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What Is the Gospel?

Machen warns against indifference and Modernism, urging churches to defend and clarify the gospel as "good news"—the factual center in Christ's death and resurrection, not mere ethics.
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My Idea of God

Machen defends belief in an objectively transcendent God knowable through nature, conscience, and Scripture, rejecting subjectivism, pantheism, and anti-intellectualism.
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My Idea of God

Machen defends a transcendent, objectively existent God known through nature, conscience, and Scripture, upholding reason and metaphysical attributes against mysticism and pantheism.
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Educators Discuss New Education Bill - Con

Congressional Digest (May 1926) examines the Curtis-Reed bill to create a Federal Department of Education. Pro/con essays debate federal vs. state control, standardization, and political risks.
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Review of F.C. Burkitt, Christian Beginnings

Defends the reliability of the Psalms' headings and reviews recent literature on Christian origins, debating the historicity of resurrection appearances and the trustworthiness of Luke-Acts.
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The Relation of Religion to Science and Philosophy

Defends reliability of Psalm headings and the historicity of biblical events. Argues for Christian belief in miracles and supernatural revelation against modernist reductions.
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What Is Faith?

Introductory essay 'What Is Faith?' critiques anti-intellectualism, urges rigorous study and independent thought, and calls for a revival of historic Christianity grounded in faith and knowledge.
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Review of William Fairweather, Jesus and the Greeks

Articles defend the perfection and authority of Scripture, debating its relation to the Church and modern criticism. Reviews address evolution, Hellenistic influences, miracles, and New Testament language.
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The Issues at Columbus: The Conservative View

A 1925 Christian Work issue reports the clash at the Presbyterian General Assembly: liberal vs. conservative over ordination, doctrinal tests, church unity and control of boards.
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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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New Testament Greek for Beginners

Introductory textbook teaching New Testament Greek for beginners, emphasizing reading proficiency, essential grammar (tenses, participles), and graded exercises.
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Child Labor and Liberty

Debate over a proposed constitutional amendment on child labor. J. Gresham Machen warns it would centralize power and threaten home liberty; editors argue states already regulate child labor.
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The Bible Teacher and Biblical Facts

Advocates the simple gospel and atonement, new birth by the Spirit, and rigorous grammatico-historical Bible teaching; includes lessons on the Last Judgment (Matt. 25).
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A Rejection of Truth

1924 Presbyterian journal covering the Fosdick modernism controversy, J. Gresham Machen's critique defending historic doctrine, presbytery inquiries and local church news.
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