What Is Faith?

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Summary: A definitive book on the the subject of what is THE Faith
Review: I own a first edition of this book. I have read it and referred to it often. It is in my opinion a definitive treatment of the subject of what faith is in the context of THE faith once for all delivered to the saints. Machen writes with theological and practical acumen. His analysis of the Biblical passages referred to are handled with clarity and precision. Yet, this book is surprisingly easy to read. What Is Faith is a "must read" for anyone who doubts or who is challenged by the unbelief of the present hour. Only the Bible itself can gender faith. But, Machen's work on the subject of faith will assist the wavering, the searching or the believingly challenged individual to rest in the facts of Scripture as the foundation for Faith and thereby entering into peace.

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Summary: What is Faith? Another Classic by J. Gresham Machen
Review: In What Is Faith?, J. Gresham Machen seeks to define the role, nature, and object of the historic Christian faith, as set against that of the contemporary liberal theology of his day. Machen's view was that the liberal versions of faith were not really versions of Christianity at all; they were simply various forms of unbelief. Here is a description of this book by the author himself:

"In What Is Faith?, 1925, I tried to combat the anti-intellectualism of the Modernist church--the false separation which is set up between faith and knowledge--and to present the New Testament teaching as to what faith is. That endeavor involved necessarily some treatment of the object of faith, so that the little book contains a brief and summary treatment of considerable portions of Christian doctrine."

Rating:
Summary: What is Faith? Another Classic by J. Gresham Machen
Review: In What Is Faith?, J. Gresham Machen seeks to define the role, nature, and object of the historic Christian faith, as set against that of the contemporary liberal theology of his day. Machen's view was that the liberal versions of faith were not really versions of Christianity at all; they were simply various forms of unbelief. Here is a description of this book by the author himself:

"In What Is Faith?, 1925, I tried to combat the anti-intellectualism of the Modernist church--the false separation which is set up between faith and knowledge--and to present the New Testament teaching as to what faith is. That endeavor involved necessarily some treatment of the object of faith, so that the little book contains a brief and summary treatment of considerable portions of Christian doctrine."