Literature and History of New Testament Times-J. Gresham Machen (Part 2 of 2)

The Great Controversy · Nov 4, 2026 · 5h 21m

Literature and History of New Testament Times by J. Gresham Machen.

There is a tendency in the modern Church to neglect the study of Bible history. Such neglect will inevitably result in a loss of power. The gospel is a record of something that has happened, and uncertainty about the gospel is fatal weakness. Furthermore the historical study of the apostolic age—that age when divine revelation established the great principles of the Church's life—is the best corrective for a thousand vagaries. Much can be learned from modern pedagogy; but after all what is absolutely fundamental, both for…