J. Gresham Machen (1881-1937) was Professor of New Testament at Princeton Seminary, before leaving in 1929 to establish Westminster Theology Seminary and the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. Machen was one of the last intellectual defenders of orthodox Christianity in the seemingly triumph of liberalism in the early 20th century.
"A Survey of the New Testament" includes the following lessons, each with a brief set of questions at the end to aid retention:
Lesson I. The Preparation
Lesson II. The Coming of the Lord
Lesson III. The Baptism
Lesson IV.. The Early Judean Ministry
Lesson V. The Beginning of the Galilaean Ministry
Lesson VI. The Period of Popularity
Lesson VII. The Turning Point
Lesson VIII. Jesus as Messiah
Lesson IX. The Prediction of the Cross
Lesson X. The Last Journeys
Lesson XI. Teaching in the Temple
Lesson XII. The Crucifixion
Lesson XIII. The Resurrection
Lesson XIV. The Beginnings of the Christian Church
Lesson XV. The First Persecution
Lesson XVI. The Conversion of Paul
Lesson XVII. The Gospel Given to the Gentiles
Lesson XVIII. The First Missionary Journey and the Apostolic Council
Lesson XIX. The Second Missionary Journey
Lesson XX. The Third Missionary Journey. The Epistle to the Galatians
Lesson XXI. The Third Missionary Journey. The Epistles to the Corinthians and to the Romans
Lesson XXII. The First Imprisonment of Paul
Lesson XXIII. The Close of the Apostolic Age
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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