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A review by librarytech4
Christianity and Liberalism by J. Gresham Machen
4.0
Throughout this book I kept forgetting that the author was talking about liberalism instead of progressive Christianity since the two have become so close in concept. This book was definitely written in another time, but also hits very close to this time. We are just further along the same path the author is talking about.
I like how Machen discusses the idea of churches not wanted to discuss certain topics since it is an issue I see very prevalently in today’s churches. Liberal churches no longer want to discuss theology and doctrine, but only their versions of the Gospel. One of my favorite quotes from this book is “Modern preachers are trying to bring men into church without requiring them to relinquish their pride; they are trying to help men avoid the conviction of sin.” This is being brought out through self love culture even more so today.
This book was a little difficult to read because it was written in older English and formatted like a research paper, but it had really good points and ideas discussed. I would recommend this to anyone looking into why theology and doctrine are important.
I like how Machen discusses the idea of churches not wanted to discuss certain topics since it is an issue I see very prevalently in today’s churches. Liberal churches no longer want to discuss theology and doctrine, but only their versions of the Gospel. One of my favorite quotes from this book is “Modern preachers are trying to bring men into church without requiring them to relinquish their pride; they are trying to help men avoid the conviction of sin.” This is being brought out through self love culture even more so today.
This book was a little difficult to read because it was written in older English and formatted like a research paper, but it had really good points and ideas discussed. I would recommend this to anyone looking into why theology and doctrine are important.