AUTHORITY by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones. Published by Inter-Varsity Fellowship, 39 Bedford Square, W.C. 1, London. 94 pages. Price $1.25. Paperback. In a day when students of science assert their right to modify the Scriptures to fit the scientist, when theologians with their man-made ideas want to modify the Scriptures to match their finite conclusions, when churches […]
CANONS OF DORT Jesus Christ “was made sin, and became a curse for us and in our stead, that He might make satisfaction to divine justice on our behalf” (II, 2). “It was the will of God that Christ by the blood of the cross, whereby He confirmed the new covenant, should effectually redeem out of […]
He died as he had lived, trusting the promises of the LordI Three weeks before his last day he wrote these words to his old comrade-in-arms, Farel: “It is with difficulty that I draw my breath, and I expect that every moment will be my last. It is enough that I live and die for Christ, […]
Those of us who trace our spiritual ancestry to the 16th century Protestant Reformation are fond of saying that the questions then at issue are of lasting relevance. For that reason self-conscious Protestants never weary of celebrating this great event in the month of October each year, and a magazine such as this one cannot help […]
Basel, Switzerland Dear Friends: I have been asked to write an occasional letter for TORCH AND TRUMPET concerning my sabbatical year experiences in Basel. Let me begin by telling you of an interesting Calvin Jubilee which I attended on September 19 to 21 at Frankfurt-on-the-Main, Germany. Today Frankfurt is a very modern city, the down-town section almost […]
In dealing with such a subject as “Calvin’s Conception of the Church” one may well be on his guard against diverse temptations. He who would be known as a Calvinist is in peril of unduly exalting the person of John Calvin and of ascribing to his teaching a quality approaching infallibility. Perhaps that danger is […]
In a recent issue of The Banner we were informed of the decision of the Synod of 1958 that financial contributions in the amount of $2000 are solicited for the restoration of the Calvin Auditorium as a living memorial to the great Reformer John Calvin. The readers of TORCH AND TRUMPET are asked to send their contributions to Our […]
(In our April 1955 issue Dr. Runner began his historical survey of this subject. The April installment began with a review of the thinking of “the second-century Apologists…the anti-gnostic Fathers and…the Fathers of the fourth and fifth centuries.” Dr. Runner concluded this phase of his discussion in the previous issue. Here our esteemed author turns […]
Sons and Daughters of the Reformation: It was exactly 437 years ago that a young man stood near a church with a hammer in one hand, a parchment in the other, and it nail in his pocket. If we are to sense something of the vast significance of Martin Luther’s act we must look at more than […]
Upon re-reading Georgia Harkness’ well-known book on John Calvin and his gallant fight for the truth of the Word against the heretics and for moral purity against the Libertines of his day, I could not help but marvel again at this great Reformer. Surely Calvin sought to put the stamp of God upon all of life! The holiness of […]