Doctrine

ABOUT THE MESSAGE: As a Christian, are you concerned with doctrine, or is Christianity something that should just be lived out? The liberal theologians of J. Gresham Machen’s day denied the fundamental doctrinal content of the Christian faith and denied the very need for doctrine. In this lesson, Dr. Nichols launches into a guided tour through the chapters and doctrines of Christianity and Liberalism, which begins with a call to recognize the weight that the Bible places on correct doctrine.

ABOUT THE SERIES: In 1923, J. Gresham Machen wrote his classic work Christianity and Liberalism. Machen understood that he lived in a time that needed answers. People needed to know the fundamental doctrinal convictions of Christianity in an age of compromise. Modernism was threatening the church, and liberals within the church were seeking to accommodate it, calling into question bedrock doctrines of the faith. In this teaching series, Dr. Stephen J. Nichols reminds us of who Machen was, why his book is still important, and how it teaches us that there is only one true, uncompromising Christian faith.