When controversy and conflict showed up at Macon's door, he was going to face it,

and he was going to help the church come through it and help the church understand a more clear understanding of the gospel, and to help the church stand on conviction. 100 years ago in 1993, J Gresham Machen drew a line in the sand when he released his

classic book, Christianity and liberalism. And that line in the sand is clear

even just from the title of the book

what Machen is saying is liberalism is not Christianity.

You're listening to renewing your mind this Monday and I'm glad you're with us.

The Lord used Machen in significant ways and not just through his writing of Christianity

and liberalism, but I do want to mention that you can request a special

100th anniversary edition of that book with your donation of any amount at renewing her mind.

org.

Meachan navigated controversy and conflict to bring about clarity and conviction.

To help us better understand Machen and his significance in the 20th century, you'll be hearing messages this week from

Stephen Nichols new series on Machen and this classic book. We're picking up at a

discussion of Machen and the

19 30s

19 20s

and the 1930s

was for Macian a life of controversy and conflict.

And you could say, well, one thing

controversy and conflict brings is ulcers,

or maybe it is headaches but Macian would have you think a little bit

differently about what controversy in the church and what conflict in the

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