A WORLD TO WIN: PREACHING WORLD MISSIONS TODAY, edited by Roger S. Greenway. Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, 1975. 135 pp. $3.95, paper. Review ed by Rev. Jerome Julien, pastor of the First Christian Reformed Church of Pella, Iowa. The six contributors to this book are experienced foreign missionaries. All but one, Arthur Glasser, contribute […]
Jonah and Noah, Drawings by Friedd Steinmann, text by Dieter Kohl. 63 pages in each. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. $1.95 each. Reviewed by John Vander Ploeg. Translated from the German by Cornelius Lambregtse, these two 63-page booklets by Dieter Kohl (text) and Friedd Stein· mann (drawings) retell the familiar Bible stories about Jonah and […]
BOOK NOTES Recent Reprints PSALMS, by Charles Haddon Spurgeon. A one volume edition of a condensation of “The Treasury of David” by David Otis Fuller. Kregel Publications, Grand Rapids, Mich., 1976. 703 pp. $14.95. This edition of Spurgeon’s Treasury . . . contains quotations collected by Spurgeon and quotes from the “Prince of Preachers,” himself; on […]
John Robert Paterson Sclater (1876-1949) served pastorates in Derby, England; Edinburgh, Scotland; and Toronto, Canada. Ralph G. Turnbull says of Sclater: “He was grounded in theology and church history, and had a special feeling for the conduct of public worship with reverence and devotion. Standing in the holy place he preached in the grand tradition […]
INQUIRY WITH RESPONSIBILITY Very likely many have pondered the article of Dr. Henry Stob in the May-June Reformed Journal (p. 5), where he writes about the propositions set forth by the “Dekker” study committee. In effect he warns that Synod should not proclaim the committee’s propositions as “‘dogmas’ to be honored by all who are charged to think Christianly […]
“But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. “But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.” – I […]
ON THE LOVE OF GOD… Occasionally one hears it said by Calvinists that God is good and benevolent to all the children of men but that He loves only the elect. According to Scripture, however, it may be said without the slightest hesitation that God loves all men. But what Scripture does not teach is […]
ABOUT THE NECESSITY OF SCRIPTURE… The Bible is not a volume of literary genius to admire; it is the revelation of divine grace to believe. It is not just one of the ten best books written by man; it is the only Book written by God. It is not the product of religious faith; it […]
PREACHING AS THE CALL TO ARMS… The command of our Lord Jesus Christ to the church is to go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. It will be impossible to carry out this command without knowledge of what is the gospel. We need not be in the dark for God himself has […]
NO ROOM FOR JESUS CHRIST?…. Of all the seasons of the year none seems to captivate us more than the commemoration of Christ’s birth. For old and young this is supposed to be the “happy” time. We seem intent on shutting out of heart and home anything that smacks of sadness. For this there is a good […]