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On Saturday, October 31, 2020, Dr. Darryl G. Hart delivered lecture 3 at the DFW Reformation Conference 2020. 

Lecture 3: Machen and Evangelicalism. Ways Machen’s legacy influenced American Protestantism after his death in 1937.

Dr. Darryl G. Hart is the Distinguished Associate Professor of History at Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan. After earning his BA in film at Temple University, he earned his MAR in Church History at Westminster Theological Seminary, his MTS in US Religious History at Harvard, and his MA and Ph.D. in US History from Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Hart is the definitive scholar on the life of J. Gresham Machen, authoring Defending the Faith: J. Gresham Machen and the Crisis of Conservative Protestantism in Modern America (2003), along with Between the Times: the Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Transition, 1945-1990 (2011), and Calvinism: A History (2013), among numerous other books on the history of the church, Reformed worship, Evangelicalism and politics. He is an elder at Hillsdale OPC.

On Saturday, October 31, 2020, Dr. Darryl G. Hart delivered lecture 2 of the 2020 DFW Reformation Conference.

Lecture 2: Machen and Mainline Protestantism. Machen’s critique of Protestant liberalism and the controversy that led to the founding of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church.

Dr. Darryl G. Hart is the Distinguished Associate Professor of History at Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan. After earning his BA in film at Temple University, he earned his MAR in Church History at Westminster Theological Seminary, his MTS in US Religious History at Harvard, and his MA and Ph.D. in US History from Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Hart is the definitive scholar on the life of J. Gresham Machen, authoring Defending the Faith: J. Gresham Machen and the Crisis of Conservative Protestantism in Modern America (2003), along with Between the Times: the Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Transition, 1945-1990 (2011), and Calvinism: A History (2013), among numerous other books on the history of the church, Reformed worship, Evangelicalism and politics. He is an elder at Hillsdale OPC.

On Friday, October 30, 2020, Dr. Darryl G. Hart delivered lecture 1 of the 2020 DFW Reformation Conference. 

Lecture 1: Machen and Old School Presbyterianism -- An overview of Machen’s life, connecting him to nineteenth-century Presbyterian history.

Dr. Darryl G. Hart is the Distinguished Associate Professor of History at Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan. After earning his BA in film at Temple University, he earned his MAR in Church History at Westminster Theological Seminary, his MTS in US Religious History at Harvard, and his MA and Ph.D. in US History from Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Hart is the definitive scholar on the life of J. Gresham Machen, authoring Defending the Faith: J. Gresham Machen and the Crisis of Conservative Protestantism in Modern America (2003), along with Between the Times: the Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Transition, 1945-1990 (2011), and Calvinism: A History (2013), among numerous other books on the history of the church, Reformed worship, Evangelicalism and politics. He is an elder at Hillsdale OPC.

On Sunday, October 25, 2020, Pastor Joe Troutman preached "God's Kingdom, Or Mine?" from 1 Samuel 20:24-42.  

"The Son of Jesse, who is David's greater Son, establishes his Kingdom by calling sinners out of the kingdom of darkness and into the Kingdom of light."  

1. A Seat at the Table (vs. 24-29) 

2. Test Time (vs. 30-34)

 3. The Kingdom to Come (vs. 35-42)

On Sunday, October 25, 2020, Rev. Robert Mossotti continued his series on Dispensationalism with a lesson on "The Tents of David" from Amos 9:11-12 and Acts 15.

On Sunday, October 18, 2020, Pastor Joe Troutman preached "Remember Jesus Christ" from 2 Timothy 2:8-13.

"Jesus Christ is worthy of remembrance because he has been raised from death for the salvation of his people."

1. Remember Jesus Christ (vs. 8-10)

2. A Trustworthy Saying (vs. 11-13)

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On Sunday, October 18, 2020, Rev. Robert Mossotti continued his Sunday School series on Dispensationalism. 

"For though your people Israel be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will return. Destruction is decreed, overflowing with righteousness." (Isaiah 10:22)

"And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: 'Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will be saved...'" (Romans 9:27)

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On Sunday, October 11, 2020, Rev. John Shaw, General Secretary of the Committee on Home Missions and Church Extension, preached "The Christian's One Thing" from Psalm 27.

The 27th psalm is . . . 

We see the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ . . .

On Sunday, October 11, 2020, Rev. Robert Mossotti continued his series on Dispensationalism.

Gentile inclusion among God's chosen fulfills Old Testament prophecies of the Israelites' return to the promised land. 

Scriptures treated: 

On Sunday, October 4, 2020, Pastor Joe Troutman preached "All the Promises" from 1 Samuel 20:1-23.

"Just as with David and Jonathan, God's covenant with us is irrevocable, and binds us to himself, no matter how severely tested."

1. David's Dilemma (vs. 1-11)

2. Continuing the Covenant (vs. 12-17)

3. Producing the Plan (18-23)