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 click for details | | NOTES ON GALATIANS J. Gresham Machen, Edited by John H. Skilton The chief feature of this volume is that it makes available in convenient form the "Notes on Biblical Exposition" which Dr. J. Gresham Machen published in the earlier 'Christianity Today' from January 1931 to February 1933. Students at Westminster Seminary have made profitable use of these Notes on Galatians 1:1 - 3:14 by following them, with minor inconvenience, through bound periodical volumes; but for many others who might greatly benefit from them, they have long been inaccessible. Here you will find a master exegete opening up important and essential meterial to help undertsand the import of the great Apoostle on this vital portion of Scripture. "Notes on Galatians is one of the hidden jewels of J Gresham Machen's outstanding contributions to Christian literature. As Galatians has again become a battleground for theological controversy over the nature of the gospel, Dr Machen's exegetical insight and theological sturdiness provide wise and careful guidance for a new generation of Bible students. Written for a previous generation it continues to speak to the contemporary one." - Dr. Sinclair Ferguson "Dr. Machen was a master at crystal clear teaching and his work on Galatians is a good model of this gift. In a day of confused and confusing teaching on this Book, Dr. Machen reminds us of the dynamic power of this Gospel of justification by faith alone in Christ alone that is opened so richly by the Apostle Paul." - Pastor Bill Shishko "Machen wrote on Galatians to inform his students and to help Sunday School teachers. It is written with delightful clarity and incidentally introduces us to what Machen did very well, teach the New Testament to students at Princeton and Westminster Seminaries. It is wonderfully lucid; a pleasure to read; a model for anyone who preaches the Bible." - Geoff Thomas "This is Machen at his best, and surely begs to be re-printed. Especially the introductory chapters are needed nowadays." - Pastor Tom Lyon "J. Gresham Machen is perhaps best known for his defense of Christianity and especially for his articulate advocacy of confessional Reformed theology. By training, however, he was a New Testament scholar and by practice he was a biblical exegete of the first order. This little work on Galatians is still useful as a witness to Machen's clear-headed insight into the nature and message of Paul's letter to the Galatians. This witness seems particularly relevant in the midst of the current confusion surrounding Paul and the doctrine of justification." - Dr. R. Scott Clark The late John H. Skilton did a great service to the church by getting this material from various places and putting it all conveniently in one place. MACHEN TRILOGY MACHEN TITLE Machen five SG COMMENTARY cmms warfield-machen jgmsg 6/24/25 40% Discount  SGCB Price: $11.95 (list price $20.00)ORDER WITH THE J GRESHAM MACHEN SIX-PACK FROM SOLID GROUND SGCB Price: $84.00 (list price $170.00)THIS IS THE PRICE FOR ALL SIX PAPERBACK VOLUMES (OVER 50% OFF) |
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 click for details | | THE VIRGIN BIRTH OF CHRIST: A Classic Defense of the Supernatural Birth of our Lord J. Gresham Machen In a Review written by Samuel Craig shortly after this book appeared in 1930 we read: "This volume sustains, and more than sustains, Dr. Machen's reputation as not only one of the world's foremost New Testament scholars but as one of the ablest defenders of historic Christianity. His former books, 'The Origin of Paul's Religion' (1921), 'Christianity and Liberalism' (1923) and 'What is Faith?' (1925), have so whetted the appetites of their thousands of readers that the announcement of a new book by Dr. Machen fills them with eager expectancy---whatever may be their theological position. It will be recalled that Mr. Walter Lippmann, whose theological position is about as far removed as possible from that of Dr. Machen's, in his widely read book, 'A Preface to Morals', not only speaks of Dr. Machen as 'both a scholar and a gentleman' but says of his book, 'Christianity and Liberalism': 'It is an admirable book. For its acumen, for its saliency, and for its wit, this cool and