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The Confessional Presbyterian Archive is a curated digital library dedicated to preserving and promoting the writings of 17th–20th century Presbyterian pastors, teachers, and leaders. Featuring thousands of searchable texts, biographies, and historical resources, the archive provides direct access to the primary-source materials of American Presbyterianism.
Alexander Henderson’s Text — Glasgow, December 13, 1638
Editorial urging Christians to keep hopeful, biblical expectations of the future and Christ's reign, letting those hopes shape conduct, church order, evangelism, and duties in war.
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The Centrality of the Cross
August 1937 Calvin Forum issue: editorials on vigilantism and birth control, essays on Reinhold Niebuhr's ethics and the centrality of the Cross, plus reviews and news.
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The Word of the Cross
Calvin Forum (July 1937) essays defending creeds and Sabbath observance, warning against liberal trends and social convenience, and insisting the Cross (atonement) remain central in preaching.
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What Is Christian Faith?
Argues Christian faith is a Spirit-wrought assurance—grounded in regeneration and objective revelation—contrasting it with humanistic, pragmatic, voluntarist, and imaginal conceptions.
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Review of John M. Wells, Southern Presbyterian Worthies
Table of contents and book-review section from Church History (Mar 1937) summarizing articles on Protestantism, Baptist views of the state, Origen, and multiple church-history book reviews.
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The Worship of Jesus
Editorials defend historic Christian love as God-centered, truth-loving, and soul-saving, and affirm worship of Jesus while rejecting modernist/liberal denials of His deity.
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The Theology of Jesus and the Theology of Paul
A comparative study arguing Jesus and Paul are theologically harmonious: both uphold revelation, Scripture authority, Christ's unique saving role, and the Fatherhood of God. Paul explicates Jesus' teaching.
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The Theology of Jesus and the Theology of Paul
Compares the theologies of Jesus and Paul, arguing they fundamentally agree on revelation, Scripture, and Christ's death and resurrection. Paul is shown as a faithful expositor of Jesus' gospel.
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Westminster Philosopher Delivers Smythe Lectures
Coverage of R. C. Van Til's 1936 Smythe lectures defending the Reformed faith, upholding the Creator–creature distinction, and exposing modernism in Presbyterian boards.
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The Greater Confession
Argues that Jesus' 'Greater Confession' before the high priest proclaims his Messiahship and divine glory, affirmed by the Gospels and historical testimony.
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The Theocentric Theology Implicit in the Name of the Trinity [Reprint]
Robinson defends a theocentric theology prioritizing God's sovereignty and centrality, criticizing Christocentric and anthropocentric reductions. Theology must start from God's revelation, not human categories.
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The Theocentric Theology Implicit in the Name of the Trinity
Argues for a theocentric theology affirming God's sovereignty and centrality, critiquing Christocentric and anthropocentric approaches as historically and logically inadequate.
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The Southern Presbyterian Church: Shall We Keep the Faith?
1934 Presbyterian editorial defends Christian liberty against compelled support of church boards, insisting conscience answers to God not church agencies. Warns compulsion will undermine missions and freedom.
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