THE NECESSITY OF FAITH, by Harvey M. Kuitert. Eerdmans, 1976, 159 pp., $2.95. Reviewed by Professor William Young, Department of Philosophy, University of Rhode Island. This little book is an index of the rapid and radical inroads of apostasy on the part of theological, ecclesiastical and publishing institutions which only a few decades ago were […]
Elsewhere in this issue Dr. Fred H. Klooster provides a tribute to Dr. Cornelius Van Til in recognition of his long and distinguished labors as a defender of the faith. In keeping with this we are here giving special prominence to this review of Dr. Van Til’s The New Hermeneutic (Presbyterian & Reformed Publishing Co., […]
Both Dr. Cornelius (Kees) Van Til and his wife, Rena Klooster; were born in 1895—he in May and she in October. On the occasion of the Van Tils’ eightieth birthday(s), the editor of this journal asked me to write an article to commemorate that event (Torch and Trumpet, Oct. 1975, pp. 1921). In response to […]
The name of Cornelius Van Til is inseparable from Reformed, presuppositional apologetics. Due to the importance yet complexity of Van Til’s thinking and of the discipline of apologetics in general, I aim to provide in this brief article a few sketchy notes on this Reformed apologist’s background and basic thought, as well as a capsule […]
Living in the Gap Between Promise and Reality: The Gospel According to Abraham By Iain M. Duguid P&R Publishing Company, PO Box 817, Phillipsburg, NJ 08865, ©1999, 167pp, soft cover A book which can capture the endorsements of Bryan Chapell, Willem VanGemeren and Sinclair Ferguson will do well in Presbyterian and Reformed circles. This is […]
Have you noticed how many books about the Christian Mind and Humanism have recently appeared? Most have something of real value to offer, but many consistent Reformed thinkers rely upon Cornelius Van Til when they need a consistent theological approach. He continually returns the lines of argument to God, making us feel that “of God, […]
The Indiana Farm-boy Cornelius Van Til was born on May 3, 1895, at Grootegast in the Province of Groningen, The Netherlands. In 1905 his family migrated to the Highland-Munster area of Indiana, near the Illinois state line, about 25 miles from Chicago. In a family of eight sons, Van Til had to work on the […]