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S3E5 A Missionary's Wife: Ashbel Green Fairchild on the Life of Louisa Lowrie
In this episode, we explore the life of Louisa A. Lowrie — a young missionary wife whose brief but radiant faith burned brightly for Christ. Through her own journals and letters, we see a woman of…
S3E4 At the Table of the Lord: Jacob J. Janeway's Meditations on the Lord's Supper
In this episode of the Dead Presbyterians Society, we explore J.J. Janeway’s classic work Meditations on the Lord’s Supper. Drawing from Scripture and the Westminster Larger Catechism, Janeway guides…
S3E4 A Voice in the Pulpit: Francis J. Grimké's Meditations on Preaching
Francis J. Grimké believed the preacher’s task was simple: faithfully proclaim the Word of God in dependence upon the Spirit of God. In this episode of the Dead Presbyterians Society, we explore…
S3E2 The First Mission Field: Thomas Smyth on Christian Parenting
In this episode, we explore The Mission of Parenting by Thomas Smyth, a powerful call for Christian parents to see the home as the first mission field. Smyth challenges families to raise children not…
S3E1 The Heart of Christ: B.B. Warfield on the Emotional Life of Our Lord
This episode explores On the Emotional Life of Our Lord by B. B. Warfield, showing that Christ’s compassion, love, anger, joy, and sorrow were true and sinless expressions of His full humanity. As…
S2E13 Geerhardus Vos: Life, Legacy, and Biblical Theology (with Reformed Forum)
Geerhardus Vos is often called the father of Reformed biblical theology. In this special crossover episode with Reformed Forum, Dr. Camden Bucey joins Dr. Jonathan Master on the Dead Presbyterians…
S2E12 Between Two Thieves: James Henley Thornwell on Antinomianism
In this episode we revisit James Henley Thornwell’s powerful warning against Antinomianism — the ancient error that turns grace into license. Thornwell reminds us that the gospel is “always crucified…
S2E11 No Room for Boasting: Samuel Blair on Predestination
The Doctrine of Predestination explores Samuel Blair’s 1742 defense of God’s sovereign grace — a work praised by Archibald Alexander as the hand of a master. Writing during the era of the Log College…
S2E10 A Letter to Rome: Charles Hodge and the Protestant Response to Rome
A Letter to Rome examines Charles Hodge’s 1869 response to Pope Pius IX and the First Vatican Council, a rare moment when American Presbyterianism spoke directly to Rome. With clarity and charity,…
S2E9 The Pastor in the Closet: Thomas Murphy on the Minister's Secret Duties
Behind every faithful sermon is a hidden place. In this episode, we explore Thomas Murphy’s insistence that a pastor’s most essential work happens in the prayer closet, where private devotion shapes…
S2E8 Hope for Grieving Parents: T.D. Witherspoon on Covenant Children
What hope does the covenant of grace offer when a baptized child dies? In this episode Jonathan Master explores T.D. Witherspoon’s Children of the Covenant (1873), written in the wake of profound…
S2E7 Remember the Sabbath: Samuel Miller on the Forgotten Commandment
In an age that treats the Lord’s Day as expendable, Samuel Miller calls the church to remember what God has promised through the Sabbath. Drawing from his introductory essay to Agnew’s Manual on the…
S2E6 The Ambassadors of Jesus Christ: John Holt Rice, "The Duties of a Gospel Minister"
What does it mean to be a faithful minister of the gospel? In his 1809 sermon The Duties of a Gospel Minister, John Holt Rice outlined the sacred charge of those called to shepherd Christ’s church —…
S2E5 The Sacrifices of the Missionary Life: John B. Adger, "My Life and Times"
This episode tells the story of John Bailey Adger, a 19th-century missionary who served Christ both overseas and at home through translation work, preaching, and sacrificial ministry. His life…
S2E4 The Pastor in the Pulpit: Thomas Murphy on the Pastor's Duties
Thomas Murphy calls pastors back to the pulpit—the place where heaven meets earth each Lord’s Day. Preaching and prayer, he says, are the pastor’s highest duties and the church’s greatest need.
S2E1 The Beauty of Presbyterianism: T.D. Witherspoon on Church Government
In this episode, we explore T.D. Witherspoon’s compelling case for the beauty and order of Presbyterian church government—rooted not in human hierarchy, but in Christ’s rule over His people through…
S2E1 The Melancholy Missionary: David Brainerd and the Power of a Weak Life
David Brainerd's short, sorrowful life became one of the most powerful missionary testimonies in church history. In this episode, we trace his struggle with depression, illness, and weakness - and…
S2E1 Christ All in All: The Right Temper for a Theologian
In his inaugural addresses, William Swan Plumer urged Christians to approach Scripture with humility, reverence, and prayer, keeping Christ at the very center of all study. Collected as Christ All in…
S2 Dead Presbyterians Society - Season 2 Trailer
Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.This…
S1E12 Counterfeit Miracles
B.B. Warfield never made peace with error—and neither should we. In his 1918 book Counterfeit Miracles (lectures originally delivered at Columbia Theological Seminary), he takes aim at false wonders…
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