J. Gresham Machen: Where He Died Is Important
Machen gave up not just the wealth and opportunity his elite family afforded but the privileged life of a Princeton scholar.
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Machen gave up not just the wealth and opportunity his elite family afforded but the privileged life of a Princeton scholar.
John Bunyan’s ‘Pilgrim’s Progress’ continues to speak profoundly to sinners on the way, and most especially to the Christian seeking a Heavenly City.
‘All that you’ve been doing so far has been preparing you to be faithful in this—to show the world that a Christian can suffer well before this audience he’s given you.’
In his ministry, Bavinck demonstrated that Christianity can engage any culture, any philosophy, and any time period because the gospel subverts and fulfills the desires of the human heart.
For a while, it looked like the church-planting party was over. Numbers from the past few years tell us it’s not.