* Address to the Deacons’ Confers nee. Published upon request of the Deacon’s Conference. From the information that I have been able to gather, I understand that you do not care for a long address and an exhaustive treatment of the subject at hand but rather a short speech that…
Introduction I have been asked to speak to you this afternoon on the subject, “Our Attitude Toward Politics.” Allow me to say that I found this a rather difficult subject due mainly to two things. In the first place it is a subject about which I have concerned myself but…
The Man. Sometime during the period, known in history as the Renaissance, a forgotten woman gave birth to an illegitimate son, who was destined to make a name for himself in the sphere of learning in his day. This nameless thing, the son of a Catholic priest, in later years…
(I am sorry that the following article, which reached me in time for the July issue, escaped my attention, due to my being out of town for a while. Another small article on “Current Events,” intended for the present issue will appear in the next, D.V.). —The Editor Our Times…
I suppose it is almost expected of anyone who writes on current events that he write about the war or matters relating to it. At the same time it must be apparent that it is extremely difficult to write about something that is subject to sudden change as is this…
There are two things about Scripture which the reader who is acquainted with the Word of God cannot help but notice. The first thing is its external diversity. In the first place, the Bible is divided into two main parts, the Old and the New Testament, of which the first…
It was New Year’s Eve. Two young men of the same neighborhood were proceeding down the street together. As they came abreast a large building where an all-night dancing party was in progress, one of them turned in, the other proceeded down the street until he came to the church…
Although our topic presents a double subject, the reader will understand that it cannot be our purpose to write first about Modern War and then about Common Grace. The purpose is, rather, to view the one in the light of the other, that is, to view the theory of Common…
Introduction The eleventh chapter of the Epistle to the Romans may be divided into three main sections. The first section, containing the vss. 1 to 16, is concerned about the question with which the apostle introduces it in the first verse of the chapter, namely, “Hath God cast away his…
In discussing the above mentioned subject, we shall call your attention first to each of the two parts and shall then attempt to throw some light upon the relation between these two. It will readily be admitted that our main difficulty will be encountered in the attempt to harmonize the…
What Scripture Teaches Various questions arise in the consideration of the subject, the hardening of the heart. Perhaps the most discussion centers about the question that is raised with a view to the cause of this hardening. The most popular view contends that this hardening has its primary cause in…
The word communal refers to a commune and anything that pertains to it. A commune is defined as: the common people, a self-governing body, a municipal corporation. The word communal has, in the narrow sense of the word, a legal connotation and therefore has regard to all that which concerns…
The underlying basis of Christian stewardship is the fact that all things belong to God in the absolute sense of the word. God is the sole possessor of the whole universe and all that it contains. That this is true follows from the fact that He is the Creator of…
In Ephesians 4:30 the apostle writes to the church, “And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.’’ Although Scripture does not elsewhere speak of “grieving the Spirit” in so many words, the idea is expressed more often in somewhat similar terms.…
“Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value.” Matt. 27:9 The above heading will perhaps evoke but little interest to those who…
Divine Providence When speaking of “divine providence”, we do so in the accepted sense of the term. The word itself, as far as its literal meaning is concerned, is not applicable to God. “Pro-video” the Latin verb from which the word is derived, means “to see in advance”. It must…
If we are to arrive at the correct conception of the above Word of God, we will have to read it, not only in the light of the text in which it occurs but also in the light of the whole passage. Scripture is always its own interpreter. We must…
In our study of the Old Testament term “soul” and in determining the meaning of that term, it will be necessary first of all to gather what information we can concerning the use of the term in the Old Testament Scriptures and then, in the light thereof, we may attempt…