stringent defense of orthodox Protestantism is, I think, the best popular argument produced by either side in the current controversy. We shall do well to listen to Dr. Machen.' Dr. Machen's latest book, it is true, like 'The Origin of Paul's Religion', moves throughout in the field of exact scholarship. It would be difficult to point to a book anywhere that is more thorough-going in its recital and examination of all that bears upon the subject with which it deals. But while this is the case, Dr. Machen writes so simply and lucidly that men and women of intelligence everywhere, whatever their standing as technical scholars, will be able to read it with understanding and profit. Certainly no minister or Bible teacher of adults can afford to ignore this book. To the reviewer at least it is a source of much satisfaction to know that what is confessedly the most exhaustive and most scholarly book on the problem of the Virgin Birth of Christ ever published, at least in English, has been written by a man who after having acquainted himself with everything of importance that has been written on the subject since the first century, no matter in what language, holds to the historic belief of the Christian Church that its founder was born without human father, being conceived by the Holy Ghost and born of the Virgin Mary." CONTENTS Introduction Chapter 1. The Virgin Birth in the Second Century Chapter 2. The Birth Narrative an Original part of the Third Gospel Chapter 3. Characteristics of the Lucan Narrative Chapter 4. The Hymns of the First Chapter of Luke Chapter 5. The Origin and Transmission Of the Lucan Narrative Chapter 6. The Integrity of the Lucan Narrative Chapter 7. The Narrative in Matthew Chapter 8. The Relation Between the Narratives Chapter 9. The Inherent Credibility of the Narratives Chapter 10. The Birth Narratives and Secular History Chapter 11. The Birth Narratives and the Rest of the New Testament Chapter 12. Alternative Theories: Preliminary Considerations Chapter 13. The Theory of Jewish Derivation Chapter 14. The Theory of Pagan Derivation Chapter 15. Conclusion and Consequences "Years ago I was tasked with a paper on the incarnation of the Son of God. My professor suggested some books that either approached the topic from a naturalistic standpoint or exalted Mary in the whole process. As I browsed the card catalog topically (yes, before computer cataloging!), I came across a book from the 1930s. It hadn't been checked out for several years. It was Machen. My soul was excited, revived, and my mind expanded. In an age where many books become dated, quickly, it is not so with Machen. Not so especially with 'The Virgin Birth.' Read it for the first time or read again. Just read it! Then pass it on." - Dr. C.N. Willborn NOW AVAILABLE TO SHIP MACHEN TRILOGY NEW SGCB SGCB OVERSTOCK MACHEN TITLE $10.00 Sale SLASHED PRICE Machen five warfield-machen jgmsg cdv xinc 6/24/25 Nearly 50% Discount SGCB Price: $16.95 (list price $30.00)432 Large Paperback Edition ORDER WITH THE J GRESHAM MACHEN SIX-PACK FROM SOLID GROUND SGCB Price: $84.00 (list price $170.00)THIS IS THE PRICE FOR ALL SIX PAPERBACK VOLUMES (OVER 50% OFF) |
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 click for details | | THE GLORIOUS HISTORY OF REDEMPTION: A Compact Survey of the Old and New Testaments by J. Gresham Machen and James Oscar Boyd "Did you ever want to read a short book that unveils in an informative, sound, edifying, Reformed way the entire narrative of redemptive history from Genesis through Revelation? The OT scholar James Boyd and his NT counterpart, J. Gresham Machen, composed this book for you nearly a century ago, and I am grateful that Solid Ground Christian Books is unearthing and reprinting it. With helpful questions appended to each of its thirty-eight lessons, this little book makes an ideal tool for family worship so that you can lead your children quickly through the main redemptive thoughts of Bible history." --Dr. Joel R. Beeke, President, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, Michigan "This book surveys the history of God's redeeming grace. It reviews Old Testament history, disclosing the stream of God's redeeming purposes flowing down through older times. It also reviews New Testament history, disclosing