Elijah’s lament when he lay discouraged under the juniper tree: “the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars” was not the utterance of a religious pessimist. The actual religious situation in Israel at that particular time was correctly indicated by the Lord’s prophet. Every word in his description of Israel’s apostasy was true. […]
We terminated our comments in the September issue on Synod’s decisions regarding the inspiration and infallibility of Scripture with the promise to discuss the lament of some of our people that Synod was inconsistent in adopting only half-way measures in those decisions. Synod was declared inconsistent on two counts. First, it failed to demand of the ten […]
It is surprising and distressing but true. The doctrine of the Covenant of Grace as basic to our Christian schools has come under sharp attack. Most outspoken in this attack is some correspondence that appeared in this very magazine last March (pp. 19–20). The main thrust of this assault is that our schools should be based […]
Each one of the Beatitudes is a striking statement of spiritual wisdom. Each one sounds contradictory to the unbeliever. In the Beatitudes Christ plumbs the spiritual depths of the truth which governs the Kingdom of Heaven. When we bear in mind that these Beatitudes describe the citizens of the Kingdom of Heaven, we would almost […]
“Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled”. Although the unbelieving world believes that the people of God are quite colorless, Jesus reveals that they are capable of strong feelings. Hunger and thirst are strong sensations. Contrary to common belief, Christians do not hunger and thirst after the love […]
Everybody loves the Sermon on the Mount. The unbeliever often quotes it with approval and the believer, naturally, accepts it as the Word of God. The Modernist views Christianity as consisting of the teachings of Jesus. Other teachers have founded religions and have contributed much to tho cultural and moral well·being of those who followed them. […]
Fall is here again. Vacations are for the most part over. The children are back in school. Our church societies are starting up once again. Enthusiasm usually runs high at this time of year. New officers are at the helm. A new plan of study has been laid down. And everyone is glad to meet again […]
PREFACE The following remarks were made before the students of the Junior and Senior Classes of Calvin Theological Seminary, after requests had been received to make some comments on the issue of infallibility. They were reproduced upon request for distribution among the students who desired to have a copy. The original lecture was prefaced with […]
EXPOSITION OF EPHESIANS (Chapter 1–2:10), Thomas Goodwin, Sovereign Grace Book Club, $5.95. JEROME’S COMMENTARY ON DANIEL, tr. G.L. Archer, Jr., Baker, 1958. $3.95. THE LIFE AND TEACHINGS OF JOHN CALVIN a study manual, John H. Bratt $.75, $7.50 dozen. THE TWO EMPIRES IN JAPAN, John M.L. Young, Bible Times Press, $2.00. FUNDAMENTALISM AND THE WORD […]