J. Gresham Machen was an early 20th century theologian who founded the Orthodox Presbyterian Church and left a legacy at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, PA. He fought the good fight against modernist tendencies to disparage the truth of the Bible, and raise up human beings as the ultimate arbiters of truth and morality. Machen was hopeful that others would continue on after him.
In his book, 5 Minutes in Church History, Stephen J. Nichols recounts Machen's hope for the world. Machen wrote:
"There's only one alternative to this modernist worldview," this worldview that futilely attempts to push God out. Machen then simply declares: "The alternative is that there is a God. A God who in His own good time will bring forward great men again to do His will, great men to resist the tyranny of experts, and lead humanity out again into the realms of light and freedom. Great men above all who will be the messengers of His grace. There is far above any earthly mountain peak of vision a God high and lifted up, who although He is infinitely exalted, yet he cares for His children among men."
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