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ALL TO MAKE MONEY! It certainly does not speak well for the corporate conscience of a nation when relatively little indignation is expressed over what happened at Daytona Beach, Florida, last Easter weekend. The shameful scenes witnessed by other Florida communities in previous years apparently had no deterrent effect on the Daytona Beach business men […]

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Impressions of the 1962 Christian Reformed Synod

We attended many, though not all, of the sessions of the Christian Reformed Synod held last June and feel inclined to record our impressions. As far as we could judge a fraternal spirit prevailed. This was also the testimony of delegates to whom we have spoken. There was no manifestation of bitterness and differences of […]

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Scriptural “Nonsense”

From time to time in our religious periodicals we are presented with the idea that by some canons of interpretation the language of the Bible may turn out to be nonsense. The question bas come up in the discussion of the infallibility of the Bible.1 The question of sense and nonsense also comes up in the discussion […]

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The True Church and a Modern Counterfeit

THE NATURE OF THE CHURCH It is not at all difficult to enumerate several characteristics of the Christian church. The teaching of Scripture on the nature of the church is clear. The church is not of human but of divine origin. It was God who established his covenant with Abraham and his seed (Gen. 17:7). […]

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Christianity, Capitalism, and Socialism

“Do you know any good, solid argument against Socialism, based on the Bible?” The question was raised by a student and had been occasioned by a professor’s classroom remarks and student discussions. OUR CURRENT CONFUSION There are among us many who are highly critical of Socialism, but who, if asked to say just what they […]

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Calvinism and Christian School

This article covers familiar ground for many of our readers who are committed to the cause of Christian education in parent-controlled schools; but it is by no means superfluous to repeat the truths stressed here. We know that many of those who send their children to such schools do not know about the historical roots […]

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The Intolerance of Neutrality

The National Board of Christian Labour Association of Canada welcomes the opportunity to use the pages of this publication to acquaint its readers with some of the recent developments in our organization. We believe that it is a matter of the utmost importance that we face the question of the task and place of the Christian […]

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Book Reviews

Communism and Christian Faith by LESTER DE KOSTER Eerdmans. 150 pages. $3.50. Communism, Its Faith and Fallacies by JAMES D. BALES Baker. 211 pages. $3.95. Speaking of De Koster’s, book first, there is one word to describe it; Brilliant. Both as to form and content, this is as readable a volume on communism as anyone […]

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