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Toward a Sure Faith

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Toward a Sure Faith:

J. Gresham Machan and The Dilema of Biblical Criticism

Terry Chrisope


Pages: 240
Trim: Large trade paperback
Isbn: 1857924398
Isbn 13: 9781857924398
UPC: TSF4398
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Imprint: Mentor
Category: Theology & Doctrine > Doctrine > Historical Theology

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J. Gresham Machen is one of the pivotal figures of modern theological thought. He was involved in many major theological battles, holding the line until he had to leave his seminary and denomination, but at no time being a close-minded obscurantist.

As David Calhoun says in his foreword 'with his rigorous methodology and his complete honesty, Machen in no way contributed to "the scandal of the evangelical mind". Machen was a thinker and a first rate theologian - but he carried his conclusions further than most would dare.

Previous biographies of Machen have tended to emphasise the disputes he was involved in and ignore his early intellectual development that led him to take the positions he did. Previous biographical attempts have tended to stereotype him as a fundamentalist (an identification which he himself generally rejected) and therefore fail to seriously consider Machen in his own terms and in the context of the broader intellectual currents of his day.


About Terry Chrisope

Professor at Missouri Baptist College, St Louis, Missouri


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"In the last decade J. Gresham Machen has attracted the attention, and gained the appreciation, of even some Roman Catholic and main-line Protestant writers. Terry Chrisope’s excellent study of Machen as a New Testament scholar adds another dimension to the understanding of this conservative theologian of the early 20th century who yet speaks into the post-modern culture of the 21st century. Machen upheld principles that still serve well the Christian faith more than two generations after his death in 1937."

William S. Barker, Professor of Church History. Westminster Theological Seminary


"To follow Terry Chrisope as he follows Machen is not only a valuable exercise in historical study but a strengthening of one's faith in God's Word... Dr. Chrisope skilfully weaves in much valuable information about Machen and his times."

David B. Calhoun, author of a major history of Princeton Seminary


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