Machen On Whether The Gospel Is Life Or Announcement

by Casey Carmichael on January 26, 2008 |

From the beginning Christianity was certainly a life. But how was the life produced? It might conceivably have been produced by exhortation. That method had often been tried in the ancient world; in the Hellenistic age there were many wandering preachers who . . . Continue reading →

Your Weekly Machen Fix

by R. Scott Clark on September 1, 2008 |

Thanks to Dan.

The Social Crisis is Too Great to Be Arguing About…

by R. Scott Clark on September 2, 2008 |

Fill in the blank here. I can’t say how many times I’ve had emails or read comments to this effect. Often these earnest comments come from ostensible theological “conservatives” urging me and others to be more moderate on things such as justification. . . . Continue reading →

The Gospel in History

by R. Scott Clark on December 22, 2008 |

Your weekly Machen fix.

Was Jesus the First Christian?

by R. Scott Clark on January 11, 2009 |

The old liberals tried to make Jesus into a Christian—as the moralists have always done and continue to do. RESOURCES Subscribe To The Heidelblog! Download the HeidelApp on Apple App Store or Google Play The Heidelblog Resource Page Heidelmedia Resources The Ecumenical . . . Continue reading →

Machen: The Gospel As History

by R. Scott Clark on January 26, 2009 |

Dan has your weekly Machen fix.

How and Where Machen Spent his Parrothood

by R. Scott Clark on March 5, 2009 |

Of course there’s no such word as “Parrothood” properly but it get at what Machen said about his childhood education.

Machen's Memo to Christians in the Mainline

by R. Scott Clark on March 9, 2009 |

“Get out.” If things were bad enough to warrant separation from the mainline in 1935 how much more do circumstances warrant separation? Has the PCUSA become more or less faithful to the Word and to the Westminster Standards since 1935? To ask . . . Continue reading →

Machen: Reluctant Warrior

by R. Scott Clark on March 27, 2009 |

At GR.

Will Christianity Survive?

by R. Scott Clark on April 20, 2009 |

Machen from 1936.

Machen: All Tolerance is Not Equal

by R. Scott Clark on April 27, 2009 |

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.