Biography of J. Gresham Machen
John Gresham Machen was born in Baltimore, Maryland on July 28th 1881 to parents Arthur Webster and Mary Hones Gresham. From an early age Machen was taught lessons of the bible and of Jesus. His family attended a Presbyterian church called Franklyn Street Presbyterian. (Wikipedia) Machen's father was a lawyer and therefore Machen was considered to be brought up in a rather privileged home. He attendee a private college where he was educated in classics such a Greek and Latin.
Machen began his education at John Hopkins University in 1898 where he majored in Classics. In college he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity and was also a member of academic societies. After graduation he began studying theology at Princeton Seminary while also pursuing a Master's Degree in Philosophy at Princeton University. (Haykin) In 1905, Machen studied theology abroad in Germany. "His time in Germany and his engagement with Modernist theologians led him to reject the movement and embrace conservative Reformed theology more firmly than before.
(Wikipedia) In early 1906 Machen began teaching Ned Testament Theology at Princeton Seminary as a general instructor. It was in 1915 that he was named Assistant New testament Professor. Interestingly, during WW1, Machen traveled to France with the YMCA where he did volunteer work near the front line of battle. After the war, Machen returned to his post as New Testament Scholar' at Princeton Seminary. During this time he gained a reputation as being a strong opponent to Modernism and Liberal theology. In 1921 Machen wrote The Origin of Paul's Religion, a work that defended that Paul was a firm follower of Jesus. Modernists tried to originate his re...
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...still wide spread. Westminster Theological Seminary has spread to many different areas of the United States and even branch in London. The Conservative movement involving Machen still lives on today. The quote "To sin by Silence when we should protest makes cowards of us all" in my opinion sums of Machen's life and his work.
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In 1959 his family moved to Long Beach, Indiana where he attended first, a Catholic Elementary School (Notre Dame), and then a private Catholic boarding school (La Lumiere in La Porte, Indiana). John then entered Harvard with aspirations of becoming a history professor. After graduating from Harvard, summa cum laude, after only three years, He then attended the School of Law at Harvard. It was at Harvard law school that John discovered his passion for law and graduated, magna cum laude, with a J.D. In 1979. While at Harvard Law School he also he was also the managing editor of the Harvard Law Review (John Roberts Biography).
He was admitted to Crozer Theologist Seminary in Chester, Pennsylvania in September of the same year, to receive his divinity degree. He graduated from Crozer with the honors of being the first African American to be elected president of the student body and the highest GPA in his class. He then went on to graduate school at Boston University where he formed a great devo...
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The Apostle Paul was born around the year of 3 A.D. in the Jewish community of Tarsus originally Saul. When he was born, his strict Pharisee parents dedicated him to the service of God and did all they could to bring him up as good Jew. From age five to ten he studied under his father, a Jewish Pharisee. His father taught him the scriptures and traditional writing. Saul was sent to Jerusalem at about ten years old to attend the rabbinical school of Gamaliel. Gamaliel was the most famous rabbi who is mentioned in the New Testament (Acts 5:34). Gamaliel soon discovered Saul was an enthusiastic student and expected great things from him. He felt that he would be a great leade...
Despite the several years of secular living, he decided to take a Bible class, which renewed his faith and began to envision a career in the ministry. In the fall of his senior year, he told his father of his