2.28 Michael A. G. Haykin • Reading • “John Gresham Machen, Defender of the Faith”

Machen knew that emptying Christianity of its historical claims would leave only a lifeless shell behind. True spiritual life is not opposed to history, but is produced by a God who acts in history.
Machen on the Bible: Reflections on Christianity and Liberalism Chapter 4 “The Bible” (Part 1)

Can a person receive the Bible as mostly true, but not true in every respect, as older German liberals alleged? Read Machen’s 100-year old “nein!”