Discover the Gospel's proclamation of Christ's birth in this comprehensive exegetical study of the New Testament's birth narratives.
Discover the Gospel's proclamation of Christ's birth in this comprehensive exegetical study of the New Testament's birth narratives.Discover the Gospel's proclamation of Christ's birth in this comprehensive exegetical study of the New Testament's birth narratives.
J. Gresham Machen, a distinguished scholar, and beloved church leader, examines the Greek text of both Matthew's and Luke's accounts. He engages with scholarship up to his time and probes the exegetical details, background, and source material of the gospel accounts. Machen also provides an entire essay focused on the hymns of Luke 1 and 2. Finally, Gresham examines how the Virgin Birth was received by the church in the second century, providing keen insight into how early Christian thought about Christ and how we should think about him today.
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-The New Testament Account of the Birth of Jesus, Part 1
-The New Testament Account of the Birth of Jesus, Part 2
-The Hymns of the First Chapter of Luke
-The Origin of the First Two Chapters of Luke
-The Virgin Birth in the Second Century
-The Integrity of the Lucan Narrative of the Annunciation
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he came from a wealthy and well-educated background. He studied at John Hopkins University and then went to Princeton Theological Seminary, receiving an M.A. in philosophy. He studied in Germany and returned to teach New Testament at Princeton. He received his B.D. in 1905 and was ordained in the Presbyterian Church.
In 1929, he left Princeton Seminary when the institution capitulated to the liberal faction, and he, along with others, founded Westminster Theological Seminary. In 1934 he was censured by the Presbyterian Church for his actions in relation to the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, the liberal bias of which he opposed. In 1935 he was defrocked by the Presbyterian Church over major doctrinal issues. Machen then established the Orthodox Presbyterian Church as a reaction to the liberalism of the Presbyterian hierarchy. He died at age 55, of pneumonia.
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