Christianity Today
"A Presbyterian Journal Devoted to Stating, Defending and Furthering the Gospel in the Modern World."
Samuel G. Craig, Editor
H. McAllister Griffiths, Managing Editor
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Volume 4 (1933-1934)
Contents by Issue:

 

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Editorial Notes and Comments
Why Does Our Board of Foreign Missions Approve and Commend Modernist "Mission Study Books"?, by Rev. Joseph A. Schofield, Jr.
Samuel G. Craig, Editor of Christianity Today: His Record & The Work at Hand, by Rev. Frank H. Stevenson
Dr. Robert E. Speer and His Latest Book, by Rev. J. Gresham Machen, D.D., Litt. D.
This Changing World, by "Calvinist"
The Comfort of the Scriptures: Col. 1:17, 18, by Rev. David Freeman, Th.M.
Unto All the World: A Missionary Page [Philippines], by Elizabeth Willet Thompson
Sunday School Lessons for June, from the International Uniform Series
The Evidence in the Case: A Review, J.A.G.
The Laymen's Report, the Foreign Board and the New Hymnal, by Rev. Prof. Oswald T. Allis, Ph.D.
News of the Church
Philadelphia Presbytery Adopts "Machen Overture" 57-16
Mrs. Buck Resigns; Board Accepts "With Deep Regret"

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Editorial Notes and Comments : 1. The General Assembly; 2. An Independent Mission Board; 3. Action of the 1933 Assembly relative to the Board of Foreign Missions; 4. The Issue at Stake (re: Modernism); 5. A Belated Admission;
145th Assembly Meets; New Mission Board Announced
Three Observations About the Assembly, by Rev. J. Gresham Machen, D.D., Litt.D.
Sunday School Lessons for July, from the International Uniform Series
The Comfort of the Scriptures: 1 Cor. 10:31, by Rev. David Freeman, Th.M.
News of the Church: Correspondence, General, including (1.) Washington-Oregon-Idaho Notes, by Rev. Roy T. Brumbaugh; (2.) Denver & Vicinity, by Rev. H. Clare Welker; (3.) Items from Kansas, by Rev. Jay C. Everett; (4.) Minnesota and Wisconsin Letter, by Rev. H. Warren Allen; (5.) News Notes from the Southwest, by Rev. Wm. Childs Robinson; (6.) News Letter from Western Pennsylvania, by Rev. Harold John Ockenga; (7.) Eastern Pennsylvania Letter, by Rev. John Burton Thwing; (8.) New York and New England Notes, by Rev. L. Craig Long; (9.) Here and There; (10.) The Presbyterian Church in Canada, by Rev. W.M. Rochester; (11.) Netherlands Letter, by Rev. F.W. Grosheide; (12.) Scottish Letter, by Rev. D. MacLean; (13.) Letter from Germany, by Rev. H. Jochums; (14.) Spanish Letter, by Percy J. Buffard; (15.) Letter from Melbourn, Australia, by Rev. H.T. Rusk; (16.) Korea Letter, by Rev. Bruce F. Hunt; (17.) China Letter, by Rev. A.B. Dodd; and (18.) Letter from Brazil, by Rev. Harold C. Anderson.

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Editorial Notes and Comments
"Follow a Multitude" vs. "A Peculiar People," by Rev. Alford Kelley
Hospital Evangelism, Part II, by William H. Chisholm, M.D.
Sunday School Lessons for August, from the International Uniform Series
The Comfort of the Scriptures: II Cor. 9:15, by Rev. David Freeman, Th.M.
Unto All the World: A Missionary Page, by Elizabeth Willet Thompson
Proceedings of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, by Rev. J. Blair Morton
Fifty-ninth General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, by "T.G.M.B."
News of the Church

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Statement & Criticism regarding Laymen's Foreign Mission Inquiry & Appraisal, by the Bible Union of China
The Pan-Presbyterian Alliance Quadrennial Council: An Impression, by Rev. Prof. Donald Maclean, D.D.
Letters to the Editor
Sunday School Lesson for September, from the International Uniform Series
The Comfort of the Scriptures: Ps. 27:1, by Rev. David Freeman, Th.M.
This Changing World, by "Calvinist"
News of the Church: Correspondence, General

"Calvinist"
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Editorial Notes and Comments
A Questionable Tribute
The Minutes of the General Assembly
Board of Foreign Missions Interprets Action of Assembly
"The Plain Man Seeks for God"
Theology and Religion
New Light on the Bible: Important Discoveries of Biblical Manuscripts, by Rev. J. Gresham Machen, D.D.
The Value of Memorizing Scripture and the Catechism in Childhood, by Rev. E.E. Bigger
The Modern Conflict and the League of Evangelical Students, by Rev. Calvin K. Cummings, B.A.
The One Page Sermon: "But He Lied Unto Him." by Rev. F.M. Foster, Ph.D.
Letters to the Editor
This Changing World, by "Calvinist"
Sunday School Lessons for October, from the International Uniform Series
The Comfort of the Scriptures: John 12:32, by Rev. David Freeman, Th.M.
News of the Church: Correspondence, General
Includes entries from Roy T. Brumbaugh; Jay C. Everett; Gerard H. Snell; Wm. Childs Robinson; John Burton Thwing; L.Craig Long; "T.G.M.B.; D. Maclean; R. Wright Hay; A. Cruvillier; H.T. Rush; Albert B. Dodd; Bruce F. Hunt

