Simon Kistemaker was born The Netherlands, came to Canada in 1948, graduated from Calvin College in 1954 and from Calvin Seminary in 1957. After one year of teaching Classical Languages at Calvin College, he went to the Free University of Amsterdam where he received the Th.D. degree in the are of the New Testament in […]
What shall we say about form criticism? Has this scholarly pursuit contributed anything to the understanding of the formation of the Gospels? Does the form critic use a number of hypotheses in order to arrive at conclusions? These are some of the questions I shall try to answer in this lecture. Let us begin with […]
For more than half a century, the word form criticism has been in circulation. And for that matter the whole movement which this word represents is hardly a modern theological trend. Yet the effect of form criticism has been noticed only in the last few decades. In fact, the study conducted by the form critics […]
PROCLAIM THE WORD Preach the Word. This is the last word of Paul to Timothy. In the fourth chapter of his second epistle to Timothy, Paul writes: “Preach the word, be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all long suffering and teaching” (verse two). These words constitute the transfer of […]
Dr. Simon Kistemaker, professor of Bible at Dordt College in Sioux Center, Iowa, was requested to supply information, as soon as possible about the decision of the Synod of the Gereformeerde Kerken in The Netherlands concerning the well-known Kuitert controversy. Before this issue went to press, TORCH AND TRUMPET received also another article on this […]
minister and message To say that a minister preaches the Gospel means that he proclaims the Good News of Jesus Christ. He preaches the message of salvation. Originally, the Good News of Jesus Christ comprised the glad tidings which Jesus preached as he walked the countryside of Palestine and said: “The time is fulfilled, and […]
How do you address a minister of the Word? You call him “pastor.” But is that a correct description of his calling? You will know that a physician is called a doctor of medicine, and thus he puts the initials M.D. behind his name. That means he has studied medicine and now practices the medical […]
As a speaker, Dr. Kuitert proves to be an interesting lecturer and the material which he presents keeps his audiences spellbound. The words come naturally without effort and without elaboration. No one in the audience will ever get the feeling that the lectures are beyond his range of understanding, and no one will ever accuse […]
Why do we follow the teachings of Dr. Kuitert so closely? Why do we read so much of him and about him? Why do we pay such close attention to what he says? Why do we talk so often about the so-called “new theology”? Simply because in Kuitert’s approach to understanding the Bible the trustworthiness […]
“If Adam and Eve never existed .and thus are no historical persons, then, Dr. Kuitert, how do you explain Romans 5:12, where we read, ‘Therefore, as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin…Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the likeness of […]