Machen, J. Gresham 1881-1937

John Gresham Machen (July 28, 1881 – January 1, 1937) was an American Presbyterian theologian in the early 20th century. He was the Professor of New Testament at Princeton Seminary between 1915 and 1929, and led a conservative revolt against modernist theology at Princeton and formed Westminster Theological Seminary as a more orthodox alternative. As the Northern Presbyterian Church continued to reject conservative attempts to enforce faithfulness to the Westminster Confession, Machen led a small group of conservatives out of the church to form the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. When the northern Presbyterian church (PCUSA) rejected his arguments during the mid-1920s and decided to reorganize Princeton Seminary to create a moderate school, Machen took the lead in founding Westminster Seminary in Philadelphia (1929) where he taught New Testament until his death. His continued opposition during the 1930s to liberalism in his denomination's foreign missions agencies led to the creation of a new organization, The Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions (1933). The trial, conviction and suspension from the ministry of Independent Board members, including Machen, in 1935 and 1936 provided the rationale for the formation in 1936 of the OPC.
Representative Books
The Origin of Paul's Religion (1921)
Christianity and Liberalism (1923)
New Testament Greek for Beginners (1923)
What is Faith? (1925)
The Virgin Birth of Christ (1930)
Christian Faith in the Modern World (1936)
The Christian View of Man (1937)
God Transcendent, edited by Ned B. Stonehouse (1949)
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AUDIO: J. Gresham Machen's Response to Modernism: A devotional biographical sketch by John Piper
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Christianity and Liberalism (1923)
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The Origin of Paul's Religion (1921)
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What is faith? [microform] (1925)
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Recent Criticism of the Book of Acts (1919)
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The Literature and History of New Testament Times (1915)
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Christianity & Culture (from the Princeton Theological, Volume 11, 1913
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Three Articles on Atonement from 1936 (Originally given as radio addresses.)
Article 1: - The Doctrine of the Atonement; Article 2 - The Active Obedience of Christ; Article 3 - The Bible and the Cross
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Jesus & Paul (from the Biblical and Theological Studies, 1912)
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History & Faith (from the Princeton Theological Review, Volume 13, 1915
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The Importance of Christian Scholarship
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The Resurrection of Christ
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Princeton Theological Seminary Digital Library:

Theology Today 53:2 (1996)
Defending the Faith: J. Gresham Machen and the Crisis of Conservative Protestantism in Modern America reviewed by A. J. McKelway

The Princeton Seminary Bulletin 11:1 (1990)
Understanding J. Gresham Machen by George Marsden

The Princeton Seminary Bulletin 2:2 (1979)
J. Gresham Machen: Apologist and Exegete by Cullen I K Story

The Princeton Theological Review (1927)
The Integrity of the Lucan Narrative of the Annunciation by J. Gresham Machen

The Princeton Theological Review (1926)
The Relation of Religion to Science and Philosophy by J. Gresham Machen

The Princeton Theological Review (1925)
The Modern Use of the Bible by J. Gresham Machen

The Princeton Theological Review (1924)
The God of the Early Christians by J. Gresham Machen

The Princeton Seminary Bulletin 17:3 (1923)
Recent Books by Dr. Machen

The Princeton Theological Review (1922)
Liberalism or Christianity by J. Gresham Machen

The Princeton Seminary Bulletin 15:4 (1921)
Dr. Machen's New Book

The Princeton Theological Review (1919)
Recent Criticism of the Book of Acts by J. Gresham Machen

The Princeton Theological Review (1915)
History and Faith by J. Gresham Machen

The Princeton Seminary Bulletin 8:1 (1914)
Professor Machen

The Princeton Theological Review (1913)
Christianity and Culture by J. Gresham Machen

The Princeton Theological Review (1912)
The Hymns of the First Chapter of Luke by J. Gresham Machen

The Princeton Theological Review (1912)
The Origin of the First Two Chapters of Luke by J. Gresham Machen

The Princeton Theological Review (1912)
The Virgin Birth in the Second Century by J. Gresham Machen

The Princeton Theological Review (1906)
II. The New Testament Account of the Birth of Jesus by J. Gresham Machen

The Princeton Theological Review (1905)
VI. The New Testament Account of the Birth of Jesus by J. Gresham Machen