Sean Lucas

As I’ve mentioned before, I’m working on the history of First Presbyterian Church in Jackson, Mississippi. It has been a rich honor to do this work, to tell the story…

I’m working on the 175th anniversary history of the First Presbyterian Church, Jackson, MS, right now. Here is one little jewel that I came across. Elder C. H. Alexander, chairman…

In his introduction to the Psalter, Calvin discusses truly Reformed worship and contrasts it with the worship practices of the Roman church. In that context, he says the following: “Now…

Ref21 friend Paul Helm has just finished a fascinating series of posts on Jonathan Edwards and his thoughts on true religion. His conclusion was this: “The Religious Affections is an…

While the internet has rocked with information about a prominent minister who has denied the reality of hell, being more historically minded, I couldn’t help but think about David Swing.…

From Lyman Beecher’s Autobiography, p. 67: “East Hampton was originally settled by the best sort of men, and had never been divided in religion. There was only one church in…

This afternoon, I had a very rare experience in my ministry at First Presbyterian Church, Hattiesburg, Mississippi: an open two-hour block between sermon writing and appointments and our Wednesday night…

For a while now, I’ve been working with a theory for understanding religious controversy. While I’ve mainly thought about this theory as a historical explanation, it does have its contemporary…