A dramatic though little-realized national tragedy is taking place before our very eyes: the decline and fall of the independent university in America, including the Christian ones. Although most independent institutions of higher learning have continued their existence and many have even grown in size because of our recent population explosion, there is a real and […]
In those days John the Baptizer appeared on the scene in the Judean desert proclaiming: Turn yourselves around! The ruling order of heaven in just about here! (This John is the one the prophet Isaiah talked about when he said: A voice crying out in the wilderness “Prepare the way of the Lord! Make the […]
I RESPECTFULLY DECLINE TO ANSWER… The man who likely has heard these words more often than anyone else is Senator McLellan, the watchdog of the u.s. Senate on graft, corruption and racketeering. Call to mind Billy Sol Estes, now behind bars, and Bobby Baker, still strutting about the town of Washington as the paragon of virtue. […]
Though somewhat late we congratulate the editors of Christelijk Perspectief with their initiative and especially with their first volume. With joy I take note of the fact that this series in the Netherlands will be published under a title which is almost identical to the one of the series of lectures published by the Association for […]
If there ever was a controversy marked by bitter disagreement and utter confusion, it is the one centered around labour unions and their power to force all employees to join or support them as a condition of employment. Although the secular unions pay lip service to freedom of association, they heatedly defend their “right” to compel […]
Much has been written about the special gift of speaking in tongues, so that another article on the subject may seem wearisome and superfluous. It seems difficult, if not impossible, to say anything on the subject which has not been said before, but it may nevertheless be of use to stress an aspect of the subject […]
Preaching admittedly has fallen upon evil days. The man in the pew often seems to be more interested in the novelties spawned by man’s brain than in the message of the eternal God which alone provides light and life. And the preacher, afraid that he will be accused of being out of step with the times, […]
“For I reckon that every phenomenon can be seen, if the sight is sound, hanging by some sort of a navel-string to the Infinite womb.” “The only trouble is that the reverberation dies away so soon in the soul and the bog closes around one again.”1 Having been asked to write, from my vantage point as […]