In the last chapter Machen showed how liberalism departs from important presupposition about the message of the gospel and thus from the message itself. It’s because of this that he can make the claim that liberalism, more foundationally, departs from the Bible because the “message has come to us through the Bible” (p. 59). Here …
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Christianity and Liberalism, part 4
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William Carey at 250
Posted Aug 21st, 2011 By Dean in Missions News Blog With | No CommentsThis past week marked the 250th anniversary of the birth of William Carey, often called “The Father of Modern Missions”. A very nice blog post by Timothy George at the Gospel Coalition is found here, which starts Earlier this week, William Carey’s 250th birthday arrived. Born on August 17, 1761, he was the son of a …
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Christianity and Liberalism, part 3
Posted Aug 12th, 2011 By Brian in Pastor Brian's Blog With | 1 CommentBy the end of chapter two of Christianity and Liberalism the reader is not left wondering what the author really thinks of liberalism. “The chief modern rival of Christianity is “liberalism.”” (p. 45). Perhaps even more striking is not what the author deduces the enemy of true Christianity to be, but its friends. This chapter …
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Christianity and Liberalism, part 2
Posted Aug 12th, 2011 By Brian in Pastor Brian's Blog With | No CommentsWriting during the fundamentalist-modernist controversy of the 1920’s, Machen said the purpose of his book was not to “decide the religious issues of the present day, but merely to present the issue as sharply and clearly as possible” (p. 1). Already on this first page of the book the author is signaling the polemic waters …
