Korea has been a great influx of missionaries of late. Since the out· break of war in Korea in June 1950, and during the years of fighting and subsequent tenuous cease fire they have come. Of the 350 Protestant missionaries in Korea in 1955 at least 170 have come for the first time since 1950. Of […]
In recent years, academic authorities have, as in the past, found it necessary at times to censure or suppress student publications. This has occurred at state universities, Ivy colleges, and at Calvin College as well. In each instance, some students, and occasionally a faculty member, have raised the cry of peril to academic freedom. The […]
Human Conception, embryological development, and childbirth are a triad of medical concern. Following fertilization of the mature female ovum, successful fetal growth and safe delivery of the infant are a major responsibility of the medical profession. The spectacular advances made in maternal welfare and infant safety have been reflected in the decline of maternal morbidity […]
The subject of “double taxation” in reference to private schools is very controversial. In the last one hundred years America has not been accustomed to any other system than the present one. Therefore, when the subject of changing our existing laws and customs is broached, a great reaction is created. Below are some of the questions and […]
In the March issue of Torch and Trumpet Walter A. De Jong challenge us to do some: serious thinking about our Christian schools. Accurately he observes, “We learn from the Bible and from contemporary history that there are projects whose beginning is in the Spirit but whose ending is in the flesh…American history is replete with schools and […]
Have any of you ever stood between the rails of a railroad and looked at the straight stretch of roadbed ahead? Did it not appear as if within a mile’s distance the rails were coming together? You know that it only appears thus and that in reality it is not so. But the illusion is pretty […]
Huizenga Dear Editors: Your February issue contained a review of Dr. J. W. Klotz’s booklet, “The Age of the Earth,” by Mr. Jacob Heerema. I have not read the booklet but request space to comment on the contents of the review. The kind of reasoning used in this review is a striking example of how far […]
When we go to church, we should go in the consciousness that we in the communion of the saints will meet God. We cannot expect, nor will we receive a blessing unless we behold God with the eye of faith and listen to what he has to say to us. We also speak to him, but […]
The Modern Student’s Life of Christ PHILIP VOLLMER, Ph.D., D.O., Fleming H. Revell Company, New York, 1912, 353 pages. This reprint of Dr. Vollmer’s excellent little handbook on the life of Christ is a most welcome volume to those who would study and teach the life of our Lord. Dr. Volliner was born in Germany in […]