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Preacher, Teacher, and Founder: On Princeton's famous President, John Witherspoon
Madison’s Notes is back and with a new host, Ryan Shinkel.
In this episode to start off Season 5, I interview Dr. Kevin DeYoung, a popular author, Presbyterian pastor, as well as noted theologian and historian. Drawing on DeYoung’ book, The Religious Formation of John Witherspoon (2020), we dive into Witherspoon’s fascinating life as a Scottish preacher and Reformed apologist who became the president of Princeton University, one of America’s Founding Fathers and signers of the Declaration of Independence, and a teacher and mentor to James Madison.
We examine the place Witherspoon takes in the…
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