Most of you, I am sure, are acquainted with the 1966 Christian Reformed Synod’s decision concerning the film arts. This subject has been much discussed, and is still being written about. I ran across an article in the February 9, 1968 issue of The Banner, written by Rev. Leonard Greenway, entitled “Shall we Patronize Hollywood?” […]
. . but be thou an example of believers, in word, in conversation, in love, in Spirit, in faith, in purity.” — I Timothy 4:12 We all must lead exemplary lives. We must not simply have lives which are beyond reproach and censure; lives which are border-line, playing with sin, and really flouting the […]
Charles Darwin and the Theory of Evolution (continued) That Darwin was not simply posing some slight variations in truths that had been believed for centuries is evident when one considers the fact that in 1871 The Descent of Man was published by Darwin, This book took a much longer step in the same fundamentally […]
Book by H. Harold Kent Reviewed by Arie Nobel This book has five chapters which are entitled as follows: 1) Adversity Versus Integrity 2) Sickness Unto Death 3) Unsatisfactory Orthodoxy or Fallible Fundamentalism 4) The Necessity of a Mediator 5) The Sufficiency of Grace It is evident from various facts that are brought […]
Book by Ewe Clark Reviewed by Arie Nobel There are many good things about this novel and one of the chief points is that the author is well acquainted with Africa, its people, the nature of these people, their environment, their customs, habits, worship, the political movements, and even the land. Then again, he […]
“And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth; I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and […]
“I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries shall not be able to resist.” Luke 21:15 Reading this verse, many times the very opposite seems true. Have you ever tried to talk to ungodly men and explain and argue from Scripture concerning a point of doctrine or concerning the walk […]
A reference to predestination is probably what he intends when he says that Cod’s Word is an act. Because it determines history it is therefore an act: “Is not My Word like a fire? saith the Lord: and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?” (Jer. 23.29). Cf. Isa. 55.10. (178), “That the […]
On occasion, as the times demand, there appear on the stage of church history unusual men, highly gifted, stalwart in the faith, not afraid to stand alone against an army of those arrayed against them. God puts these men on the center of the stage because the times are critical. The faith needs defending and […]