You will have a battle, too, when you go forth as ministers into the church. The church is now in a period of deadly conflict. The redemptive religion known as Christianity is contending, in our own Presbyterian Church and in all the . . . Continue reading →
Machen
Shall We Be Satisfied Merely With “He Does Not Deny”?
Shall we be satisfied with preachers who merely ‘do not deny’ the Cross of Christ? God grant that such satisfaction may be broken down! The people are perishing under the ministrations of those who ‘do not deny’ the Cross of Christ. Surely . . . Continue reading →
J. Gresham Machen on Jaywalking and Civil Freedom: Watch This Video
J. Gresham Machen (1881–1936) was a scholar of the New Testament who taught at Princeton Theological Seminary. He, along with several others, left Princeton in 1929 to found Westminster Seminary. He was driven out of what is today known as the Presbyterian . . . Continue reading →
Machen Wasn’t Nice: Darryl Hart on the Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of Machen’s Warrior Children
Darryl Hart’s latest interview on Christ the Center is available now. He’s discussing his chapter in Always Reformed, “Make War No More? The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of J. Gresham Machen’s Warrior Children.” Don’t miss it. If you like this interview you’ll . . . Continue reading →
Lane is Reading Always Reformed
Lane writes: “In the time of Machen, and even afterward, Reformed folk generally approved of Machen’s fight against liberalism, although even there they were hesitant to adopt the same level of combativeness that Machen had.” Read more»
Office Hours: Machen in His Family Context
The latest episode of Office Hours is out via iTunes. In this episode, Dr Katherine VanDrunen, talks about her research into Machen’s family (the Greshams and the Machens) and how it contributed to his becoming a “Mr Valiant for Truth.” The interview tackled . . . Continue reading →
Christianity and Liberalism Revisited: Video Preview
2011 Westminster Seminary Conference: Christianity and Liberalism Revisited
Few figures have been as important to Reformed Christianity in North America as J. Gresham Machen. He faced many of the same challenges that we face now and he did so in a way that advanced the faith, he did so winsomely, . . . Continue reading →
Machen On Loving The Congregation
I know some preachers who are very good men, and very devoted to Christ, who seem somehow to let their Christianity make them cold and dead to all the movings of friendship. They do not outwardly lead the lives of hermits; on . . . Continue reading →
D. G. Hart and Parker Williamson to Speak in Omaha April 21-22
Our own Darryl Hart is a plenary speaker at a conference connected with the Presbyterian Layman to be held in Omaha April 21-22. Info is here. More info from the Layman. The confessional Reformed community in the lower midwest is not mighty . . . Continue reading →
New Audio: Darryl Hart on Machen and What Prepared Him to Fight
At OLTS.
Machen: The Church is Not the Rotary Club
Dan has the quotation at GR.
The Spirit of Machen
Has a home in what is perhaps an unexpected place. Update You can get your MWC paraphernalia here.
Machen on Mission
Thanks to WSC student Brenden Link for this bit from Dassie. More reasons we should all be Machen’s Warrior Children.
Machen's Non-Theocratic Case for Blue Laws
Darryl explains and has the letter at Old Life.
Machen: Isn't There Some Place?
Darryl has a great start to 2010.
Machen on the Responsibility of the Church
At GR
Machen on Examples
At Geneva Redux.
Machen: All Tolerance is Not Equal
It’s interesting that, in 1936, Machen saw the possibility that the mainline would come to “tolerate” confessionalists. Certainly the rhetoric of the liberals in ’36 suggested that possibility. He rejected, however, the mere toleration of confessionalism as one option among many.
Will Christianity Survive?
Machen from 1936.