The Literature and History of New Testament Times. J. Gresham Machen
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A PRESENTATION OF JESUS TO JEWISH CHRISTIANS
A GRAPHIC SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF JESUS
A GREEK HISTORIAN'S ACCOUNT OF JESUS
THE TESTIMONY OF THE BELOVED DISCIPLE
A DOCUMENT OF THE JERUSALEM CHURCH
JESUS THE FULFILLMENT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT
THE CHRISTIAN'S ATTITUDE TOWARD ERROR AND IMMORALITY
THE LIFE OF THE CHILDREN OF GOD
THE MESSAGES OF THE LIVING CHRIST
THE CHRISTIAN IDEAL OF PERSONAL MORALITY
CHRISTIANITY AND HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS
THE CHRISTIAN USE OF THE INTELLECT
THE CHRISTIAN HOPE AND THE PRESENT POSSESSION
RETROSPECT: THE FIRST CHRISTIAN CENTURY
INTRODUCTION
The general purpose of this course of lessons has been set forth in the introduction to the Student's Text Book. There is a tendency in the modern Church to neglect the study of Bible history. Such neglect will inevitably result in a loss of power. The gospel is a record of something that has happened, and uncertainty about the gospel is fatal weakness. Furthermore the historical study of the apostolic age—that age when divine revelation established the great principles of the Church's life—is the best corrective for a thousand vagaries. Much can be learned from modern pedagogy; but after all what is