I began casually reading the Scientific American and ended up, somewhat more excited, searching through the early chapters of the book of Genesis. The article that drew my attention was written by Professor Norman L. Munn on “The Evolution of Mind,” in the current June issue of the magazine. An important statement appeared in this article. […]

“The buggy is all hitched and the mare is prancing, Ma. Let’s go!” While Pa holds the horse steady, Ma and the six children climb into the buggy and snuggle down under the carriage robe. The four miles to town quickly slip by to the clippety clop of the horse’s feet, and the white steeple of the little […]

The covenant of grace is the soil out of which the church grows. For this reason every centennial celebrant must be intentionally and critically awake to the meaning of this fact of grace. For church members to ignore the covenant is to forsake the matrix out of which they were born. It is as abnormal for […]

It is both strange and painful that members of the same Church, though they believe in the same Bible and subscribe to the same creed, can differ widely on many important points of principle and policy. Yet that has been the case throughout all of New Testament history, even in the days of the apostles. The […]

To celebrate the Lord’s Supper in a worthy manner, so that we can expect the blessing of the Lord, it is necessary to examine ourselves. It is of the utmost importance that we take the examination of ourselves seriously, The apostle Paul found occasion to impress this upon the minds of the members of the congregation […]

In no other part of Scripture, except perhaps in the Psalms, is the language so rich with the life and the movement of the natural world as in the book of the prophet Isaiah. Gardens and trees, rivers, fountains and pools soothe the eyes of the reader with their cool green and crystal Their refreshing sounds and […]

In the first article bearing the above title it was contended that when the Scripture relates the crucifixion of Jesus Christ to the eternal counsel of God, it does not in any way give the impression that the death of the Messiah was one of a number of “possibilities,” anyone of which might in the course of history […]

The May/June issue of Torch and Trumpet appeared so shortly before the death of Professor Louis Berkhof that it was impossible to devote more than a bit of space to his person and his labor for the Church. We promise to add to our tribute in the July/August issue.               […]

Second Thoughts on the Dead Sea Scrolls F. F. BRUCE (Published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Co., Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1956, 144 pages, Price $2.50) Hot on the heels of the Israeli Army invading the Sinai peninsula last year was a group of Jewish scholars who risked the trip to search out the location of Mt. […]