Welcome to Ulster Worldly, a blog about the history of Presbyterianism. Many of these stories come from my own family, many others come from my own denomination.

Tim Hopper
Raleigh, NC

Uncle Joe Hopper

The curious story of Uncle Joe Hopper, Presbyterian revivalist and untrained minster.

The curious story of Uncle Joe Hopper, Presbyterian revivalist and untrained minster.   Read More

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Hart on Machen (Audio)

Update: In September 2022, the Reformed Forum released an updated course on Machen taught by Dr. Hart.

In 2010, Dr. Darryl Hart (OPC assistant historian and Machen scholar) taught a Sunday school series at Glenside Presbyterian Church on J. Gresham Machen about J. Gresham Machen and the founding of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. Camden Bucey of the Reformed Forum kindly recorded the whole series for posterity.1

Here are the lectures:

  1. J. Gresham Machen: Fighter of the Good Fight
  2. What Prepared Machen to Fight?
  3. Machen and the Crisis of Western Civilization
  4. Ecumenism and Intolerance
  5. Liberalism, the Different Religion
  6. The Fight Against False Optimism
  7. The Fight Against Tyranny
  8. The Fight Against Liberalism: Foreign Missions
  9. The Fight Against Sentimentality
  10. The Basis on Which Machen Fought: The Bible
  11. Assessing Machen

Hart’s book on Machen, Defending the Faith: J. Gresham Machen and the Crisis of Conservative Protestantism in Modern America, is similarly excellent.

  1. The quality of the recording on the first couple of lectures is poor, but the improve over time. ↩︎

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Dunlaps of Kentucky

My grandfather's brief history of his mother's family, the Dunlaps of Kentucky.

My grandfather's brief history of his mother's family, the Dunlaps of Kentucky.   Read More

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More from Ulster Worldly.com

Below are links to several websites I have built “for building up the body of Christ”. If you have feedback, feel free to contact me.

— Tim Hopper

Other Websites

Read Machen

Guide to the writings of J. Gresham Machen, founder of Westminster Theological Seminary and early leader in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church.

Readings in the Reformed Diaconate

A collection of writings on the theology and practice of the office of diaconate (particularly in the context of Reformed churches).

Westminster Daily

A website to follow Dr. Joseph Pipa’s Calendar of Readings in the Westminster Standards.

Miscellanea

Collected quotes from my reading, mostly theological in nature.

For Building Up the Body of Christ

Collection of my personal writings and resources in theological and ecclesiastical matters.

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Timeline of the Presbyterian Conflict (1906-1939)

Learn More about the Presbyterian Conflict

There are a number of books where you can learn more about the presbyterian conflict, J. Gresham Machen, and the founding of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church.

Here are some excellent (and free) audio resources:

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Joseph Hopper

Memoir of the early life of Joseph Hopper (1982-1971), Southern Presbyterian missionary to Korea.

Memoir of the early life of Joseph Hopper (1982-1971), Southern Presbyterian missionary to Korea.   Read More

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