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Papers by Jack Whytock
BRILL eBooks, Dec 3, 2021
Historical papers, 1999
In Maritime early nineteenth-century education, literature and church life there is one who tower... more In Maritime early nineteenth-century education, literature and church life there is one who towers above all other Presbyterians-Thomas McCulloch. A host of studies have been done on McCulloch explaining several aspects of his varied and energetic life. 1 It is certain that more studies will continue to emerge and be welcomed. This paper is an effort to explore one neglected aspect of Thomas McCulloch, namely his friendship with William McGavin and their relationship concerning matters of a transatlantic literary/religious nature. Because little is known of their friendship, this paper begins by establishing certain biographical matters. Attention will also be given to McGavin's letters to McCulloch which are invaluable for McCulloch studies. Brief compass will be made here to the letters and Roman Catholic polemics. Then the paper will proceed to examine parallel religious and moral literary themes in McGavin and McCulloch. Finally, the Covenanter ideal will be examined in each, and this examination will point to a web of Scottish writers.
Unfortunately, while it may be quaintly discussed, little contemporary relevance is found. There ... more Unfortunately, while it may be quaintly discussed, little contemporary relevance is found. There was a day, however, when such a title was appropriate. That was during the time of Rev. John Geddie and his contemporaries. My purpose in this lecture is to use Geddie as the central thread for all which follows while allowing several important missiological matters to be raised in the course of what otherwise might be viewed as a biographical lecture. The study will commence with the theme of the preparation both of the man and of denominational structures for mission. The second aspect of such preparation rarely receives attention. From here we will proceed to the call of Christ to the islands; then to Geddie‘s methods and his perspective on conversion – faith and practice. We will conclude by addressing final applications and contemporary challenges. 1 I am uncertain who actually first coined this phrase, ―The Cradle of Missions‖, in reference to Prince Edward Island. The Island is so...
Purpose: The purposes of this our second, monthly, winter Haddington House lecture are several. F... more Purpose: The purposes of this our second, monthly, winter Haddington House lecture are several. First, tonight we want to promote the serious study of the Word of God – the scriptures. To that end we want to introduce or to become better acquainted with select evangelical interpreters who have stood the test of time. In addition to this overarching purpose I offer also the following: to help with guidance for your personal library acquisitions; to give some guidance in the vast field of biblical interpreters; to help you in your studies, preaching and writing by giving signposts to library usage; and to encourage you to see the faithful workers who have served their generation and laboured well. Each generation can be blessed by taking a few hours of study on the heritage of evangelical biblical interpreters. Most will cite Spurgeon‟s two masterful lectures in the nineteenth century which eventually became his Commenting on Commentaries. 2 Spurgeon is not alone in that practice; in ...
What follows is a thematic lecture on homiletics, or what we more popularly simply call preaching... more What follows is a thematic lecture on homiletics, or what we more popularly simply call preaching. I have focused upon certain statements contained in the Westminster Standards to mine them for their advice on preaching. It is not exhaustive as there is much more in these Standards concerning preaching than can be given in one lecture. However, I continue to be struck by the excellent counsel which can be obtained from these historic Puritan documents as they relate to preaching. My desire is not to live in the 1640‟s but to allow the wisdom of those who have gone before to interact in a relevant fashion with us today. My goal is that this should be of use to every preacher and conversely also to listeners. I advised the class who first heard this that this was to be their grid for undertaking self-evaluation of every sermon 1 The following article first began as a lecture on August 8, 2005 at the
I want to preface this article by saying that I have personally tried to implement what we are go... more I want to preface this article by saying that I have personally tried to implement what we are going to study, but I feel that I have only begun, because I think it is a subject that takes the Christian all his or her life to come to grips with. But in saying that I also want to make another point. The subject of the call to Christian meditation in the Bible is something that I have become increasingly impassioned about, and especially for the development of Christian leadership. I think part of the reason we have a crisis in Christian leadership is because we are not training leaders in the old biblical art of meditation. I hope by the end of our study you, too, will see the truth of that. Introduction: Prejudices Against the Practice of Meditation I want to begin with a word of honesty. I think most of us have some very negative prejudices against the subject of meditation. I think we need to be honest about that. I have identified five prejudices that I see I have had in the past...
Each issue of the Haddington House Journal includes one article highlighting foreign missions act... more Each issue of the Haddington House Journal includes one article highlighting foreign missions activity. These articles are written more in a journalistic news fashion. In October, 2004, Dr. Whytock traveled to Pakistan to preach at the 71 st annual Sahiwal Convention and to teach at a Pastors’ Retreat. Along with this report on Pakistan, we have appended a separate article. It is a biographical sketch of one of the most significant yet much neglected missionaries to this part of the world, Isidor Loewenthal.
