J. Gresham Machen
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 11 January 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
The early 20th century saw a growing skepticism of the Bible among many theologians. Today, W. Robert Godfrey introduces us to one man who stood against the tide of unbelief: J. Gresham Machen.
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Meet Today’s Teacher:
W. Robert Godfrey is a Ligonier Ministries teaching fellow and chairman of Ligonier Ministries. He is president emeritus and professor emeritus of church history at Westminster Seminary California. He is the featured teacher for many Ligonier teaching series, including the six-part series A Survey of Church History. He is author of many books, including God’s Pattern for Creation, Reformation Sketches, and An Unexpected Journey.
Meet the Host:
Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of ministry engagement for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, host of the Ask Ligonier podcast, and a graduate of Presbyterian Theological College in Melbourne, Australia. Nathan joined Ligonier in 2012 and lives in Central Florida with his wife and four children.
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| 0:00.0 | I think Dr. Machen really put his finger on something. |
| 0:03.5 | He said, those who want to change our church are not going out publicly and saying, |
| 0:07.9 | these are the changes we espouse. |
| 0:09.7 | What do you think of them? |
| 0:10.8 | They were working in the background. |
| 0:12.3 | They were working behind the scenes. |
| 0:14.6 | They were working in ways that most of the laity didn't observe in the life of the church. |
| 0:19.8 | And Dr. Machen thought there was a |
| 0:22.2 | dishonesty about that. |
| 0:29.2 | The 20th century, in many respects, contains the best and the worst of human history. |
| 0:35.2 | And a significant figure in the life of the church in the 20th century |
| 0:39.2 | was Jay Gresham-Machan. And he's the man you'll learn about today. Welcome to the Saturday edition |
| 0:46.0 | of Renewing Your Mind as we conclude our Saturday series dipping our toes into church history |
| 0:51.7 | from W. Robert Godfrey's monumental six-part study series. |
| 0:56.6 | If you have sought to build the complete collection, all six installments, today you can add |
| 1:02.0 | this final installment on the 20th century to your library when you give a donation of any amount |
| 1:07.9 | at renewingyourmind.org. Perhaps the name Machen is familiar to you. That could be |
| 1:14.8 | because 2023 marked the 100th anniversary of his watershed book, Christianity, and Liberalism. |
| 1:22.4 | And we featured teaching surrounding that book on Renewing Your Mind to mark the anniversary. |
| 1:28.0 | Well, today, Dr. Godfrey will consider what was happening leading up to that book's release |
| 1:32.9 | and what happened after. |
| 1:35.1 | Here's Dr. Godfrey. |
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