BLOOD RIVER: The Passionate Saga of South Africa’s Africaners and of Life in their Embattled Land, by Barbara Villet, 1982, Everest House, New York, 255 pages, clothbound $16.95. A few weeks ago an old friend called to suggest that we ought to review this extraordinarily good book, observing that a wider acquaintance with it might […]
June Harris, a retired school teacher in Sydney, gives her very vivid impressions of a recent visit to South Africa. Towards the end of 1982 I had the opportunity of traveling with Dr. and Mrs. Campbell Andrews and Mrs. Lex Colville who had been missionaries for nearly thirty years in King William’s Town (in a […]
On Thursday evening. November 8. 1984 a capacity audience filled the large auditorium of the North Street Christian Reformed Church of Zeeland, Michigan. The large assemblage had gathered to hear an address by the Reverend Henry Vander Kam, Professor Emeritus of Mid-Amenca Reformed Seminary, Orange City, Iowa. The title of the address was “An Analysis […]
As Jesus continues His explanation of last Things in Matthew 24 and 25, He says, “But when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit on the throne of his glory” (25:31). The Judgment will be the next event to take place after Jesus’ appearance. […]
The past week was bracketed by two meetings, one on Monday and the other on Friday evening, both of them concerned with the same subject. The subject of interest was last June’s Christian Reformed synod decisions and their expected consequences. A Feminist View The first, held on Monday, Nov. 5, in the Calvin Seminary auditorium, […]
“For we have not here an abiding city, but we seek after the city that is to come” (Hebrews 13:14). A “new year” has arrived. Something that is new usually is different from the old. A new year hopefully will bring with it new and better things. The old was not satisfactory, not what we […]
The murder of four Roman Catholic missionaries in El Salvador, and the more recent murder of a Wycliffe missionary in Columbia, are harsh evidences of the brutal political struggles going on in Latin America. Christian missionaries increasingly are getting caught in the crossfire of warring political groups. Even those missionaries who avoid all political activity […]
The Voiceless Prayer of God’s People Lesson 9 Romans 8:26–27 and Psalm 123:2 We teach our children to pray as soon as they are able to do so. Later in life we are also able to pray silently , but we still put our prayers into words even though we do not speak them aloud. […]
It is amazing how many people in the CRC believe that we can change our stance on the role of women without suffering ill effects elsewhere. Amazing because the arguments advanced for opening the door to women in office are virtually identical to those employed to promote more liberal views on other topics such as, […]
Have you ever felt rejected? Have you ever felt that nobody paid any attention to your words? I felt the same, for although I called aloud and raised my voice in the public squares, nobody listened to me. Even in the gateways where the city council meets, I made my speeches, but no one mended […]