Brian DeJong speaks about his biography of Arthur Franklin Perkins, a Presbyterian minister serving in Merrill, Wisconsin in the 1920s and 1930s. For his bold stand for truth, and against error and unbelief, Perkins was persecuted and prosecuted by his own Presbytery. Leaving the PCUSA in 1936, he became a constituting member of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church and the convener and first moderator of its Presbytery of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan. After suffering a nervous breakdown, he died on December 29, 1936. This is his tragic and triumphant story about standing against tyranny in his day and age.

Links

• Purchase the book on Amazon
• Watch the promotional video for the book
• Standing against Tyranny Conference videos
• Brian DeJong, “A History of Presbyterianism in Wisconsin” (Christ the Center episode 788)

Chapters

• 00:07 Introduction
• 03:08 Resources on Machen
• 06:24 Presbyterians in Wisconsin
• 13:00 Introduction to Arthur Perkins
• 19:00 Crescent Lake Bible Camp
• 24:35 The Nature of Church Power
• 30:02 Correspondence with Machen
• 33:52 Community Presbyterian Church in Merrill, Wisconsin
• 37:16 Perkins’ Health and Eventual Death
• 43:09 How to Get a Copy
• 47:50 Conclusion

Participants: Brian DeJong, Camden Bucey

Brian DeJong explores the history of Presbyterianism in Wisconsin by focusing on several key figures in the development Presbyterian churches in the area.

In 1821, the Stockbridge Mohican Indians relocated to the Fox River area, just north of Appleton. These Indians had been under the Christian ministries of David Brainerd, Jonathan Edwards, and John Sergeant in Massachusetts. They eventually moved to the eastern shore of Lake Winnebago. The Rev. Jesse Miner came to minister among them in 1825. Later, Mr. Cutting Marsh served among them as well.

Rev. DeJong also describes the ministries of Rev. Moses Ordway and Stephen Peet in Green Bay and beyond and Peter Zonne in what is known today as Cedar Grove. Overall, we gain a sense of the pioneering mindset and strong commitment to missions and church planting among these early Wisconsin Presbyterians.

Links

• Henry Stephen Lucas, Netherlanders in America
• Robert P. Swierenga, Dutch Chicago: A History of the Hollanders in the Windy City
• Christ the Center episode 713, The Committee of Nine and Evangelicalism
• Stephen Peet, History of the Presbyterian and Congregational Churches and Ministers in Wisconsin
• Christ the Center episode 339, Dutch Immigration and American Presbyterianism
• Brian DeJong Sunday school lesson on Presbyterians in Wisconsin

Chapters

• 00:00:08 Introduction
• 00:05:01 Presbyterianism in Wisconsin
• 00:16:16 Edwards, Brainerd, and the Stockbridge Indian Tribe
• 00:26:20 Moses Ordway
• 00:35:57 Stephen Peet
• 00:44:58 Pieter Zonne
• 00:50:29 The OPC in Wisconsin
• 00:58:15 Takeaways from Studying Wisconsonites
• 01:06:57 Conclusion

Participants: Brian DeJong, Camden Bucey

Since Christ the Center began nearly twelve years ago, we have taken time to look back on the highlights of the year. Given that we now post highlights from each episode every week we have taken an analytic approach. These are this year’s top ten clips from Christ the Center as determined by YouTube views.

1. Episode 614 — Bracy Hill, Nimrod, the Mighty Hunter
2. Episode 600 — Glen Clary, Praying in Tongues
3. Episode 580 — Camden Bucey, Liberation Theology
4. Episode 603 — Cornelis Venema, Karl Barth and the Doctrine of Election
5. Episode 600 — Glen Clary, What Is Cessationism?
6. Episode 598 — Christopher Watkin, The Problem of the One and Many
7. Episode 603 — Cornelis Venema, Augustine and Pelagius
8. Episode 578 — Carl Trueman, Luther and Zwingli at Marburg
9. Episode 619 — Alan Strange and Brian DeJong, The Orthodox Presbyterian Church and the United Reformed Churches in North America
10. Episode 613 — Will Wood, Schools of Biblical Criticism

Participants: Alan Strange, Bracy Hill, Brian DeJong, Camden Bucey, Carl Trueman, Christopher Watkin, Cornelis Venema, Glen Clary, Will Wood

The Rev. Brian L. De Jong, pastor of Grace Presbyterian Church in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, joins Bob and Rob this week on Theology Simply Profound to discuss his new book, Honoring the Elderly: A Christian’s Duty to Aging Parents. Mr. De Jong explains the importance of thinking through difficult and complex issues related to how Christians are to honor their aging parents.

Participants: Brian DeJong, Rob McKenzie, Robert Tarullo