LITTLE ADO ABOUT MUCH Three of the most unwelcome concepts today are those of authority, discipline, and obedience. The first letter of everyone of the these three words, taken in this order, spell the word “ado”. Isn’t there pitifully little ado about these three biblical concepts without the application of which our society will fall […]
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 allspices of the Layman’s League of Illiana as it appeared in the April 1960 issue of TORCH AND TRUMPET. This address has […]
And Judas said, “My mind is darkness now—My God I am sick I’ve been used. And you knew all the time. God! I’ll never know why you chose me for your crime. For your foul bloody crime. You have murdered me! You have murdered me! And the choir of heavenly angels sang the old refrain: […]
Gerald De Graaf, a sophomore at Dordt College, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William De Graaf of Pella, Iowa, A member of Faith Christian Reformed Church in Pella, Gerald is in the Pre-seminary program at Dordt. Dr. Gerard Van Groningen., professor of Bible at Dordt, writes: “I have had a most wonderful time […]
“Heresy” is a word that has gone out of fashion. Most churches in our time have all but dropped it from their vocabulary. In our churches too the term is rarely used unless to refer to an occasional ‘“heresy-hunter” who threatens to disturb the routine course of church machinery. In contrast with this current view, […]
GOD LOVES by John Gritter; Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, Mich.; 123 pages; $2.95. Reviewed by Rev. Harold Bossenbrock, pastor of the First Christian Reformed Church of Cutlerville, Michigan. The author was a preacher of the love of God for forty-six years. This was the joy of his life and it engaged all his time […]
The following is an excerpt translated from an article published in The Netherlands over the signature R.V.R. (pen name for Van Spronsen) under the title Reisindrukken VII (Travel-impressions) in De Reformatie of August 8, 1971. It should be of interest to know how others see us; and, if the shoe fit’s . . . well, […]
Following is a continuation and the final installment of Dr. Aaldert Mennega’s evaluation of the book, WHERE ARE WE HEADED?, by Dr. Jan Lever, professor of Zoology at the Free University of Amsterdam (Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids, MI, 59 pp., $1.65, 1970). Dr. Mennega is chairman of and associate professor in the […]
Scripture: Genesis 8:18–9:17 Often we hear people say that they wish they could begin life all over. Aware of their mistakes, they suppose that by receiving a new opportunity they would be able to correct their conversation and conduct. To many their past is a burden from which they long to be released. What is […]