“For Machen, however, the Bible contains truth, and as such is ineradicably doctrinal. Indeed, one overarching concern in Christianity and Liberalism is simply the vital importance of Christian doctrine to the church: doctrine, he makes clear, is the very heart of Christian testimony. Claiming to honor the Bible without synthesizing the Bible’s teaching into doctrine, into systematic theology, is not really honoring the Bible at all, for the Bible teaches truth, truth which is coherent and can be articulated; and regarding with indifference those things which the Bible clearly sees as important is, in some sense, the worst sin of all.”
From the latest issue of the Themelios journal: a great article by the historical theologian, Carl Trueman (visiting Australia next year), who writes about the great defender of the faith, J. Gresham Machen:
This I think, would be a helpful addition of understanding in circles which prize biblical and exegetical theology. Away with the fear of extra-biblical categories. Away!
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