Biography

Old Princeton: Samuel Miller and the Wedding of Learning & Piety

Jeffrey Waddington
Feb 17, 2016
Samuel Miller (1769-1850) was the second professor appointed to the theological seminary of the Presbyterian Church in the USA (Princeton Theological Seminary) by the general assembly of the church. Along with his senior colleague Archibald Alexander, Miller set the tone of the school we now know...

Old Princeton: Samuel Miller the Intellectual Architect of Old Princeton

James Rich
Feb 10, 2016
The name Samuel Miller may be unfamiliar to most in the Reformed camp and even to many Presbyterians, but he is a man with whom we all should be well acquainted. Born in 1769, Miller is perhaps best known as the intellectual architect of what would become Princeton Seminary. In 1813 he was...

Old Princeton: Samuel Miller Podcast

Jonathan Master
Feb 8, 2016
This week on Theology on the Go, Dr. Jonathan Master is again joined by Dr. James Garretson. Dr. Garretson is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church in America. He has pastored congregations in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church and the Presbyterian Church in America, and taught at Knox...

Meet a Puritan: Joseph Alleine

Feb 8, 2016
Joseph Alleine (1634-1668) Life Born at Devizes, Wiltshire, Joseph Alleine loved and served the Lord from childhood. A contemporary identified 1645 as the year of Alleine’s “setting forth in the Christian race.” From eleven years of age onward, “the whole course of his youth was an even-spun thread...

Old Princeton: Archibald Alexander: Reflections on his Ministry and Influence

James Garretson
Jan 27, 2016
Godly mentors are an important influence on Christian character formation. This is especially true for men called to the work of the pastoral ministry. And among the names of those who served as exemplary mentor-professors at Princeton Theological Seminary in its early years is that of Archibald...

Old Princeton: Archibald Alexander Podcast

Jonathan Master
Jan 25, 2016
This week on Theology on the Go, Dr. Jonathan Master is joined by Dr. James Garretson. Dr. Garretson is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church in America. He has pastored congregations in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church and the Presbyterian Church in America, and taught at Knox...

John Bunyan Podcast

Jonathan Master
Dec 28, 2015
This week on Theology on the Go, Dr. Jonathan Master is joined by Dr. David Calhoun, who is Emeritus Professor of Church History at Covenant Theological Seminary, St Louis, Missouri. He has taught at Covenant College and Columbia Bible College (now Columbia International University) and served as...

J.A. Alexander 1809-1860

Barry Waugh
Jul 9, 2014
Joseph Addison was born the third son of the minister of the Pine Street Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, Archibald Alexander, D.D., on April 24, 1809. His mother, Janetta Waddel Alexander, was the daughter of James Waddel who served as a minister in Virginia and was sometimes called "the blind...

J.A. Alexander 1809-1860

Barry Waugh
Jul 9, 2014
Joseph Addison was born the third son of the minister of the Pine Street Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, Archibald Alexander, D.D., on April 24, 1809. His mother, Janetta Waddel Alexander, was the daughter of James Waddel who served as a minister in Virginia and was sometimes called "the blind...

Charles Hodge: The Pride of Princeton

Jim Cassidy
Jun 19, 2012
W. Andrew Hoffecker, Charles Hodge: The Pride of Princeton (P&R Publishing, 2011), 460pp. Introduction One hardly needs to say that having two biographies on the same historical figure published within the same year (2011) invites comparison between the two works. Of course, an entire review...