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We welcome Darryl G. Hart back to Christ the Center to discuss Protestants and Patriots: Presbyterians in the Age of Revolution, published by the University of Notre Dame Press. Hart traces the transatlantic story of Presbyterianism from the Reformation through the age of revolutions, asking why Presbyterian polity so often became a political irritant in Britain, Ireland, North America, and beyond.
The conversation ranges from Calvin's Geneva and the French Reformed connection to the Scottish Covenanters, the English civil wars, John Witherspoon, the American founding, the 1788 revision of the Westminster Confession, and contemporary debates over Christian nationalism. Along the way, Hart helps us see how questions of church government, civil authority, establishment, liberty, and public memory are bound up with the church's confession that Christ alone is head of his church.
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Chapters
0:00 Introduction and the road to episode 1,000
2:00 Protestants and Patriots and the Presbyterian question
3:10 The project's origins and teaching the big picture
5:12 Calvin's ecclesiastical ordinances and Presbyterian polity
7:26 Was the American Revolution a Presbyterian revolution?
10:12 Lumpers, splitters, and Presbyterian identity
11:09 Reformed and Presbyterian: why the names matter
15:01 Presbyterians, nationalism, and the godly society
16:12 Covenanters, national covenanting, and regicide
19:31 Geneva, exiles, and the French connection
22:26 The true Presbyterian revolutionary moment: the 1630s and 1640s
24:21 Why Scotland became a Presbyterian laboratory
28:29 Why England and Scotland became Reformed rather than Lutheran
30:52 What did Presbyterians want? Church independence and state support
34:43 The Glorious Revolution, moderation, and establishment compromises
39:15 Regium donum, Canada, Ireland, and voluntary giving
42:34 John Witherspoon and Presbyterian moderation in the American founding
48:16 Revising Westminster Confession chapter 23
55:30 American Heretics, Two Sons of Oil, and anti-liberal Presbyterianism
60:30 Further conversations and Protestants and Patriots
65:05 Independence Hall, historic preservation, and public memory
70:07 Conclusion
Resources mentioned
Protestants and Patriots: Presbyterians in the Age of Revolution by D. G. Hart
University of Notre Dame Press interview with D. G. Hart
American Heretics by Jerome Copulsky
Two Sons of Oil by Samuel B. Wylie
Independence National Historical Park
Participants: Camden Bucey, Darryl G. Hart

This is the seventh lesson in Dr. James J. Cassidy's Reformed Academy course, The Gospel of John: A Study in the Truth. This lesson covers the following topics:
00:00 Jesus Prays as the True High Priest
03:13 Jesus Prays for His Own Glorification
06:56 Jesus Prays for the Preservation of the Elect Based on the Pactum Salutis
24:26 Jesus Prays for the Church's Sanctification
27:13 Jesus Prays for the Church's Unity
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We welcome Matthew Adams, senior pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Dillon, South Carolina, to discuss his book Act Like a Man: Understanding the Biblical Call to Masculinity, published by Christian Focus. Adams argues for a vision of manhood grounded in Scripture and formed by the Holy Spirit rather than by cultural capitulation, reactionary posturing, or online personality-driven models of masculinity.
The conversation considers why the doctrine of Scripture and the work of the Spirit must come before any faithful account of biblical masculinity. Adams unfolds five marks of manhood—righteous living, sacrificial love, dependent leadership, courageous zeal, and humble servanthood—using David's life as both a positive and negative example that ultimately points to Christ. The episode also addresses contemporary challenges in the church, the need for fathers and elders to disciple younger men, and the importance of presence, faithfulness, and generational responsibility in the home and covenant community.
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Resources mentioned
Act Like a Man: Understanding the Biblical Call to Masculinity by Matthew Adams
Christian Focus Publications
Reformed Forum Events
Reformed Academy
Participants: Camden Bucey, Matthew Adams

This is the sixth lesson in Dr. James J. Cassidy's Reformed Academy course, The Gospel of John: A Study in the Truth. This lesson covers the following topics:
00:00 Faithful Witness under Persecution
03:24 The Disciples' Sorrow and Jesus's Provision
08:01 Pentecost and the Giving of the Spirit
11:13 The Church's Witness and the Spirit's Work of Conviction
18:28 The Inspired and Infallible Word of God
23:49 Sorrow Turned to Joy
Register for this free on-demand course on our website to track your progress and assess your understanding through quizzes for each lesson. You will also receive free access to dozens of additional video courses in covenant theology, apologetics, biblical studies, church history, and more: https://reformedacademy.org/course/gospel-of-john-a-study-in-the-truth-chapters-11-21
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