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The Bible, to the Christian is not a burdensome law, but the very Magna Charta of Christian liberty.

J. Gresham Machen — Christianity and Liberalism (1923)

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Christianity and Liberalism (1923)

Primary text - Chapter IV: The Bible, pp. 78?79

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