Labor Day, 1959, finds two titans standing over against each other in conflict—the colossus of a sometimes greedy management and the giant of an irresponsible labor. The power of the one against the other today threatens to paralyze the economy of our land. Not only do we find these power giants in the field of economics, […]
TWO KINDS OF OBSERVERS There have always been two kinds of Calvin-biographies, and since the 19th century there have also been two kinds of observations on Calvin’s use of Scripture. Historians, investigators in the broad field of history, never are quite unbiased. They always approach the facts as children of their time and as men […]
It is our intention in this issue to discuss the most important matter which required the attention of the 1959 Synod of the Christian Reformed Church; namely, the question whether the Bible is the absolutely infallible Word of God. MISUNDERSTANDING THE ISSUE It is of great importance to know just what the issue was with […]
People who belong to the Reformed community have become thoroughly accustomed to the use of the words REFORMED and CHRISTIAN. This is especially true of those who belong to the Christian Reformed Church. We wish to submit in this article some reflections on the historical meaning and the current use of these two terms. It may be […]
When we think back to Calvin and his valiant defense of the faith we can only wish that to some extent we might be filled with as much love for the truth and hatred of sin as he was. IMPARTIALITY When Calvin was about to die he had a deep consciousness of his lack of […]
I. HISTORICAL REVIEW SEVENTEENTH TO NINETEENTH CENTURIES To form a balanced opinion in connection with the status and prospects of Calvinism in South Africa it is imperative to obtain a bird’s-eye view of history and of the present situation. When Jan van Riebeeck landed in Table Bay in the year 1652 one of his first acts was […]
I hope that these few notes may give you some idea of the interesting and challenging religious climate in this vast land down-under. Before the Reformed churches were organized in this land in 1951 there was not much “doing” within the various Protestant churches. Catholicism still has a strong grasp on the inland or country population. Many […]
Professor Cornelius Van Til of Westminster Theological Seminary has, in his little book, The Theology of James Daane, made a most significant contribution to the cause of living orthodoxy. The Daane-Van Til controversy, having its historic origins in the question of “common grace”, has come now lo reveal itself as a controversy about the nature of divine […]
In the September, 1958, issue of TORCH AND TRUMPET, an article appeared under the heading: The Future of our Christian Schools. The author was Mr. Raymond J. Geerdes, Mr. Geerdes also wrote: “Dr. Daane was later questioned as to whether this involvement in the American scene could not be more easily accomplished by sending a […]
By What Standard? by ROUSAS JOHN RUSHDOONY The Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Company, Philadelphia, 1959. 209 pages. A recent issue of Time ( March 10, 1959) has featured theologian Paul Tillich, landing him as Theologian Number One and advertising on the front cover along with his portrait his Existentialism as “A Theology for Protestants.” Like the Athenian […]