Historical studies on Calvinistic Methodism in eighteenth-century Canada are rare, as the focus h... more Historical studies on Calvinistic Methodism in eighteenth-century Canada are rare, as the focus has generally been on Wesleyan Methodism. This paper will focus primarily on Calvinistic Methodism as it relates to eighteenth-century Nova Scotia. Because it is the first of four such studies on Calvinistic Methodism in Canada I must begin a step back in order to give attention to the two chief figures in Calvinistic Methodism-George Whitefield and Selina the Countess of Huntingdon-and to make the necessary connections to Nova Scotia. I begin by asking the questions "Is there a relationship between George Whitefield and Nova Scotia" and "What of the connection between Selina, the Countess of Huntingdon and Nova Scotia"? We know that Whitefield prayed for troops going to Cape Breton, Nova Scotia to fight what many viewed as a Protestant versus Papist battle at Louisbourg. 2 We also know that Whitefield twice proposed a preaching tour further North into Nova Scotia, Cape Breton, Quebec, and Montreal, yet died not seeing his dream become a reality. 3 Rather, the focus here between Whitefield and Nova Scotia lies elsewhere. The second question posed above concerns the identity of this "Mother of Israel." She was Selina, Countess of Huntingdon, born Lady Selina Shirley, the daughter of an Earl and a relative of George Washington. Selina had married the Earl of Huntingdon, hence acquiring the title, Countess of Huntingdon, yet "a Mother of Israel" was the name Whitefield applied to her. I begin with an overview of biographical details on George Whitefield and Selina, the Countess of Huntingdon before developing
53 JSSAC | JSÉAC 39 > N 2 > 2014 > 53-64 This paper will endeavour to explore the relati... more 53 JSSAC | JSÉAC 39 > N 2 > 2014 > 53-64 This paper will endeavour to explore the relationship of public liturgy and the use of space in one specific ecclesiastical tradition, the post-Reformation Scottish Reformed Church, and particularly apply this to Prince Edward Island with brief reference to the larger global context. The paper contends that this liturgical practice issued in spacial design between c. 1560 and c. 1860 that was unique and often not fully recognized in church architecture.
I want to preface this article by saying that I have personally tried to implement what we are go... more I want to preface this article by saying that I have personally tried to implement what we are going to study, but I feel that I have only begun, because I think it is a subject that takes the Christian all his or her life to come to grips with. But in saying that I also want to make another point. The subject of the call to Christian meditation in the Bible is something that I have become increasingly impassioned about, and especially for the development of Christian leadership. I think part of the reason we have a crisis in Christian leadership is because we are not training leaders in the old biblical art of meditation. I hope by the end of our study you, too, will see the truth of that.
In die Skriflig/In Luce Verbi, Apr 24, 2018
Presbyterian Record, Apr 1, 2009
The Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization, 2011
The Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization, 2011
The Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization, 2011
The Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization, 2011
The Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization, 2011
The Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization, 2011
BRILL eBooks, Dec 3, 2021
Historical papers, 1999
In Maritime early nineteenth-century education, literature and church life there is one who tower... more In Maritime early nineteenth-century education, literature and church life there is one who towers above all other Presbyterians-Thomas McCulloch. A host of studies have been done on McCulloch explaining several aspects of his varied and energetic life. 1 It is certain that more studies will continue to emerge and be welcomed. This paper is an effort to explore one neglected aspect of Thomas McCulloch, namely his friendship with William McGavin and their relationship concerning matters of a transatlantic literary/religious nature. Because little is known of their friendship, this paper begins by establishing certain biographical matters. Attention will also be given to McGavin's letters to McCulloch which are invaluable for McCulloch studies. Brief compass will be made here to the letters and Roman Catholic polemics. Then the paper will proceed to examine parallel religious and moral literary themes in McGavin and McCulloch. Finally, the Covenanter ideal will be examined in each, and this examination will point to a web of Scottish writers.
Unfortunately, while it may be quaintly discussed, little contemporary relevance is found. There ... more Unfortunately, while it may be quaintly discussed, little contemporary relevance is found. There was a day, however, when such a title was appropriate. That was during the time of Rev. John Geddie and his contemporaries. My purpose in this lecture is to use Geddie as the central thread for all which follows while allowing several important missiological matters to be raised in the course of what otherwise might be viewed as a biographical lecture. The study will commence with the theme of the preparation both of the man and of denominational structures for mission. The second aspect of such preparation rarely receives attention. From here we will proceed to the call of Christ to the islands; then to Geddie‘s methods and his perspective on conversion – faith and practice. We will conclude by addressing final applications and contemporary challenges. 1 I am uncertain who actually first coined this phrase, ―The Cradle of Missions‖, in reference to Prince Edward Island. The Island is so...
Purpose: The purposes of this our second, monthly, winter Haddington House lecture are several. F... more Purpose: The purposes of this our second, monthly, winter Haddington House lecture are several. First, tonight we want to promote the serious study of the Word of God – the scriptures. To that end we want to introduce or to become better acquainted with select evangelical interpreters who have stood the test of time. In addition to this overarching purpose I offer also the following: to help with guidance for your personal library acquisitions; to give some guidance in the vast field of biblical interpreters; to help you in your studies, preaching and writing by giving signposts to library usage; and to encourage you to see the faithful workers who have served their generation and laboured well. Each generation can be blessed by taking a few hours of study on the heritage of evangelical biblical interpreters. Most will cite Spurgeon‟s two masterful lectures in the nineteenth century which eventually became his Commenting on Commentaries. 2 Spurgeon is not alone in that practice; in ...
