Machen, J. Gresham Princeton School Theology Presbyterian

John Gresham Machen (1881-1937) was educated at Johns Hopkins University and Princeton Theological Seminary. After further study abroad he returned to Princeton as an instructor in New Testament. When he believed that Princeton was becoming too liberal, he and other conservatives began plans for a new seminary which would better adhere to the Westminster Standards. The new institution, known as Westminster Seminary opened in 1919 with Machen as president and professor of New Testament. Further differences with the Presbyterian denomination over a liberal attack on traditional missionary concepts led to his suspension from the ministry. This gave impetus to the formation of a new denomination, the Presbyterian Church of America, later renamed the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, with Machen as the first moderator.

• The Christian Faith in the Modern World - Online book by J. Gresham Machen.
• J. Gresham Machen - Page of links to sites about Machen.
• J. Gresham Machen's Response to Modernism - Article by John Piper on the life and work of Machen (HTML and streaming audio).
• Defenders of the Faith: John Gresham Machen and the Defence of Christian Truth - Recounts Machen\'s early training and subsequent rejection of theology liberalism.
• J. Gresham Machen (1881-1936) - Brief article describes Machen's politics as radically libertarian.
• Christianity and Liberalism - Online book by Machen, which is a classic treatment of the age old controversy between Orthodox Christianity and Liberalism.

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