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title: 'Servants of God or Servants of Men: Address to the Graduating Class at the Commencement of Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, May 8, 1934'
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authors:
- 'J. Gresham Machen'
date: 1934-05-15
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Christian Liberty'
- 'Presbyterian Polity'
scriptures:
- 'Acts 5'
- 'Romans 14'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/machen-1934-servants-of-god-or-servants-of-men-address-to-the-graduating-class-at-the-commencement-of-westminster-theological-seminary-philadelphia-may-8-1934
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# Servants of God or Servants of Men: Address to the Graduating Class at the Commencement of Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, May 8, 1934

1934 Presbyterian crisis: editors and J. Gresham Machen defend Christian liberty against compulsory support of church agencies, insisting ministers obey God, not church boards.

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