Comments on: Machen’s Christianity and Liberalism

By: JUSTIN STEFFEN

JUSTIN STEFFEN — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 21:08:21 +0000

Could you link to Hart’s lectures on Machen? I couldn’t find them online.

Thanks!

By: Richard Lindberg

Richard Lindberg — Sun, 01 Sep 2019 01:27:51 +0000

My introduction to Christianity and Liberalism came in a rather ironic way. I was a student at Grand Rapids Baptist Theological Seminary in 1971-1972. Our seminary banquet that year was held at the Fountain Street Church, aka the liberal church. The door prize, or, at least, one of the prizes, was a copy of Machen’s book. To receive a copy of his book at a dinner in a church known as the liberal church seemed rather ironic. I have treasured his book since then and have read it several times. What he wrote in the 1920s is appropriate in this day as it was then.

By: AJ

AJ — Sat, 31 Aug 2019 16:32:50 +0000

In reply to AJ. ....against liberalization and above political motivations.

By: AJ

AJ — Sat, 31 Aug 2019 16:30:43 +0000

This is a great listen!

Here’s a blog post where I initially disagree with Dr. Hart regarding Machen and the Scopes trial, only to contradict myself and ultimately appreciate that Machen put first things first. I do believe that both IDers and biblical creations critique the science of evolution but Ken Ham types do dabble in Bible as science textbook rhetoric… https://www.renewamerica.com/columns/castellitto/190222

Anyway, I also found myself a bit torn and confused when I first familiarized myself with the FvsM debate as many of the fundamentalist points are foundational but theology and doctrine is even more so… which is why I’m Reformed.

Machen and his epic work C&L is vital and prophetic in his take on the preservation of truth, church, doctrine and theology above liberalization and political motivations.