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title: 'The Modern Use of the Bible'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'J. Gresham Machen'
date: 1925-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Theological Method'
- 'Hermeneutics'
scriptures:
- 'Matthew 5'
- 'Romans 6'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/machen-1925-the-modern-use-of-the-bible
---

# The Modern Use of the Bible

1925 Princeton Review critique of H. E. Fosdick's The Modern Use of the Bible, defending grammatical-historical exegesis and the centrality of Christ's death and resurrection against liberal/evolutionary readings.

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