Tag Archives: Machen

In Defense of Pessimism

By D. G. Hart | Published: April 26, 2010

I came across a great passage in Machen in preparation for yesterday’s lesson in adult education. I read most of it and so the audio that Camden Bucey is posting here at oldlife will have it. But for those who want the print version, here it is: If you accept the Bible as the Word… Read More→

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Forensic Friday: An OPC Classic

By D. G. Hart | Published: February 19, 2010

Are Christians really new creatures? It certainly does not seem so. They are subject to the same old conditions of life to which they were subject before; if you look upon them you cannot notice any very obvious change. They have the same weaknesses, and, unfortunately, they have sometimes the same sins. The new creation,… Read More→

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This and That

By D. G. Hart | Published: January 24, 2010

David Strain makes a very good point about the doctrine of the two thingies: If the Kingdom is not advanced by ‘the sword’, that is, by means of physical coercion, but the God ordained role of the civil magistrate is to use the sword to enforce the rule of law, how can the Christian’s work… Read More→

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The Reason to Be Thankful

By D. G. Hart | Published: November 26, 2009

. . . what was the difference between the teaching of Paul and the teaching of the Judaizers? What was it that gave rise to the stupendous polemic of the Epistle to the Galatians? To the modern Church the difference would have seemed to be a mere theological subtlety. About many things the Judaizers were… Read More→

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Erdman’s Passive-Aggressive Step-Grandson-in-Law

By D. G. Hart | Published: October 22, 2009

John Frame faced a choice. He could have reviewed Mike Horton’s book, Christless Christianity, or he could have abstained. He could have critiqued Horton’s indictment of Joel Osteen. He also could have offered his own critique of Osteen. Even if he disagreed vigorously with Horton, he could have let it go out of a sense… Read More→

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Machen Day 2009

By D. G. Hart | Published: July 28, 2009

    The man who was born on this day in 1881 is worth remembering if only because he could write as clearly as  and as courageously as the following:     If what we have said so far be correct, there is now living a Saviour who is worthy of our trust, even Christ… Read More→

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