeffer starts Swiss chalet sheltering seeking souls.
1959 – Rushdoony writes Reconstruction’s rule.
1966 – RTS renews Reformed reverend rearing.
1971. – Ligonier launches learning lessons.
1973 – Smith serves as stated clerk of seceding Southern saints.
1974 – Professor Plantinga publishes perceptive position.
1984 – Sproul settles in sunshine state.
The whole century – Various Van Tillians venture vague views.