I regret the negative way in which this topic has been cast. I think most of us have enough sense of logic to reason from the topic to ourselves, and therefore to conclude that this will be an attempt to expose weaknesses in our own preaching. I wish that the title had been a bit […]
I. Introduction Today there is a controversy over the concept of the baptism of the Holy Spirit, a controversy associated with the Pentecostal movement. Pentecostals teach that the baptism of the Holy Spirit is generally an experience that a believer passes through subsequent to conversion, and that it is related to speaking in tongues; others […]
There is in the state of Wisconsin a small, but well known city -Green Bay. This city is well known because it is the home of what used to be the most powerful and successful football team ever assembled in this country. The citizens of this city are avid supporters of their football team. So […]
A REFORMED SEMINARY IN THE BENUE? – YES Rev. T. Monsma’s article in the last month’s TORCH AND TRUMPET, indicates the change of opinion that is going on in the hearts of some of the missionaries in Nigeria. 1 also have had a change of mind on the need and importance of a Reformed Seminary […]
Calvin, John: THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES 1–13 (Translators: John W. Fraser and W. J. G. McDonald) Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, 1965, 410 pages. Price: $6.00. THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES 14–28 (Translator: John W. Fraser) Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, 1966. 329 pages. Price: $6.00. THE EPISTLES OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE […]
“Law and order” was the presidential campaign cry of 1968—and little wonder. As we review the varied spectrum of the events of 1968, we see a year of violence, riot, assassination, hate, war and student rebellions. It is an undebatable fact that there is in our day a wide disregard for law and a consequent […]
That there is a crisis in the church cannot be denied or ignored. Its character, however, is not easily assessed. Clarity on the fundamental issues is important. One speaks of crisis only when the fundamentals are attacked. “If the foundations be destroyed what can the righteous do?” Psalm 11. Today many of God’s people are […]
The Bible contains pure, unadulterated nonsense. Let me give three examples. 1. Election and human responsibility On the one hand the Bible teaches unequivocally and continually that God elects some and not all: “Many are called, but few are chosen” (Matt. 22:14); ‘“You did not choose me, but I chose you” (John 15:16); “Jacob I […]
A review article of the book, “DE VAL VAN ASSEN,” by DR. J. SCHELHAAS H ZN., Uitgeverij Bolland, Vlaardingen, 1968, 92 pp., f 5.25. Perhaps a fair number of our readers have never heard of Assen, let alone its fall, which is the title of this book under review. Assen is a city of the […]