Anthology
Back to John Gresham (J. Gresham) Machen

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J. Gresham Machen ‘was one of the most colourful and controversial figures of his time, and it is doubtful that in the ecclesiastical world of the twenties and thirties any religious leader was more constantly in the limelight’. Machen was a scholar, Professor at Princeton and Westminster Seminaries, church leader, apologist for biblical Christianity, and one of the most eloquent defenders of the faith in the twentieth century. God Transcendent is a collection of Machen’s addresses. It shows, perhaps more clearly than any of his books, why he was such a great man. In these messages, Machen expounds the greatness and glory of God, the wonder and power of the gospel and the exhilaration of serving Christ in the front line of spiritual warfare.They show why Machen fought so tenaciously for biblical truth against error: ‘It is impossible to be a true soldier of Jesus Christ and not fight’.

Publication

Date published
Nov 1, 1982
Print status
In print

The Physical Book

Binding
Paperback
Dust jacket
No
Total pages
208 pages
ISBN-13
9780851513553

Reference

Publisher page
View at publisher

Contents

  • Introduction
  • 1. God Transcendent
  • 2. Isaiah’s Scorn of Idolatry
  • 3. The Fear of God
  • 4. Sin’s Wages and God’s Gift
  • 5. The Issue in the Church
  • 6. The Letter and the Spirit
  • 7. The Brotherhood in Christ
  • 8. The Claims of Love
  • 9. The Living Saviour
  • 10. Justified by Faith
  • 11. The Gospel and Modern Substitutes
  • 12. The Separateness of the Church
  • 13. Prophets False and True
  • 14. The Good Fight of Faith
  • 15. Constraining Love
  • 16. The Creeds and Doctrinal Advance
  • 17. Christ Our Redeemer
  • 18. The Doctrine of the Atonement
  • 19. The Active Obedience of Christ
  • 20. The Bible and the Cross