To find any item in this index note the numbers following the item, such as 6:2. This means that you will find what you are looking for in the June issue (6) on page 2. In the index of book reviews the name in the parenthesis identifies the reviewer. AUTHORS BLANKESPOOR, JOHN All sufficient Word […]
And Samuel spoke unto all the house of Israel, saying, If you are returning to the Lord with all your hearts, then rid yourselves of the foreign gods and the Ashtaroths and commit yourselves to the Lord and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hands of the Philistines. I Samuel […]
As long ago as 1848 Hugh Miller lamented that it had become the fashion in the Free Church to speak of preaching as “not the paramount but merely one of the subsidiary duties of the clergyman.” The trend was evident in three different connections. First, it governed attitudes to incumbent ministers. “‘He is not a […]
The Current Confusion A development which perplexes many Christians in our time is the multitude of English translations of the Bible which are appearing on the market. That this puzzles many of our readers is apparent in several letters sent to THE OUTLOOK. Some time ago I sent some of them to Dr. Edwin Palmer, […]
For many years Christian high schools and Christian communities have struggled over the question of what constitutes appropriate reading material for Christian high school students in a literature class. Dr. Gerda Bos, Professor of English at Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, Chicago, wrote an enlightening letter to a friend on this subject and a section […]
The Banner of Truth is a British organization that has been engaged in the publication of a magazine, The Banner of Truth, and has republished the writings of the Puritans. For these ventures, high praise is deserved by this fine organization. It is most important to revive the Calvinism of the Puritans, and to make […]
A National Atrocity A startling fact! Do you realize t hat since the 1973 Supreme Court decision, it has taken American Abortionists only six years to kill the same amount of people as were killed during the twelve years of Germany’s Third Reich? Several million murdered fetuses. Despite all this legalized murder in America where […]
This review is about a Dutch theologian with a well-known name. His name is Berkhof, but his theology has little in common with that of our well known Louis Berkhof. In fact, while Hendrikus Berkhof quotes from hundreds of theologians, there is not one reference in the index to his American namesake. Perhaps this is […]
Lesson 11 II Thessalonians 1:6–12 In the previous verses of this chapter the Apostle had spoken of the great progress these Thessalonians had made in the Christian life and how grateful he is that this work of God has proceeded so beautifully. These words were also an introduction to the main theme with which he […]
From one of our old friends in Canada we have received the following letter. It refers to a very serious issue, and concerns the policy of THE OUTLOOK. The Editorial Committee suggested it be taken up in an article instead of being placed as a letter. October 27, 1980 Dear Sir, In the September Outlook […]