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Discuss the responses of Machen and the Chicago Statement on Inerrancy to defections
away from traditional Christianity. Using the course reading and the video lecture
material, you will be asked to evaluate and discuss the significance of the points made in
arguing for historical Christian teaching.
“The rise of this modern naturalistic liberalism has not come by chance, but has been
occasioned by important changes which have recently taken place in the conditions of life’
(Machen 19230). “The past one hundred years have witnessed the beginning of a new era in
human history, which may
conceivably be regretted, but certainly cannot be ignored, by the
most obstinate conservatism” (Machen 1923). “The change is not something that lies beneath
the surface and might be visible only to the discerning eye; on the contrary it forces itself
upon the attention of the plain man at a hundred points” (Machen 1923). ‘Modern inventions
and the industrialism that has been built upon them have given us in many respects a new
world to live in; we can no more remove ourselves from that world than we can escape from
the atmosphere that we breathe” (Machen 1923). The world is always evolving however the
Bible says, this is what God the Lord says- the Creator of the heavens, who stretches them
out, who spreads out the earth with all that springs from it, who gives breath to its people, and
life to those who walk on it: “I, the Lord, who called you in righteousness; I will take hold of
your hand. I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people and the light for
the Gentiles, to open eyes that are blind, to free captive from prison and to release from the
dungeon those who sit in darkness. I am the Lord; that is my name! I will not yield my glory
to another or my praise to idols. See, the former things have taken place and the new things I
declare; before they spring into being I announce them to you” (The Holy Bible, New
International Version (NIV) Isiah 42:5-9). God had already told us that there were going to be
new things taken place. It was prophesized that the gentiles would adopt into the family of
God. Finally, that sinner’s eyes will be opened to the light and will be granted forgiveness
(Acts 26:18).
Using the selections from Machen and the Chicago Statement on Inerrancy, summarize
some of the key points that are made in defense of traditional Christian belief. Use
specific quotations from the materials. Discuss any particular points that seem
particularly important for believers today. Connect these points to the history of the
Church in the 20th century and state how they apply to your own lives and local church
experience. Be sure to fully reflect and thoughtfully discuss all of these elements.
“In our affirmation of authority of Scripture as involving its total truth, we are consciously
standing with Christ and His apostles, indeed with the whole Bible and with the mains stream
of Church history from the first days until very recently” (Chicago Statement on Biblical
Inerrancy 1978).” We are concerned at the casual, inadvertent, and seemingly thoughtless way
in which a belief of such far-reaching importance has been given up by so many in the world”
(Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy 1978). I feel that as believers of the faith we have
become so self-centered that we no longer care about each other. We do not want to work if it
does not benefit us or if we are not being compensated for it. The Bible says, then he said to
his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest,
therefore, to send out the workers into his harvest field” (The Holy Bible, New International
Version (NIV) Mathew 9:37-38). We do not ask for harvest because this means its going to
take action, on our behalf. We must humble ourselves and when we know that the spirit is no
longer willing, we must ask God to “Restore to me the joy of my salvation and grant me a
willing spirit to sustain me. Then I will teach transgressors your ways, so that sinners will turn
back to you” (The Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV) Psalm 51:12-13).
Reference:
Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy with Exposition. (n. d.). Retrieved
from
http://www.bible-researcher.com/chicago1.html
Machen, J. G. (1923).
Christianity and Liberalism.
New York: Macmillan. Retrieved
from
http://www.ccel.org/m/machen/liberalism/home.html
The Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV) 1973/2011 Biblica Inc.
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