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• At the Table of the Lord: Jacob J. Janeway's Meditations on the Lord's Supper 26.05.2026 23мин

  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 believers in reverent self-examination, joyful communion with Christ, and renewed obedience after coming to the Table. A rich, pastoral resource for anyone seeking to approach the Lord’s Supper with greater faith and devotion.
• A Voice in the Pulpit: Francis J. Grimké's Meditations on Preaching 12.05.2026 23мин

  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 Grimké’s remarkable life and enduring reflections on preaching, pastoral faithfulness, and the power of the Holy Spirit at work through the ministry of the Word.Learn more at ⁠confessional.orgGreenville Seminary invites you to the 2026 Missions Midweeker. Brooks Buser, Chad Vegas, Ian Hamilton, Michael Morales, Jonathan Master and others will join a small cohort of church leaders for intensive seminars designed to assist the church in fulfilling the Great Commission. August 11 -13 - register here.
• The First Mission Field: Thomas Smyth on Christian Parenting 28.04.2026 25мин

  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 merely in knowledge, but in a living zeal for Christ’s kingdom and the spread of the gospel.Learn more at confessional.orgPastor, Greenville Seminary invites you to the 2026 Summer Seminar: Apologetics and Evangelism for the Pastor. Carlton Wynne and Camden Bucey will join us on campus for a series of lectures on the role of apologetics and evangelism in pastoral ministry. August 4-5 - register here.
• The Heart of Christ: B.B. Warfield on the Emotional Life of Our Lord 14.04.2026 21мин

  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 confessed in the Westminster Confession of Faith, He is fully God and fully man, “yet without sin,” and His affections were perfectly ordered in accordance with His holy nature. In this way, the emotional life of Christ belongs to His perfect obedience and reveals the moral beauty of the Savior in the work of our redemption.Learn more at confessional.orgFriends in the PCA: please join us for our annual luncheon in Louisville this year! Seats are filling up quickly - register here.
• Geerhardus Vos: Life, Legacy, and Biblical Theology (with Reformed Forum) 17.03.2026 40мин

  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 Society to discuss the life, work, and lasting influence of Geerhardus Vos. The conversation explores Vos’s contribution to Reformed biblical theology and reflects briefly on his place with the American Presbyterians.The Dead Presbyterians Society Podcast will return with Season 3 in April. Until then, be sure to visit this new resource from Greenville Seminary: confessional.org
• Between Two Thieves: James Henley Thornwell on Antinomianism 03.03.2026 23мин

  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 between two thieves”: legalism and lawlessness.
• No Room for Boasting: Samuel Blair on Predestination 17.02.2026 22мин

  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 and the Great Awakening, Blair answered objections to election not with speculation, but with Scripture — grounding the doctrine in Romans 9, Ephesians 1, and the justice and mercy of God.In this episode, we examine Blair’s life, his pastoral purpose, and his argument that absolute election humbles the sinner, excludes boasting, and gives all the glory to Christ alone.
• A Letter to Rome: Charles Hodge and the Protestant Response to Rome 03.02.2026 24мин

  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, Hodge explains why the core issues of the Reformation—Scripture alone, the sufficiency of Christ, and the nature of church authority—made unity impossible. This episode revisits that letter and asks what modern Protestants can learn from Hodge’s firm convictions and pastoral tone in an age of renewed ecumenical pressure.
• The Pastor in the Closet: Thomas Murphy on the Minister's Secret Duties 20.01.2026 26мин

  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 public ministry. Drawing on Murphy—and echoing Baxter, Miller, and Warfield—we’re reminded that the strength and character of the pulpit are formed in secret communion with God.
• Hope for Grieving Parents: T.D. Witherspoon on Covenant Children 06.01.2026 26мин

  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 loss and grounded in God’s promises rather than sentiment. Through the lives of three covenant children, Witherspoon points grieving parents and churches to Christ, the ordinary means of grace, and the sure consolation of belonging to Him.
• Remember the Sabbath: Samuel Miller on the Forgotten Commandment 23.12.2025 20мин

  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 Christian Sabbath, this episode explores why the Fourth Commandment still matters—and why recovering the Lord’s Day may be essential to the church’s spiritual health.
• The Ambassadors of Jesus Christ: John Holt Rice, "The Duties of a Gospel Minister" 09.12.2025 26мин

  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 — to preach the whole counsel of God, guard the flock, teach by example, train the young, and labor with an eye to eternity. In this episode, we explore Rice’s enduring vision for pastoral ministry and why his words still speak powerfully to the church today.
• The Sacrifices of the Missionary Life: John B. Adger, "My Life and Times" 25.11.2025 22мин

  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 challenges us to consider where Christ is calling us to pour out our own.
• The Pastor in the Pulpit: Thomas Murphy on the Pastor's Duties 11.11.2025 22мин

  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.
• The Beauty of Presbyterianism: T.D. Witherspoon on Church Government 28.10.2025 19мин

  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 the courts of the church. Discover how these biblical principles safeguard unity, protect liberty, and strengthen the church’s witness today.
• The Melancholy Missionary: David Brainerd and the Power of a Weak Life 14.10.2025 23мин

  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 how Jonathan Edwards saw in him true religion in practice: holiness, dependence, and redeeming the time for Christ's kingdom.
• Christ All in All: The Right Temper for a Theologain 30.09.2025 25мин

  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 All: The Right Temper for a Theologian, his counsel remains vital—not just for seminarians, but for every believer seeking to grow in grace and in the knowledge of Christ.
• Dead Presbyterians Society - Season 2 Trailer 23.09.2025

  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 podcast is built on a very simple conviction: in order to be faithful in the present, we must be rooted in the past. The old paths of Presbyterianism in the 18th and 19th century have much to teach us about the path we walk today.In weekly 30 minute episodes, we will reflect on the lives and works of figures such as Archibald Alexander, B.M. Palmer, and Charles Hodge. We will consider enduring themes–prayer, Christian experience, and the church–matters of eternal significance for the people of God until Christ returns.
• Counterfeit Miracles 19.08.2025 21мин

  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 that have distracted the church from the early centuries to modern “faith-healers,” and calls us to measure every claim by the all-sufficient Word of God.
• Bringing Children into God's Family 05.08.2025 23мин

  In a tender and urgent sermon from 1758, Little Children Invited to Jesus Christ, Samuel Davies pleads with young hearers not to delay, but to come to Christ by faith. Preaching from Mark 10:14—“Suffer the little children to come unto me…”—Davies shows with remarkable clarity what it truly means to come to Christ. Though preached over 250 years ago, the message remains timeless and is especially important as parents consider their own children, and church members consider the children among them.