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Freedom's Christian Roots

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  • Johan D. Tangelder

This article looks at how the secular world thinks about freedom. The author looks at the definition of freedom from the perspective of liberalism, communism, and Nazism, as well as Hinduism and Islam. The author concludes the article by discussing how Christianity views freedom. 

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Road to Modernism: Signposts!

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  • Henry R. van Til

When believers settle for false peace, tolerance, and compromise then they are on the path to embrace liberalism. How? Embracing modernism happens when the church avoids controversy. 

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How Churches Lose the Plot

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  • Carl R. Trueman

What causes churches to go liberal? This article gives four reasons: the celebrity pastor, the radical pastor, long-term culture, and compromise. Orthodoxy can be guarded and liberalism avoided by guarding the doctrine, personal integrity, and keeping the confession. Let the article explain…

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Good Ethics Don’t Make a Christian: Machen on Doctrine

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  • Justin S. Holcomb

What is the place of doctrine in the Christian life? This article looks at the answer provided by liberalism, as well as the biblical answer through the eyes of J. Gresham Machen.

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Scripture Is True: Machen on the Bible

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  • Justin S. Holcomb

Denying the authority of scripture is denying the Christian view of salvation. This is what liberalism does, and this article explains how.

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Jesus Was Not the First Christian: Machen on the Person of Christ

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  • Justin S. Holcomb

Which Jesus do you believe in? There is a difference between the Jesus of liberalism and the biblical Jesus. This article offers commentary from J. Gresham Machen on the person of Christ.

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The False Teachers: Harry Emerson Fosdick

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  • Tim Challies

Liberalism questions the nature of the Bible and denies its inerrancy, infallibility, and authority. Liberalism denies that the Bible is the Word of God and insists instead that it contains the Word of God. This is a false teaching. This article looks at one of the promoters of this teaching, Emerson Fosdick.

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Why I Am Not Liberal

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  • Tim Challies

Liberalism is a matter of authority—the authority of the Bible against the authority of the human mind. It atttacks the doctrine of inerrancy and the sufficiency of scripture. The article explains further.

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How We Are Sanctified and Live Penitently

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  • Johnny C. Serafini

By showing that the sanctification of the believer rests in the work of the Triune God, this article makes plain the dangers of legalism and liberalism.

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Faithful Vigilance

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  • W. Robert Godfrey

The article looks at the history of the church in North America, especially the effect of liberalism on the church. In this analysis it focuses on the nature of reactions by conservatives. An observation is made that over time, the general membership of the church has not taken seriously the value of doctrinal confession.

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The Liberal Agenda

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  • R. C. Sproul

The author discusses the influence of liberalism or liberal theology on the church. The author ends by noting the present-day remains of the liberal agenda.

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The Ordinary Means of Growth

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  • J. Ligon Duncan

Liberalism says the message must change for the church to reach the world, while the seeker-sensitive approach calls for a change of methods. This article shows that God gave both the message and the methods: these are the means of grace—preaching, sacraments, and prayer. These are essential to church growth.

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Applying God's Word to All of Life? The Use and Abuse of the Bible

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  • Robert Letham

The Bible should be applied to all of life. However, as this article explains, to do proper biblical application three fallacies must be avoided: liberalism, pietism, and fundamentalism. All these limit the application of Scripture.

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A Passion for Truth

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  • R. Albert Mohler Jr.

This article provides some historical highlights of B.B. Warfield's contribution to the fight against liberalism and post-modernism.

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Amazing Grace

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  • R. C. Sproul

This author warns believers to be careful of some theologies of universalism or liberalism that, for example, teach us that God loves everyone the same. Instead, the Bible teaches a love for the redeemed, as well as another love for the unsaved.

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Our Reformed Heritage (2): Triumphantly Intolerant

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  • Bob Burridge

This article is a biography of J. Gresham Machen and the role he played in standing against liberalism. The article also discusses biblical tolerance and intolerance.

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Guarding the Gospel

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  • Boon-Sing Poh

Looking at accounts of past perversions of the gospel can help the church deal with modern issues. This article addresses the topics of hypercalvinism, liberalism, social gospel, the charismatic movement, and arminianism.

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Defender Of The Faith: The Life Of John Gresham Machen (Part 2)

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  • Randy Oliver

This biography of John Gresham Machen focuses on Machen's battle against liberalism, or modernist theology, at Princeton - the battle which led to Westminster Seminary and the Orthodox Presbyterian Church.

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Liberalism: Attractions and Dangers

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  • W. Robert Godfrey

This article is about Gresham Machen and his fight against liberalism.

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Traditionalism

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  • John M. Frame

This article is about traditionalism versus liberalism. The author specifically looks at traditionalism with regards to Scripture and the Sola Scriptura.