the broadening and deepening of that purpose for us men and for mankind in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and his Church." - Harold McA. Robinson First published in 1922, this volume is one of the most precise and concise books I have ever seen that covers the entire narrative of redemptive history from Genesis 1 to Revelation 22. James Boyd, the Old Testament scholar, and J. Gresham Machen, the New Testament scholar, join their efforts to reach the simple and the learned in one book. This book would be perfect as a tool in the family and the church, as it concludes each of the 38 chapters with a series of Questions on the Lesson. THIS IS THE PERFECT BOOK TO GIVE TO A NEW BELEIVER. James O. Boyd introduces the earliest chapters of the Bible immediately following man's Fall with these words: "God's tender love for his foolish, rebellious creatures 'will not let them go.' At the gates of the garden from which their sin has forever banished them, God already declares his purpose to 'bruise' the head of that serpent, Rom. 16:20, who had brought 'sin into the world and death by sin,' Gen. 3:15. Through the 'seed of the woman'---a 'Son of Man' of some future day---sinful man can escape the death he has brought on himself. And from Seth, the child 'appointed instead of' murdered Abel, a line of men descends, who believe this promise of God. Ch. 5. In Enoch we find them 'walking with God,' v. 24, in a fellowship that seemed lost when paradise was lost." J. Gresham Machen opens Lesson II of his material entitled "The Coming of the Lord" with these powerful words: "When the Son of God came to earth for our salvation, the world was ready for his coming. The whole course of history had been made to lead up to him. And he was well worthy of being thus the goal of history. For the One who came was none other than the eternal Son of God, the Word who was with God and who was God. He had existed from all eternity; he had been the instrument in creating the world. He was himself truly God, the same in substance with the Father, and equal in power and glory. Yet the One who was so great humbled himself to be born as a man and finally to suffer and die. His coming was a voluntary act, an act of the Father in giving him for the sins of the world, and his own act which he performed because he loved us. It was an act of infinite condescension. The Son of God humbled himself to lead a true human life; he took upon himself our nature. He was born, he grew in wisdom and stature, he suffered, he died. He was always God, but he became also man. Who can measure the depth of such condescending love?" SECTION I: The Development of the Church in Old Testament Times By James Oscar Boyd, Ph.D., D.D. Chapter 1: Before Abraham - Genesis, Chapters 1 to 11 Chapter 2: The Patriarchs Chapter 3 : Egyptian Bondage and Deliverance Chapter 4 : Moses as Leader and Lawgiver Chapter 5 : The Conquest and Settlement of Canaan Chapter 6 : The Period of the Judges Chapter 7 : Samuel and Saul: Prophecy and Monarchy Chapter 8: David and Solomon: Psalms and Wisdom Chapter 10 : The Kingdom of Judah, to Hezekiah Chapter 12 : The Exile and the Restoration Chapter 13 : The Jewish State Under Persia Chapter 14 : Israel's Religious Life Chapter 15 : "The Coming One" SECTION II: The Life of Christ and the Development of the Church in New Testament Times By John Gresham Machen, D.D. Chapter 1: The Preparation. Chapter 2: The Coming of the Lord. Chapter 3: The Baptism. Chapter 4: The Early Judean Ministry Chapter 5: The Beginning of the Galilaean Ministry Chapter 6: The Period of Popularity Chapter 7: The Turning Point Chapter 8: Jesus as Messiah Chapter 9: The Prediction of the Cross Chapter 10 : The Last Journeys Chapter 11: Teaching in the Temple Chapter 12: The Crucifixion Chapter 13: The Resurrection Chapter 14: The Beginnings of the Christian Church Chapter 15: The First Persecution Chapter 16: The Conversion of Paul Chapter 17 : The Gospel Given to the Gentiles Chapter 18 : The First Missionary Journey and the Apostolic Council Chapter 19 : The Second Missionary Journey Chapter 20 : The Third Missionary Journey Chapter 21 : The Third Missionary Journey Chapter 22 : The First Imprisonment of Paul Chapter 23 : The Close of the Apostolic Age MACHEN TITLE Machen five SGCB LATEST warfield-machen 101 Sale 91216 10/3 ch2 srb jgmsg 6g 5s stst CH823 5PSCR 6/24/25 NOW AVAILABLE for Nearly 50% off SGCB Price: $8.95 (list price $16.00)ORDER ALONG WITH 'CHURCH HISTORY 101' BY BEEKE, FERGUSON & HAYKIN SGCB Price: $13.00 (list price $26.00)WHAT A PRICE FOR THESE TWO PRECIOUS WORKS |
