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“Modern culture is a mighty force. It is either subservient to the gospel or else it is the deadliest enemy of the gospel”

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John Gresham Machen

John Gresham Machen was an American theologian and philosopher, born on July 28, 1881, and died on January 1, 1937. He had a profound impact on Christian theology and philosophy, particularly known for his criticism of modern liberal theology. more

“There can be no tolerance in a law-system for another religion. Toleration is a device used to introduce a new law-system as a prelude to a new intolerance... Every law-system must maintain its existence by hostility to every other law-system and to alien religious foundations or else it commits suicide”

Law Used Religious Existence Foundation Suicide Tolerance Commit Aliens Devices Introducing Intolerance Hostility Toleration Prelude

Author:R.J. Rushdoony

“Our Lord never called His people to help build the tower of Babel in the hope of getting a Bible study in the basement. He commanded us to build our own city on a hill.”

People Helping Cities Lord Study Hills Towers Our Lord Bible Study Basements Babel Tower Of Babel

Author:David Chilton

“The Holy Spirit is no Skeptic, & the things He has written in our hearts are not doubts or opinions, but assertions - surer & more certain than sense & life itself.”

Heart Spirit Certain Opinion Doubt Written Holy Holy Spirit Assertion Skeptic

Author:Martin Luther

“When a certain shameless fellow mockingly asked a pious old man what God had done before the creation of the world the latter aptly countered that he had been building hell for the curious.”

Men World Done Certain Hell Creation Building Fellows Curious Latter Old Man Pious Shameless Creation Of The World

Author:John Calvin

“There is no erratic power or action or motion in creatures but they are governed by God's secret plan in such a way that nothing happens except what is knowingly and willingly decreed by Him.”

Way Happens Action Secret Plans Creatures Things Happen Erratic

Author:John Calvin

“So great and boundless is God's wisdom that he knows right well how to use evil instruments to do good.”

Knows Wells Use Evil Instruments Boundless

Author:John Calvin

“They babble and talk absurdly who, in the place of God's providence, substitute bare permission - as if God sat in a watchtower awaiting chance events , and his judgments thus depended upon human will.”

Ifs Humans Chance Events Judgment Sat Substitutes Providence Permission Human Will

Author:John Calvin

“Surely in Judas' betrayal it will be no more right, because God both willed that his Son be delivered up, and delivered him up to death, to ascribe the guilt of the crime to God than to transfer the credit for redemption to Judas.”

Crime Son Guilt Credit Betrayal Redemption Transfers Judas

Author:John Calvin

“If people mean that man has in himself the power to work in partnership with God's grace they are most wretchedly deluding themselves.”

People Ifs Men Mean Grace Partnership God's Grace

Author:John Calvin

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