The Greatest Trust, Part One: Introduction.
The greatest trust which a denomination can impart to any group of men is the education of its candidates for the ministry. So, in 1843,...
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Covenanting and the PRC
An old friend of the PRC asked three interconnected questions: Has the PRC covenanted since its formation? If not, could it,...
David Calderwood and the Limitations of Labels
The study of the covenanting movement involves differentiating and describing ecclesiastical and political groupings and the individuals...
Can an Episcopalian be a Scottish nationalist?
Whereas, 1. The Declaration of Arbroath is a foundational statement of Scottish Independence; 2. The Declaration of Arbroath...
The Presbyterian’s Alphabet: Q is for Queen.
It is the practice of the Scottish denominations which hold to the establishment principle to send a letter from their highest court...
The Presbyterian’s Alphabet: P is for Presbytery.
Presbyterianism is presbyters working in presbyteries: elders working in elderships. While that generic definition would also cover the...
The Presbyterian’s Alphabet: O is for Ordination.
Lawful calling is the process by which a person is set apart to an office in the church. Ordination is the act of setting a person apart...
The Presbyterian’s Alphabet: N is for Non-intrusion.
Non-intrusion is the principle that office-bearers should not be imposed upon a congregation over the objection of the people. It is the...
The Presbyterian’s Alphabet: M is for Mister
There is ecclesiology in titles. They are very telling when it comes to a person’s understanding of the existence of the clergy-laity...
The Presbyterian’s Alphabet: L is for Liturgy.
At first glance, it would be a contradiction in terms to write of Presbyterian liturgy. However, that would be to ignore the...
The Presbyterian’s Alphabet: K is for Kingship
Christ, the mediator of the Covenant of Grace, executes the offices of prophet, priest, and king of His church. Christ, the prophet,...
The Presbyterian's Alphabet: J is for Jus Divinum
Jus Divinum means divine law. While the term has its origins in the jurisprudence of ancient Rome, it is usually encountered by...
The Presbyterian’s Alphabet: I is for Intolerance.
At the turn of the 19th century, a question arose as to whether the Westminster Confession of Faith favoured intolerance and persecution....
Streams of Water in the North (Part Four)
Of all the dates which have been mentioned thus far, 1912 is, perhaps, the most significant. It was the year when the Associate...
Streams of Water in the North (Part Three)
Sometime around 1880, several members of the Presbyterian Church in Canada formed an organisation called The Toronto Presbyterian Church...
Streams of Water in the North (Part Two)
The second branch of the previous fork is Chesley. This story begins in Lanark County, Upper Canada, in the 1820s. In the years following...
Streams of Water in the North (Part One)
The Presbyterian Reformed Church begins at the confluence of two streams. Usually, it is thought of as the coming together of two...
The Presbyterian’s Alphabet: H is for Headship
The Headship of Christ is the key doctrine of divine right Presbyterianism. Of the figures of speech used in the New Testament to...
The Presbyterian’s Alphabet: G is for General
General Assembly is the name usually given to the highest earthly court in the Presbyterian system. It is a representative and temporary...
The Presbyterian’s Alphabet: F is for Form
The Form of Presbyterial Church Government was a product of the Westminster Assembly as part of the plan for a covenanted uniformity in...
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