Machen

Princeton Seminary Catches Up With Machen On Segregation?

by R. Scott Clark on August 20, 2021 1 Comment

Almost three years ago there was a controversy over the disclosure and publication of Machen’s hitherto unpublished letter to his mother in which he mentioned his objection to B. B. Warfield over the latter’s plan to integrate the seminary’s dormitory. Predictably, Machen was denounced by social progressives. They might have spoken too soon, however, since apparently PTS has come to agree with Machen in principle and practice. Continue reading →

Good Guys, Bad Guys, And A Missing Category

by on October 1, 2021 | 11 Comments

The largest NAPARC denomination, the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) is in the throes of an identity crisis. Founded by Southern Presbyterians and emerging out of the old PCUS (the Southern version of the Presbyterian mainline) it has always been more more broadly . . . Continue reading →

The Theologically Liberal Empire Strikes Back

by on October 20, 2021 | 1 Comment

In 1923 J. Gresham Machen (1881–1937) published his incisive and devastating critique of theological liberalism, Christianity and Liberalism. At the outset let me emphasize that we are discussing theological liberalism. There are other uses of the word liberalism, e.g., “classical liberalism” refers to . . . Continue reading →

Machen’s Private Racism And Contemporary Public Segregationism

by on January 13, 2022 | 15 Comments

Andrew Bertodatti and Rasool Berry, two pastors in New York City, have written a lengthy critique of a new book by Owen Strachan. My interest in this essay is not to engage with Strachan’s book, which I have not read, nor to . . . Continue reading →

Teraz po polsku (Now In Polish) The Westminster Confession and Christianity & Liberalism

by on November 16, 2022

The Reformed theology, piety, and practice is a global phenomenon. Continue reading →