Stopping short of a blanket endorsement of all that Henry Drummond (Free Church of Scotland 1851–97) ever wrote, I do appreciate the counsel he once gave to preachers when he warned them against “killing the old doctrine and ostentatiously calling on their congregations to attend the funeral.” That’s what happens year after year on Easter […]
One often hears expressed openly or by implication that references in the Bible to natural phenomena are not necessarily correct, since the Bible reflects the views of the people living at the time it was written. It is said in defense of this view that the people living at the time the Bible was written […]
The late Dr. Edward J. Young taught Old Testament Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. Following is the first installment of an address Dr. Young delivered at Oak Glen, Illinois, under the auspices of the Laymen’s League of Illiana as it appeared in the April 1960 issue of TORCH AND TRUMPET. This address has […]
By permission of the Zondervan Publishing House, the following is reprinted from the late Professor R. B. Kuiper’s book, TO BE OR NOT TO BE REFORMED. Originally published in 1959, this material still retains as value because it is so forthright, discerning, and also remarkably contemporaneous. Let no one say that the Christian Reformed Church […]
Will the National Union of Christian Schools remain Christian? The answer to such a question seems almost self-evident, for the NUCS has labored unceasingly for years to develop and maintain a school system true to the Word of God. How could it conceivably change its total direction? But such has happened in other Christian organizations. […]
“SECULAR CHRISTIANITY” AND GOD WHO ACTS, by Robert J. Blaikie; Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 255 Jefferson Ave. , S.E., Grand Rapids, Mich. 49502; 1970; 257 pages; Paperback $2.95. Reviewed by Rev. Cecil W. Tuininga, pastor of the Christian Reformed Church of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Robert J. Blaikie is concerned about what is happening in the […]
Sir: I much appreciated the review by the Rev. Fred Van Houten of my book, The Spirit of the Reformed Tradition in your November issue. Permit me, however, to take issue with his statement that I fail to “appreciate the Christian day schools and their efforts to establish Cod at the center of education.” Rev. […]
AND THE LORD SHUT HIM IN . . . (15) Scripture: Genesis 7:1–16 In these verses we read the record of one of history’s most astounding and significant happenings It is the story of the flood in the days of Noah. The record is brief, despite some occasional repetitions. Because of this, perhaps, it has […]