Pointed and lucid, this article gives clear and unambiguous answers to the questions being asked about abortion. Dr. Edwin H. Palmer, a CRC minister, is the Executive Secretary of the New International Version of the Bible (New York Bible Society International). 1. Question: Why, if the state does not forbid the use of contraceptives to […]
Dr. Edwin H. Palmer of Wayne, New Jersey herewith presents the second and concluding installment of his article on Abortion: the Crucial Issue. Dr. Palmer is the Executive Secretary for the Committee on Bible Translation of the New York Bible Society. Following are two more common arguments advanced for easier abortion laws: 7. The population […]
The crucial issue in the matter of abortion is this: Is the unborn child the image of God or not? Is he a human with an eternal destiny, or is he a mere glob a bit of tissue? Is he an individual distinct from his mother, or is he a part of the mother, like […]
WASP! Bah! Prejudiced White Anglo-Saxon Protestants. They hate the Blacks, despise the Latins, and fight the Catholics. They think that pure America is white and that is how our good country started. They believe that the Blacks came to America later and cause the trouble America is having today. The WASPs think that the Anglo-Saxons […]
WHAT IS LEGAL IS ETHICAL Look magazine now accepts ads that solicit abortion (a December issue). When a written protest is made, their canned response is that New York State has legalized it. Therefore, it is all right. This is a strange reasoning: what is legal is ethical; or, morality is determined by the number […]
I am Edwin H. Palmer, the Executive Secretary of an international Bible translation, sponsored by the New York Bible Society. I testify in behalf of the New Jersey Right to Life Committee, being the chairman of its Executive Committee. I also testify in behalf of the New Jersey Christian Action Foundation, a Protestant interdenominational organization. […]
Before I wrote the following, I hesitated for some time. If I should say what I think, then maybe some of my fellow ministers would become angry. And who wants to be the object of anyone’s anger, and especially of that of preachers? The study is too peaceful and pleasant to get all hot and […]
RELEVANCY Let’s get with it. No more fuddy-duddy sermons on such abstract things as divine election, sanctification, prayer, heaven-hell, salvation, divine adoption, and the like. Let’s be relevant. Let’s have sermons on the Blacks, dope addiction, Vietnam, civil disobedience, mail strikes, pollution, abortion and revolution. So cry some non-relevant critics. Yes, let the church preach […]
Jesus says: “Judge not that you be not judged” (Matt. 7:1). But I now write to you: Judge that you be not judged; for if any man does not judge, he will be in danger of hell fire or of a lesser reward in heaven. Jesus’ statement is one of the most misunderstood passages in […]
Having been brought up always to pray to God with Thee’s and Thou’s, and being over thirty so I cannot easily change, I intend to continue to use Thee’s and Thou’s in my prayers. There is something beautiful in these forms of address. They are a constant reminder that God is the Creator and we […]