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 click for details | | WHAT IS CHRISTIANITY? A Selection of Notable Addresses by a Noble Defender of the Faith J. Gresham Machen, edited by Ned B. Stonehouse THIS REPRINT IS DEDICATED TO REV. FRANK BARKER, FOUNDING PASTOR OF BRIARWOOD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA. OVER 65 YEARS AGO REV. BARKER DISCOVERED MACHEN AND HIS LIFE AND FUTURE MINISTRY WERE UTTERLY TRANSFORMED. SOLID GROUND LEARNED OF THIS BOOK OF MACHEN BY SEEING AND READING A FIRST EDITION COPY (FULLY MARKED UP) GIVEN ON LOAN BY REV. BARKER. The original dust-jacket in 1951 began with these words: "The publication of a new collection of addresses by J. Gresham Machen is always an event. For this new volume the publishers have chosen twenty-seven addresses, papers and messages which are among Dr. Machen's very best apologetic efforts, and which will prove to be of enduring value in the defense of historic Christianity in any modern age. The addresses herein represent the most notable delivered by Dr. Machen during the last twenty years of his life; and now published together under the title of the opening address, 'What is Christianity?', are designed as a companion volume to his book of sermons, 'God Transcendant.' It is always said of Machen's books that they are worth re-reading; that they can be consulted with profit over and over again. This is no less true of 'What is Christianity?' than it is of any of Dr. Machen's writings; for the threat from modernistic adversaries is ever the same, and the always cool, salient defense by Dr. Machen gives him an advantage that is, as H.L. Mencken put it, 'immense and obvious.'" "People have asked me whether Machen taught me. I have to tell them that he died 18 months before I was born. They ask that not only because they know him to be a 20th century American but because they have read some of his books and his writings are utterly up to date, vital, lucid and convicting.. He was the acknowledged champion of historic Christianity and so his books are timeless and even recently a book of his family letters from his service in Europe in the First World War have appeared. Appreciation for him has never been higher and in 'What is Christianity?' you will find the best introduction to his convictions. I love the man and I love this book. Thank God for J. Gresham Machen." - Geoff Thomas Ned B. Stonehouse, in his helpful Introduction, said, ""Machen was a singularly effective spokesman for Christianity for more than a score of years before his death on New Year's Day, 1937. Though his own books constitute the most significant record of what he had to say, they do not tell the complete story. Especially the public phases of his career as preacher, teacher, educator and citizen are illumined by the contents of the two volumes of sermons and addresses which are now made available to the general reader (the other volume being God Transcendant ). The present volume particularly discloses the rich diversity of his interests and activities as a Christian man and minister. . . May the publication of this volume serve, at least in a small way, to stimulate men to be concerned with the greatest questions, to mark the line where the truth lies, and to kindle love of the truth that they may be saved." TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. What is Christianity? 2. What the Bible Teaches about Jesus 3. The Witness of Paul 4. The Witness of the Gospels 5. The Virgin Birth of Christ 6. The Resurrection of Christ 7. Relations Between Jews and Christians 8. Christian Scholarship and Evangelism 9. Christian Scholarship and the Defense of the Gospel 10. Christian Scholarship and the Building Up of the Church 11. The Christian View of Missions 12. Christianity and Culture 13. History and Faith 14. The Modern Use of the Bible 15. The Christian and Human Relationships 16. The Church in the War 17. Facing the Facts Before God 18. Westminster Theological Seminary: Its Purpose and Plan 19. Consolations in the Midst of Battle 20. Servants of God or Servants of Men 21. Does Fundamentalism Obstruct Social Progress? 