MARKINGS ON A LONG JOURNEY WRITINGS OF JOHN J. TIMMERMAN; Rodney J . Mulder and John H. Timmerman, Editors; Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, Michigan: 300 pages, $9.95. Reviewed by John Vander Ploeg. Timmerman’s excellence in style, his magnanimous spirit that shines through, his knowledgeable comments in the field of literature, and his healthy Christian […]
STUDY HELPS ON THE HEIDELBERG CATECHISM, by Rev. Norman L. Jones. Published by the Publications Committee of the Eureka Classis, Reformed Church in the U.S., P.O. Box 486, Eureka, SD 57437, 1981, Paper, 284 pages. Price $4.50 including postage. May be obtained from Rev. Norman L. Jones, 317 So. Garfield, Pierre, SD 57501. BIBLE DOCTRINE […]
THE INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BIBLE ENCYCLOPEDIA Illustrated. In Four Volumes. Volume Two: E-J. Fully Revised. 1175 pages, 1982. Eerdmans Publishing Co. $35.00. Reviewed by John Vander Ploeg. Its reputation being clearly established as a scholarly reference for well over three score years, The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE) is definitely a must for the library of […]
INSIGHT – THE NIV NEW TESTAMENT WITH NOTES BY PHILIP YANCEY, Zondervan, 1982, 485 pp., paper. TEACHERS OF DESTRUCTION THEIR PLANS FOR A SOCIALIST REVOLUTION, AN EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT, by Alice Widener, The Citizens Evaluation Institute, 1970, 257 pp., paper, $3.00. PETER THE FISHERMAN, by Carine Mackenzie, Christian Focus Publications. Lochcarron, Scotland, paper. RUTH THE HARVEST […]
THE CHRIST OF THE COVENANTS, by O. Palmer Robertson, Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Co., Phillipsburg, N.J., 1980, 308 pp., paper, $9.95. ISRAEL AND THE NEW COVENANT, by Roderick Campbell, Presbyterian and Reformed, Phillipsburg, N.J., 1954, 350 pp., hardcover, $12.95. WISDOM FOR TODAY’S ISSUES, A Topical Arrangement of the Proverbs, by Steven Voorwinde, Presbyterian and Reformed, […]
Letters to Barbara: a Novel by Glenn Meeter. 263 pages, 1981. William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. $12.95. Reviewed by John Vander Ploeg. Once again to spend a few hours in the town of Lansing (Illinois), to visit once more in the home of Glenn Meeter’s grandparents, and also once again to be at the church […]
GLORIOUS IS THE BAPTISM OF THE SPIRIT, by Robert K. Churchill. Presbyterian and Reformed, 1976. 74pp., paper. $2.50. Reviewed by Rev. Jerome M. Julien, pastor of the First Christian Reformed Church of Sheldon, Iowa. The Rev. Churchill, an Orthodox Presbyterian minister, noting the generally inadequate understanding of the baptism of the Holy Spirit, undertook the […]
ROMANS CHAPTERS 9–16, by William Hendriksen. Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, Mich., 535 pp., $12.95 . Reviewed by John Vander Ploeg. That Dr. William Hendriksen. notwithstanding his years, has found it possible to publish yet another in his series of New Testament Commentaries will be hailed as a godsend by all who recognize and appreciate […]
WHAT IS THE REFORMED FAITH? by John R. de Witt. The Banner of Truth Trust, Carlisle, PA, and Edinburgh. 1981. 24 pp. paper, $1.45. FIVE ENGLISH REFORMERS, by J. C. Ryle. Banner of Truth, 1890, 1981, 156 pp. paper, $3.95. ECCLESIASTES, by Charles Bridges, Banner of Truth, 1860, 1981, 319 pp. hardcover, $9.95. HOW TO […]
THE JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES AND PROPHETIC SPECULATION, by Edmond Charles Gruss. Presbyterian and Reformed, Nutley, N.J., 1972. 127 pp., $2.95 paper. Reviewed by Rev. Jerome Julien. The Jehovah’s Witnesses, known for setting dates for the end of the world, have an erroneous way of looking at Biblical chronology. This, Gruss, a former Jehovah’s Witness, points out. […]