GOD’S STATESMAN: THE LIFE AND WORK OF JOHN OWEN by Peter Toon. Published by Zondervan Publishing House, A Division of the Zondervan Corporation, Grand Rapids, Michigan. 183 pages. Price $5.95. Reviewed by Dr. Oren Holtrop (retired CRC minister), Midland Park, N.J. This reviewer freely and thankfully recommends this book for several reasons. For one thing, […]
CALLING OUR CITIES TO CHRIST by Roger S. Greenway, Th.D. Published by Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Company, Box 185, Nutley, N.J. 07110. 129 pages. Price $1.95. Reviewed by Frank De Jong, Emeritus pastor, San Jose, California. This book is one of a series of World Focus Books “designed to ask hard questions, and seek biblical […]
COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL OF MARK, by William L. Lime. William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. 652 pages. Price $12.95. Reviewed by Rey. Harry C. Arnold, pastor First Christian Reformed Church Lansing, Illinois. This volume is one of of a series of commentaries that will eventually comprise “The New International Commentary on the New […]
Brian G. Najapfour. The Gospel-Driven Tongue: Lessons from James on Godly Conversation. Grandville, MI: Reformed Fellowship Inc., 2017. Paperback. 72 pages. While Psalms is the anatomy of all the parts of the soul, this book illustrates James as the spiritual anatomy of the human tongue. Brian Najapfour’s passion as a loving pastor reflects the general […]
Martyn McGeown. Micah: Proclaiming the Incomparable God Jenison, Michigan: Reformed Free Publishing Association, 2018. vi + 229 pp. As Rev. Martyn McGeown points out in the introduction of this book, Micah is often neglected in our study of Scripture and preaching. This book is known for the prophetic statement about the birth of Christ in […]
MAKING IT ON A PASTORS PAY, by Manfred Holck, Jr. Published by Abingdon Press, 201 Eighth Ave. South, Nashville, Tennessee 37202, 1974. 123 pages, $4.95. Reviewed by John W. Asma, Kalamazoo, Michigan. On October 19, 1974, our local newspaper carried an article about ministers’ salaries. It contained the results of a recent study directed by the […]
MALEACHI, by Dr. P. A. Verhoef. Kampen. J. H. Kok. 1972. Reviewed by Dr. Louis Praamsma, pastor of the Christian Reformed Church of Colling. wood, Ontario. This book belongs 10 the series of Dutch commentaries on the Old Testament edited by Professors W. H. Gispen and N. H. Ridderbos. The author, Dr. P. A. Verhoef, […]
YEARBOOK OF AMERICAN AND CANADIAN CHURCHES 1974; Constant H. Jacquet Jr. Editor: Abingdon Press 201 Eighth. Ave., So., Nashville, Tenn. 37202: 276 pages; $9.95. Reviewed by John Vander Ploeg. To own and have ready access to the annual yearbook of one‘s own denomination is a must. We keep our priorities straight if we begin there. However, in an […]
DOTMOED OF HOOGMOED (Geloofs gehoogaamheid of nieurve theologie?) Or. M. J. Arntzen Oosterman en Le Cointre B.V. Goes 1973. Paper Cover, 142 Dagcs. Price £10.75 or $4.00. Reviewed by Rev. Lambertus VanLaar (emeritus) of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Dr. Arntzen, the author, may be considered the main spokesman of the “verontrusten” (the concerned) with regard to present-day spiritual […]
Their World, by Abigail Van der Velde. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R, 2017. 268 pages. $10.00 (and various prices online). Lately, it seems impossible for me to escape: whether I open my business LinkedIn page, pick up a newspaper, or stick around long enough to watch a television commercial, there’s now always a celebration of women in […]