Church History Matters

J. Gresham Machen (1881-1937) helped found Westminster Theological Seminary and the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. His firm stand against modernist, theological liberalism can teach the church much today. Links of interest: Christianity and Liberalism by J. Gresham Machen (1923), free ebooks in multiple formats from MonergismJ. Gresham Machen Author Biography (from Banner of Truth) J. Gresham Machen: The Politically Incorrect Fundamentalist by DG Hart Re-Thinking Missions (Five Minutes in Church History dealing with Machen’s response to the “Re-Thinking Missions report of 1933 and how it led to the founding of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church) J. Gresham Machen's Response to Modernism by John Piper (1993 Bethlehem Conference for Pastors) H. L. Mencken's Obituary of Machen: "Dr. Fundamentalis" A Short History of the Life of J. G. Machen by Craig S. Hawkins

What can we learn by studying the first two centuries of the Christian church? Can we definitively say when "the church" began? How can understanding family structures from Greco-Roman culture inform our understanding of the New Testament Scriptures? We cover all of those topics and more in our conversation with Pastor J. Ryan Davidson. Links of interest: Green Pastures: A Primer on the Ordinary Means of Grace by J. Ryan Davidson Like Wildfire: The Gospel Amid the Greco-Roman 1st/2nd Century Family Context (Sunday school lesson taught by guest) First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians (translated by J.B. Lightfoot) The Didache (translated by Charles H. Hoole)

Joan of Arc Web Project. This website has extensive transcriptions/translations of the trial transcripts and other primary sources. Joan of Arc Archive. "An online collection of information, both general and scholarly, concerning Joan of Arc [Jehanne d'Arc or Darc in medieval French]; including biographies, trial excerpts and commentary, letters and other such documents. English translations and transcriptions of the original languages are provided." Maintained by Allen Williamson. Why I Am Not Continuationist by Tim Challies The Final Word: A Biblical Response to the Case for Tongues and Prophecy Today by O. Palmer Robertson (Banner of Truth) Assurance of Salvation, Roman Catholicism, and Calvinism by James Swan Chapter 18 of the Second London Baptist Confession of Faith 1677/1689: "Of the Assurance of Grace and Salvation"

The Apostles' Creed: The Resurrection and the Life by Persis Lorenti Text of the Nicene Creed (as used by the Christian Reformed Church) The Definition of the Council of Chalcedon Text of the Athanasian Creed The Second London Baptist Confession 1677/1689, (prepared by Doctrine and Devotion with Scripture proofs and other resources) The Westminster Confession of Faith 1646

CORRECTION: Joseph misstated the traditional date of the martyrdom of Saint Valentine; it was February 14 in A.D. 269.

Show notes/sources:

1. From the Protestant Reformation to the Southern Baptist Convention: What Hath Geneva To Do With Nashville? by Thomas K. Ascol (Founders Press)
2. “...To Set Them in Order;” Some Influences of the Philadelphia Baptist Association Upon Baptists of America to 1814 by James L. Clark (Particular Baptist Press)
3. New Hampshire Confession of Faith, Baptist Studies Online http://baptiststudiesonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/the-new-hampshire-confession-of-faith.pdf
4. Article on the hymn singing controversy https://founders.org/articles/the-first-worship-war-among-baptists-and-the-reformation-of-congregational-singing/
5. Article on the New Hampshire Confession: https://founders.org/articles/the-new-hampshire-confession/
6. The Baptist Heritage Four Centuries of Baptist Witness by H. Leon McBeth by H. Leon McBeth