When one recalls the family ties dating back to Baltimore days and the pleasant contacts of Machen’s early years at Princeton, the violence of van Dyke’s attack is rather overwhelming. These considerations only serve to point up, however, the thoroughness of van . . . Continue reading →
Machen
Defenders Of Orthodoxy Are Always Castigated As Mean
As early as 1925, Machenism was a codeword for BIG FAT CHURCH MEANIE-PANTS EXTRORDINAIRE . . . only two years after Christianity and Liberalism was published. It would seem that purveyors of clear and punchy polemic have never gone unpunished in the parlors of the . . . Continue reading →
Of Militants And Moderates
Darryl Hart (as always) has a provocative (in the best sense) article at Old Life.1 His use of the categories “militants” and “moderates” is very useful and helpful. To anticipate a criticism: yes, Reformed people can sometimes be jerks.2 Neither Darryl nor . . . Continue reading →
Machen Rejected Sunday Football But Not On Theocratic Grounds
Machen wrote a letter to a notable politician on April 20, 1933. Just as he saw what was coming with fascism in the 1930s in Europe, so Machen saw the encroaching menace of the National Football League, which held its first championship . . . Continue reading →
Machen On Liberty
In all controversy, however, the great principle of liberty should be preserved. I am old-fashioned in my belief that the Bible is true, but I am equally old-fashioned in my love of freedom. I am opposed to the attack on freedom in whatever . . . Continue reading →
Review: Fundamentalists in the Public Square: Did Fundamentalists Retreat After the 1925 Scopes Trial? By Madison Trammel
As someone who spends a lot of time in the online world, reading a work with a clearly defined goal and supported by real research the author did themselves is unusually refreshing. For that reason alone, I would give this book five . . . Continue reading →
Machen’s Meals
100 years have passed since the publication of J. Gresham Machen’s classic polemic-apologetic book Christianity and Liberalism. The world has changed a lot in the intervening century. The Protestant churches certainly look different, with the mainline (in and for which Machen fought) hurtling . . . Continue reading →
Heidelminicast: Machen On Christianity & Liberalism (81)
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Heidelminicast: Machen On Christianity & Liberalism (80)
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Heidelminicast: Machen On Christianity & Liberalism (79)
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Heidelminicast: Machen On Christianity & Liberalism (78)
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Heidelminicast: Machen On Christianity & Liberalism (77)
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Heidelminicast: Machen On Christianity & Liberalism (76)
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Heidelminicast: Machen On Christianity & Liberalism (75)
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Heidelminicast: Machen On Christianity & Liberalism (74)
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Heidelminicast: Machen On Christianity & Liberalism (73)
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Heidelminicast: Machen On Christianity & Liberalism (72)
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Heidelminicast: Machen On Christianity & Liberalism (71)
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Heidelminicast: Machen On Christianity & Liberalism (70)
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Heidelminicast: Machen On Christianity & Liberalism (69)
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