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Editorial Notes and Comments
"The Never Failing Light": A Study in Mission-Book Modernism, by Rev. Wilbur M. Smith, D.D.
Freedom in the Presbyterian Church: Dr. Machen's Protest in the Presbytery of New Brunswick, by Dr. J. Gresham Machen
Registration of Schools in China, by L. Nelson Bell, M.D.
Sunday School Lessons for November, from the International Uniform Series
This Changing World, by "Calvinist"
The Comfort of the Scriptures: Judges 5:23, by Rev. David Freeman, Th.M.
Important Meeting of the Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions: Charles J. Woodbridge Elected General Secretary, by "a correspondent"
News of the Church
Chester Battlefield, "by a staff correspondent"
News Notes from Westminster Seminary

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Editorial Notes and Comments
The Function of the Chair of Practical Theology, by Professor R.B. Kuiper
"A Certain Trumpet," by Rev. Carl McIntire
The Ark in the Temple of Dagon or The Modernist Betrayal of Jewish Missions, by Rev. Elias Newman
"Then Remembered They," byDr. & Mrs. Henry M. Woods
Sunday School Lessons for December
Letters to the Editor
The Comfort of the Scriptures: Matthew 28:20, by Rev. David Freeman, Th.M.
News of the Church: Correspondence, General
Modernism in the Southern Presbyterian Church

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Editorial Notes and Comments
Why I Believe in the Virgin Birth - A Christmas Sermon, by Rev. Merril T. MacPherson
Have the Organizers of the Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions Violated the Law of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.?, by Murray Forst Thompson, Esq.
The New Presbyterian Hymnal, by Rev. J. Gresham Machen, D.D., Litt.D.
The Proposed New Book of Discipline, by Rev. J. Norris McDowell
Sunday School Lessons for January (International Uniform Series)
A Significant Book: The History of the Christian Church, by Lars P. Qualben, reviewed by Paul Woolley
News of the Church: Correspondence, General
The Name Above Every Name, by Perry Wayland Sinks, S.T.D.

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Editorial Notes and Comments
Buchmanism and the Gospel, by Rev. Ned Bernard Stonehouse, Th.D.
The Final Form of the Plan of Union, by Rev. J. Gresham Machen, D.D., Litt.D.
The Great Delusion, by E. Van Deusen
The Hebrew Christian Alliance and the Presbyterian Church,by Rev. Paul L. Berman
Sunday School Lessons for February (International Uniform Series)
The Comfort of the Scriptures: Proverbs 3:6, by Rev. David Freeman, Th.M.
News of the Church: Correspondence, General
Foreign Missions Issue Continues Acute

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Westminster Seminary After Five Years!, by Rev. Oswald T. Allis, Ph.D., D.D.
Laymen's Missionary Report, 60 A.D., by Rev. Charles Granville Hamilton
In Behalf of Westminster Theological Seminary, by Rev. Frank H. Stevenson, D.D.
"Christianity--The Paradox of God," by Rev. Cornelius Van Til, Ph.D.
Sunday School Lessons for March (International Uniform Series)
This Changing World, by "Calvinist"
Letters to the Editor; News of the Church: Correspondence, General

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Editorial Notes and Comments
Starting a Summer Bible School on Faith: A Testimony, by Rev. Henry Shephard Atkinson
Walter Duncan Buchanan: Champion of the Faith, by H. McAllister Griffiths
Dr. Mackenzie Replies: An Open Letter to Dr. Van Til, by Dr. Donald Mackenzie
Dr. Thornwell Jacobs' New Religion: A Book Review by Rev. Samuel G. Craig, D.D.
An Important Archaeological Discovery, by Rev. Oswald T. Allis, Ph.D., D.D.
Cooperation with the Boards & Agencies of the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A., by Rev. Roy L. Aldrich
Sunday School Lessons for April (International Uniform Series)
The Comfort of the Scriptures: 2 Cor. 5:19, by Rev. David Freeman
Letters to the Editor; News of the Church: Correspondence, General
Philadelphia Modernist Attempt Fails: Dr. Machen Received by Presbytery

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Editorial Notes and Comments
Stop, Look, Listen: Why the Plan of Organic Union Should be Opposed, by Rev. J. Gresham Machen
The Example of One Family, by Rev. Frank H. Stevenson, D.D.
Thou Shalt Say, No! Shall We Unite?, by Clarence Edward Macartney
The Theology of Dr. Mackenzie: A Rejoinder by Dr. Cornelius Van Til, Ph.D.
"Indigenizing the Christian Faith," by Rev. Wm. Childs Robinson, Th.D.
The Comfort of the Scriptures: Acts 2:24, by Rev. David Freeman, Th.M.
Sunday School Lessons for May (International Uniform Series)
News of the Church: Foreign Missions, etc.
Independent Board Appoints First Missionaries [Mr. & Mrs. Coray]
Organic Union