The Centennial of the Ordination of .......

.....by far the most relevant Reformed theologian of our age.

Exactly 100 years ago today, the Rev Dr J Gresham Machen was ordained by the Presbytery of New Brunswick.

“‘Rejoice with trembling.’ That looks like a paradox. Joy and fear are opposite. At any rate, surely the trembling must limit the joy. Rejoice although you have to tremble. Or, rejoice, but in your joy do not forget to tremble. Or, is the trembling positively necessary to the joy, intimately connected with it? Is the trembling the key to the joy? If we learn to tremble, will the way be open to the joy that we have sought so long in vain? Rejoice, says the modern preacher—but sadness does not seem to flee. Rejoice, says the psalmist—and the Lord put gladness in his heart.”