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      • Preaching, election and the free offer of the gospel
    • Principles of Preaching
    • Purpose and Function of Preaching
    • Types of Preaching
    • Preaching Method and Sermon Preparation Process
    • Sermon Evaluation
    • History of Preaching
    • Preaching style and delivery
    • Steps for making a sermon
  • Pastoral care
    • Principles of Pastorate
    • House Visitation
    • Confidentiality
    • Psychology
    • Care in Abuse and Neglect
      • Abuse - General
      • Spiritual Abuse
      • Sexual Abuse - General
      • Child Sexual Abuse
      • Clergy Sexual Abuse
      • Spousal Abuse
      • Elder Abuse
      • Emotional and Verbal Abuse
      • Ministry to Abusers
    • Care in Addictions
    • Care in Conflict and Bad Relations
    • Care in Depression
    • Care in Self-Esteem and Inferiority
    • Care in Anger
    • Care in Anxiety
    • Care in Crisis
    • Care in Psychological illnesses
    • Care in Autism
    • Care in Loneliness
    • Care in Aging
    • Care in the Dying Process
    • Care in Grief
    • Care in Burial Practices
    • Care with Last Will and Testament
    • Care in Honouring and Grieving the Dead
    • Care in Suicide
    • Other themes of Pastorate
  • Youth ministry and catechism
    • Principles of Youth ministry
    • Material for Youth ministry and catechism
      • In Thy Hands Children Material
        • In Thy Hands Part 1
        • In Thy Hands Part 2
    • Public profession of faith
  • Church Government
    • General Principles of Church government
    • Church Order
      • Purpose and observance of the Church order
      • Offices
      • Church Assemblies - General
      • Church Assemblies - Consistory
      • Oversight of doctrine and worship
      • Church Discipline
      • No Lording
    • Different systems of Church government
    • Church government and civil government
  • History & Church History
    • Church history - General
      • Historical writing
    • Church history - Early Church
      • John of Damascus
      • Tertullian
      • Polycarp
      • Patrick of Ireland
      • Origen
      • Melito of Sardis
      • Marcion
      • Justin Martyr
      • John Chrysostom
      • Jerome
      • Irenaeus of Lyons
      • Ignatius of Antioch
      • Gregory of Nazianzus
      • Early Church (general)
      • Didache
      • Cyril of Alexandria
      • Cyprian
      • Council of Nicea
      • Constantine the Great
      • Clement of Alexandria
      • Basil the Great
      • Augustine
      • Athanasius
    • Church history - Reformation
      • John Calvin
      • John a Lasco
      • Hugh Latimer
      • Heinrich Bullinger
      • Martin Luther
      • John Knox
      • Peter Vermigli
      • Philipp Melanchthon
      • Zacharius Ursinus
      • William Tyndale
      • Ulrich Zwingli
      • Theodore Beza
      • Renaissance
      • Reformation in The Netherlands
      • Reformation in Germany
      • Reformation in France
      • Reformation in England
      • Reformation in Eastern Europe
      • Reformation (General)
      • Guido de Bres
    • Church history - Middle Ages
    • Modern Church History
      • Church history - Oceania
      • Church history - South America
      • Church history - North America
      • Church history - Europe
      • Church history - Asia
      • Church history - Africa
    • Different theologies
      • Roman Catholic
      • Evangelical
      • Charismatic theology
      • Reformed
      • Five points of Calvinism
  • Defending the faith (Apologetics)
  • Mission & Evangelism
    • Biblical Basis of Missions
    • Missions and Evangelism
    • God as Missionary God
    • Missions as Work of God
    • Missions and the Glory of God
    • The Great Commission
    • Missions and local church
    • Missions and every believer
    • Church growth
    • The Missionary
    • The Mission Board
    • The Sending Church
    • Missions and Money
    • Short-term Missions
    • Mission Training
    • Missions to Children and Youth
    • Different Mission Approaches
    • Trends in Missions
    • History of Missions
    • Missionary and Culture
    • Missionary and Politics
    • Missions - Word and Deed
    • Missions and the Social Gospel
    • Mission, election and the free offer of the gospel
    • The Message in Missions
    • Mission and the Point of Contact
    • Prayer and Missions
    • The Mission Encounter
    • Boldness in Missions
    • Material to use in Missions
    • Missions and the New Convert
    • Worship in the Mission Field
  • Other religions
    • Relationship between Christianity and other religions
    • African Traditional Religions
    • New Age
    • Judaism
    • Islam
    • Cults
    • Jehovah's Witnesses
    • Atheism
    • Other religions (General)
    • Sects (General)
  • Faith & Science
    • Faith & Science (General)
    • Evolution
  • Philosophy & Culture
Faith rests on the naked Word of God; that Word believed gives full assurance H. A. Ironside
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