I stood up and walked to the window and pushing the curtain aside I saw in the earliest gray light of the morning how the naked arms of the trees were lifted imploringly towards heaven…A shrill, merciless telephone woke me during the night which bridges Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Drunk with sleep I staggered […]
The Reformed Ecumenical Synod met in Lunteren, the Netherlands from August 12-23. The Synod got off to a very slow start taking a whole morning to elect a Moderamen. Thereupon the Modefamen appointed personnel to the various committees then went to work preparing their reports. Procedure is always the difficulty in international meetings of this […]
SHOULD WE MIX THEM? Last time we had looked at the biblical and L the historical side of the problem, as posed by Prof. J. Plomp in his inaugural address. This time we want to look at the more practical side. Prof. Plomp also mentions several practical points which we shall discuss briefly. 1. The […]
As a speaker, Dr. Kuitert proves to be an interesting lecturer and the material which he presents keeps his audiences spellbound. The words come naturally without effort and without elaboration. No one in the audience will ever get the feeling that the lectures are beyond his range of understanding, and no one will ever accuse […]
Friday, October 25 is past and another Annual Meeting of the Reformed Fellowship has become history. Members and friends who were privileged in God’s Providence to be in attendance have returned to their homes keenly aware that the day was beneficial for those who love the Reformed Faith. Timely thoughts on what should be the […]
Literary critics today write much about comedy and little about humor, perhaps because comedy nowadays is considered a larger concept, a comprehensive way of looking at life. Comedy in literature may be defined as an optimistic attitude, an interpretation of life that posits a happily-ever-after ending, an objectified (in metaphor, character, scene, plot) approach to […]
POST-DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY Many Americans look upon our democratic liberties as God-given rights which we enjoy as a favored people who live under a “manifest destiny” which is God-ordained. This gives us the mandate to propagate democratic institutions willy-nilly not only as our natural right, but as a Christian duty. In fact, some so confuse democracy […]
96 E. Moreland Ave. Philadelphia, Pa. Dear Sirs, Although my schedule as a student at Westminster Seminary is a busy one, I want to take a few minutes to express to the editorial board of the TORCH AND TRUMPET my deep appreciation for and Christian joy in the Christian and reform-ing articles which have appeared […]
Kenneth S. Latourette: BEYOND THE RANGES, 161 p. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans (1967), price $3.95 Latourette and the history of Christian missions have become almost identified in American scholarship. For more than fifty years he has stirred up individuals and churches to recognize the impact of the church through its missionary outreach upon the world. For […]
Dr. Roger Nicole, professor of systematic theology at Gordon Divinity School, Wenham, Massachusetts, presents Biblical reasons for maintaining the historical Reformed teaching of limited atonement. I. Precise Point at Issue In order to dispel misunderstanding frequently prevailing in spite of clear and emphatic statements (which inexplicably remain unheeded), it may be wise at the outset […]