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J. Gresham Machen
1881–1937
J. Gresham Machen. Princeton Seminary, then Westminster Theological Seminary (founded 1929). Christianity and Liberalism demonstrated that theological liberalism was a different religion altogether.
From Christianity and Liberalism
PREFACE On November 3, 1921, the author of the present book delivered before the Ruling Elders’ Association of Chester Presbytery an address which was subsequently published in The Princeton Theological Review, vol. xx, 1922, pp. 93- 117, under the title “Liberalism or Christianity.” The interest with which the published address was received has encouraged the author to undertake a more extensive presentation of the same subject. By courtesy of The Princeton Theological Review, free use has been made of the address, which may be regarded as the nucleus of the present book. Grateful acknowledgment is also due to the editor of The Presbyterian for kind permission to use various brief articles which were published in that journal. The principal divisions of the subject were originally suggested to the author by a conversation which he held in 1921 with the Rev. Paul Martin of Princeton, who has not, however, been consulted…
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Christianity and Liberalism 1923
Machen argues that liberal theology fundamentally contradicts historic Christianity and biblical faith.
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What is Faith? 1925
Machen examines the nature of faith, distinguishing true Christian belief from mere intellectual assent.
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