John Gresham Machen on societal decline and the State « Churchmouse Campanologist
Yesterday, in the first chapter — Introduction — to Christianity and Liberalism, John Gresham Machen set forth his reasons for writing it and indicated why modernism, or liberalism, is a theological error.
Today’s post provides further excerpts from the Introduction. In it, we will read of Machen’s dismal view of Western society, despite its technological advances. Libertarians, with whom Machen seemed to empathise, will enjoy this entry.
Read more at the posted link. Machen saw the turning point in American Protestantism. The Lutherans began to go apostate at that time, though few acknowledged it.
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