“The love of Christ constraineth us,” Paul says, “because we have thus judged, that one died for all, therefore all died.” Those are rather strange words, when you come to think of it—“One died for all, therefore all died.” How does the second of these two propositions follow from the former? Why should we draw […]
Civil disobedience is one of the crucial problems of America today. In violation of legal authority, people lie down on New York City’s Triborough Bridge during the 5 o’clock rush hour; housewives mix up groceries in a supermarket; pacifists disrupt trains carrying supplies for Vietnam; draftees bum their draft cards; policemen go on strike, leaving a city defenseless; […]
The editors of TORCH AND TRUMPET, being concerned with a Biblical approach to current social problems, devote this issue to the problem of civil disobedience. Dr. Edwin Palmer’s position paper was sent with the accompanying letter to Christian scholars throughout the United States and Canada. The editors hope that this interplay will contribute to a […]
The Theological College of Northern Nigeria has been the center of much discussion at the Board of Foreign Missions, at Synod, and on the Mission field. The issue surrounding the TCNN is much more important than many realize. It concerns our mission policy on the Nigeria field and others. And it also is a test case […]
In recent years the Lord’s Day has given rise to the “problem of the Sabbath-Sunday in Australasia.” Much discussion has evolved in Australia and New Zealand on the relationship between the Old Testament Sabbath and the New Testament Lord’s Day. The character of the Lord’s Day—is it a day of rest and worship or is it basically only […]
WE REPEAT THE QUESTION: what is happening to our sister-church in the Netherlands? Last year a most-promising theologian, Dr. H. M. Kuitert, was appointed professor of Systematic Theology at the Free University. This appointment was a public testimony. At the end of the former year Dr. Kuitert had been accused by Prof. Van Riessen, who teaches […]
The home urgently needs a high priority in life. For the home-makers it is the goal of their dreams’ the center of their efforts. For society it is the basic unit; as go the homes so goes society. Without good homes there can be no great society. The Christian home is outstandingly important. It shelters and […]
One notices with keen regret that the General Synod of the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands has decided by an overwhelming majority vote (64 to 2) to set aside the historic decision of 1926 against the views of the Amsterdam dominic, Geelkerken. and others who held that the accounts in Genesis 1–3 need not be […]
McCLELLAN In Bruce Catton’s fascinating civil war histories (This Hallowed Ground and Mr. Lincoln’s Army) a general who gets an unusual amount of attention is George B. McClellan. A good administrator who knew how to dramatize army service and to inspire loyalty in his men, he seemed to have everything that was needed to make […]
lain H. Murray: THE FORGOTTEN SPURGEON. London: The Banner of Truth Trust. 1966, 224 pp. This review reprinted from the Presbyterian Guardian by permission. One of the greatest enemies of the church of Jesus Christ is ignorance. It is a sad thing when ignorance is found in the pulpit, and the minister does not know […]