Skinner, Thomas H. Disbelieving the Atonement a rejection of the Gospel. A Sermon, preached in the Chapel of the Theological Seminary, Andover, Sept. 8, 1833, on First Cor. I. XVIII. Andover: Flagg, Gould and Newman, 1833. First Edition. [11414]
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The text is "The preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God." The author takes a few verses previous in combination with this one, and posits the following points:
1.The chief business of the christian ministry is preaching.
2. Evangelical preaching, is the preaching of the cross.
3. The preaching of the cross is very differently esteemed by different classes of persons.
4. The eternal destinies of men depend upon their estimates of the preaching of the cross.
Thomas H. Skinner (1791-1871), born in North Carolina and graduated at Princeton in 1809. He became co-pastor with Dr. Janeway in the Second Church, Philadelphia. Skinner adopted New School views, which led to his separation from Janeway in 1816, when he became the pastor of the Fifth Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia. In 1832 he accepted the call as professor of Sacred Theology in Andover, in 1835 returned to the pastorate at Mercer Street Church, New York, where he labored for 13 years. He then became professor of Sacred Theology in Union Theological Seminary, New York City.