22. What Fundamentalism Stands for Now 23. Christianity and Liberty 24. The Responsibility of the Church in Our New Age 25. The Necessity of the Christian School 26. Mountains and Why We Love Them 27. The Benefits of Walking MACHEN TITLE Machen five SGCB LATEST warfield-machen JGMsg 40% Discount on this New Title SGCB Price: $16.00 (list price $27.00)THIS IS A 320 PAGE PAPERBACK VOLUME ORDER WITH THE J GRESHAM MACHEN SIX-PACK FROM SOLID GROUND SGCB Price: $84.00 (list price $170.00)THIS IS THE PRICE FOR ALL SIX PAPERBACK VOLUMES (OVER 50% OFF) |
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 click for details | | THE ORIGIN OF PAUL'S RELIGION J. Gresham Machen His first book, The Origin of Paul's Religion (1921) was a masterful and forthright defense of the historical truthfulness and supernaturalism of the New Testament. This volume is taken from the James Sprunt Lectures delivered at Union Theological Seminary in Virginia. Machen is absolutely masterful in dealing with the anti-supernaturalism that was beginning to dominate the church in the early decades of the twentieth century. Although written 85 years ago it remains a model of biblical scholarship and warm piety. "In an age when the nature and content of Paul's message are once again under scrutiny, evangelical and Reformed readers will benefit immensely from a close reading of Machen's masterwork. This book is an outstanding example of careful, patient scholarship that received high praise when it was first published and continues today to demand attention." - R. Scott Clark "J. Gresham Machen not only believed, practised, and proclaimed Paul's gospel, he was also able to defend its authenticity at the highest scholarly level. Because 'The Origin of Paul's Religion' penetrates to the heart of the matter it continues to speak to contemporary controversies over the nature of the gospel and the Christian faith." - Sinclair Ferguson "This is a most important book for our day. The Origin of Paul's Religion is a masterpiece in the defense of epistemological Foundationalism-the belief that there are basic and foundational beliefs upon which man's knowledge should be rightly based. In today's academic circles, this sort of animal is almost extinct. Postmodern Theological Relativists are watching over the zoo. They have no proper foundations. To have a right understanding of the origin of Paul's Christianity is to have a right understanding of the origins of Christianity and the Church herself and her gospel to be proclaimed int he world. Like a beautiful perfume, if the essence is lost, so is the usefulness. The true origin of Christianity must be revived and taught again. There are foundations with the Lord Jesus Christ as He is revealed in the Word of God being the sure and steady cornerstone. Solid Ground is to be commended for their foresight." - Mike Renihan "Today questions abound concerning Paul and his relationship to Judaism. Additionally, questions are being raised about the inspiration of Scripture and a non-descript (flash back a hundred years) 'evangelical doctrine of Scripture' is being peddled. In many ways, the current trendy questions reflect the old trends of the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century, to which Machen was forced to relate (for the welfare of the Church). It is good for us recollect the past and learn from the past and, for both recollection and learning, Machen offers much good to pastors and scholars alike." -C.N. Willborn The Table of Contents is as follows: 1- Introduction of the Subject on the Origins of the Christian Religion (pp. 1-40) 2- The Early Years (pp. 43-68) 3- The Triumph of Gentile Freedom (pp. 71-113) 4- Paul and Jesus (pp. 117-169) 5- The Jewish Environment (pp. 173-207) 6- The Religion of the Hellenistic Age (pp. 211-251) 7- Redemption in Pagan Religion and in Paul (pp. 255-290) 8- The Lordship of Jesus (pp. 293-317) INDEX (pp. 320-326) BIBLICAL PASSAGES (pp. 327-329) MACHEN TRILOGY THIS IS NOW AVAILABLE! MACHEN TITLE Machen five warfield-machen jgmsg 6/24/25 Nearly 50% Discount SGCB Price: $15.95 (list price $28.00)NOW AVAILABLE! |
