Dr. Roger Nicole, professor of systematic theology at Gordon Divinity School, Wenham, Massachusetts, presents Biblical reasons for maintaining the historical Reformed teaching of limited atonement. I. Precise Point at Issue In order to dispel misunderstanding frequently prevailing in spite of clear and emphatic statements (which inexplicably remain unheeded), it may be wise at the outset […]

The editors of TORCH AND TRUMPET, being concerned with a Biblical approach to current social problems, devote this issue to the problem of civil disobedience. Dr. Edwin Palmer’s position paper was sent with the accompanying letter to Christian scholars throughout the United States and Canada. The editors hope that this interplay will contribute to a […]

The doctrine of definite atonement (more commonly. although less accurately. designated as limited atonement) may be defined as that view of the atonement in which the redemptive purpose is co-extensive with the effectuation of redemption. According to it, the Lord Jesus Christ, as the Mediator of the New Covenant and the substitute of all the elect, […]