What follows is a thematic lecture on homiletics, or what we more popularly simply call preaching... more What follows is a thematic lecture on homiletics, or what we more popularly simply call preaching. I have focused upon certain statements contained in the Westminster Standards to mine them for their advice on preaching. It is not exhaustive as there is much more in these Standards concerning preaching than can be given in one lecture. However, I continue to be struck by the excellent counsel which can be obtained from these historic Puritan documents as they relate to preaching. My desire is not to live in the 1640‟s but to allow the wisdom of those who have gone before to interact in a relevant fashion with us today. My goal is that this should be of use to every preacher and conversely also to listeners. I advised the class who first heard this that this was to be their grid for undertaking self-evaluation of every sermon 1 The following article first began as a lecture on August 8, 2005 at the
I want to preface this article by saying that I have personally tried to implement what we are go... more I want to preface this article by saying that I have personally tried to implement what we are going to study, but I feel that I have only begun, because I think it is a subject that takes the Christian all his or her life to come to grips with. But in saying that I also want to make another point. The subject of the call to Christian meditation in the Bible is something that I have become increasingly impassioned about, and especially for the development of Christian leadership. I think part of the reason we have a crisis in Christian leadership is because we are not training leaders in the old biblical art of meditation. I hope by the end of our study you, too, will see the truth of that. Introduction: Prejudices Against the Practice of Meditation I want to begin with a word of honesty. I think most of us have some very negative prejudices against the subject of meditation. I think we need to be honest about that. I have identified five prejudices that I see I have had in the past...
Each issue of the Haddington House Journal includes one article highlighting foreign missions act... more Each issue of the Haddington House Journal includes one article highlighting foreign missions activity. These articles are written more in a journalistic news fashion. In October, 2004, Dr. Whytock traveled to Pakistan to preach at the 71 st annual Sahiwal Convention and to teach at a Pastors’ Retreat. Along with this report on Pakistan, we have appended a separate article. It is a biographical sketch of one of the most significant yet much neglected missionaries to this part of the world, Isidor Loewenthal.
Historical studies on Calvinistic Methodism in eighteenth-century Canada are rare, as the focus h... more Historical studies on Calvinistic Methodism in eighteenth-century Canada are rare, as the focus has generally been on Wesleyan Methodism. This paper will focus primarily on Calvinistic Methodism as it relates to eighteenth-century Nova Scotia. Because it is the first of four such studies on Calvinistic Methodism in Canada I must begin a step back in order to give attention to the two chief figures in Calvinistic Methodism-George Whitefield and Selina the Countess of Huntingdon-and to make the necessary connections to Nova Scotia. I begin by asking the questions "Is there a relationship between George Whitefield and Nova Scotia" and "What of the connection between Selina, the Countess of Huntingdon and Nova Scotia"? We know that Whitefield prayed for troops going to Cape Breton, Nova Scotia to fight what many viewed as a Protestant versus Papist battle at Louisbourg. 2 We also know that Whitefield twice proposed a preaching tour further North into Nova Scotia, Cape Breton, Quebec, and Montreal, yet died not seeing his dream become a reality. 3 Rather, the focus here between Whitefield and Nova Scotia lies elsewhere. The second question posed above concerns the identity of this "Mother of Israel." She was Selina, Countess of Huntingdon, born Lady Selina Shirley, the daughter of an Earl and a relative of George Washington. Selina had married the Earl of Huntingdon, hence acquiring the title, Countess of Huntingdon, yet "a Mother of Israel" was the name Whitefield applied to her. I begin with an overview of biographical details on George Whitefield and Selina, the Countess of Huntingdon before developing
53 JSSAC | JSÉAC 39 > N 2 > 2014 > 53-64 This paper will endeavour to explore the relati... more 53 JSSAC | JSÉAC 39 > N 2 > 2014 > 53-64 This paper will endeavour to explore the relationship of public liturgy and the use of space in one specific ecclesiastical tradition, the post-Reformation Scottish Reformed Church, and particularly apply this to Prince Edward Island with brief reference to the larger global context. The paper contends that this liturgical practice issued in spacial design between c. 1560 and c. 1860 that was unique and often not fully recognized in church architecture.
I want to preface this article by saying that I have personally tried to implement what we are go... more I want to preface this article by saying that I have personally tried to implement what we are going to study, but I feel that I have only begun, because I think it is a subject that takes the Christian all his or her life to come to grips with. But in saying that I also want to make another point. The subject of the call to Christian meditation in the Bible is something that I have become increasingly impassioned about, and especially for the development of Christian leadership. I think part of the reason we have a crisis in Christian leadership is because we are not training leaders in the old biblical art of meditation. I hope by the end of our study you, too, will see the truth of that.
In die Skriflig/In Luce Verbi, Apr 24, 2018
Presbyterian Record, Apr 1, 2009
The Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization, 2011
The Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization, 2011
The Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization, 2011
The Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization, 2011
The Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization, 2011
The Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization, 2011