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On a Sunday afternoon in 1935, J. Gresham Machen stepped into a broadcast booth at WIP Radio in Philadelphia and began something no one had tried before: teaching Reformed theology over the radio. In the vein of C.S. Lewis’s landmark “Mere Christianity” talks, Machen’s addresses are a crystal-clear articulation of the basics of the Christian faith, unfolding into an exceptional and persuasive explanation of Reformed theology.
Things Unseen is both an accessible systematic theology, and a masterclass in evangelistic apologetics. Reflecting the popular radio setting, Machen is as simple and plain as he is informed.
Highly recommended.
Table of Contents
Foreword by Sinclair B. Ferguson
Historical Preface by Stephen J. Nichols
Introduction by Timothy J. Keller
Part 1: The Christian Faith in the Modern World
Preface
1. The Present Emergency and How to Meet It
2. How May God Be Known?
3. Has God Spoken?
4. Is the Bible the Word of God?
5. Do We Believe in Verbal Inspiration?
6. Shall We Defend the Bible?
7. The Bible versus Human Authority
8. Life Founded upon Truth
9. God, the Creator
10. The Triune God
11. What Is the Deity of Christ?
12. Does the Bible Teach the Deity of Christ?
13. The Sermon on the Mount and the Deity of Christ
14. What Jesus Said about Himself
15. The Supernatural Christ
16. Did Christ Rise from the Dead?
17. The Testimony of Paul to Christ
18. The Holy Spirit
Part 2: The Christian View of Man
Preface
19. The Living and True God
20. The Decrees of God
21. God’s Decrees and Man’s Freedom
22. What Is Predestination?
23. Does the Bible Teach Predestination?
24. Objections to Predestination
25. God’s Works of Creation and Providence
26. God’s Works of Providence
27. Miracles
28. Did God Create Man?
29. How Did God Create Man?
30. God’s Image in Man
31. The Covenant of Life
32. The Fall of Man
33. What Is Sin?
34. The Majesty of the Law of God
35. Is Mankind Lost in Sin?
36. The Consequences of the Fall of Man
37. What Is Original Sin?
38. Sinners Saved by Grace
Part 3: The Final Broadcasts
39. The Progress of Christian Doctrine
40. The Creeds and Doctrinal Advance
41. God, Man, and Salvation
42. Christ as Prophet, Priest, and King
43. What Is a Prophet?
44. Prophecy and the Gospel
45. The Teaching of Jesus
46. Prophet and Priest
47. Christ Our Redeemer
48. The Doctrine of the Atonement
49. The Active Obedience of Christ
50. The Bible’s View of the Atonement
Afterword by Richard B. Gaffin, Jr.