Christianity Today |
"A Presbyterian Journal Devoted to Stating, Defending and Furthering the Gospel in the Modern World." |
| Samuel G. Craig, Editor |
H. McAllister Griffiths, Managing Editor |
Published monthly by
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Volume 6 (1935-1936)
Contents by Issue:
Volume 6, No. 1 (June 1935) |
| Editorial Notes and Comments: 1. The Power to Repeal; 2. A Significant Testimony; 3. Northumberland Overtures the Assembly to Rescind; 4. "Study Your Bible" [review of book by E.J. Young]; 5. The Repudiation of Christianity |
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| Which is the Rule of Faith and Life: The Word of God or the Voice of the Church? |
Wm. Childs Robinson, Th.D., D.D. |
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| Unscientific Thinking |
L. Nelson Bell, M.D., F.A.C.S. |
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| A Testimony of Ruling Elders of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. |
National Committee of Elders |
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| Dr. Rimmer and the Flemington Meetings: The Story Behind the Story |
Rev. Charles E. Wideman |
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| Letters to the Editor: 1. How Outsiders View the Machen Trial, by A.Z. Conrad; 2. Lest We Forget, by Albert Dale Gantz; 3. Independent David vs. General Assembly Goliath, by Eli Benedict |
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| Sunday School Lessons for June (International Uniform Series) |
John Murray, M.A., Th.M. |
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| The Comfort of the Scriptures: 1 Cor. 7:29 |
Rev. David Freeman, Th.M. |
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News of the Church: 1. Westminster Seminary Commencement; 2. Ecclesiastical Situation Tense As Assembly Approaches;
3. Independent Board Meets, Seven Missionaries Appointed; 4. New England Fellowship Offers Award; 5. New York and New England, by L.C. Long; 6. Eastern Pennsylvania Letter, by J.B. Thwing; 7. Delaware-Maryland Letter, by Rev. H.G. Welbon;
8. News Letter from Western Pennsylvania, by H.J. Ockenga; 9. Minnesota-Wisconsin Letter, by H.W. Allen; 10. Illinois News Letter, by R.H. Wood; 11. The Presbyterian Church in Canada, by T.G.M. Bryan; 12. Irish Letter, by S.W. Murray; 13. Letter from Melbourne, Australia, by H.T. Rush; 14. Ethiopian News, by J.L. Rohrbaugh; 15. Japan Letter, by L.W. Moore |
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Volume 6, No. 2 (July 1935) |
| Editorial Notes and Comments: 1. The 147th General Assembly; 2. The Assembly and the Independent Board; 3. Independent Board Members Refused Seats in Assembly; 4. The Unrest in the Church and Its Real Cause; 5. "The Calvin Forum"; 6. The Doctrinal Attitude of the Moderator of the Last Assembly |
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| Is America on the Road to Ruin? |
Rev. Clarence E. Macartney, D.D. |
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| The 147th General Assembly: A Church Approaching the Crossroads |
Editor |
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| Sunday School Lessons for July (International Uniform Series) |
Edward J. Young |
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| The Comfort of the Scriptures: II Cor. 5:14 |
Rev. David Freeman, Th.M. |
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| News of the Church: 1. Non-Judicial Case No. 4 [Allis & Cross, et al. vs. Synod of PA, re Rev. Pugh]; 2. Trials [McIntire; Buswell]; 3. Dr. Harold S. Laird Issues Statement; 4. Text of Philadelphia Minority Petition; 5. Eastern Pennsylvania Letter, by J.B. Thwing; 6. Denver and Vicinity, by H.C. Welker. |
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Volume 6, No. 3 (August 1935) |
| Editorial Notes and Comments: 1. The Attempt to Crush Westminster Seminary; 2. The Uplifted Christ; 3. "The Plan of Salvation" [review of Warfield book]. |
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| The Foundation Principle of the Moral Law |
Rev. William Matheson |
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| Is Christianity Reasonable? |
Grace Buchanan Sherwood |
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| National Dangers |
Rev. John Tallmadge Bergen, D.D. |
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| "Righteous Judgment" vs. Unjust Judgment |
Rev. Alford Kelley |
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| Sunday School Lessons for August (International Uniform Series) |
Rev. David Freeman, Th.M. |
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| The Comfort of the Scriptures: II Cor. 8:9 |
Rev. David Freeman, Th.M. |
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| Letters to the Editor: 1. Disgraceful Doings, by David S. Clark; 2. Genuine Miracles, by G.M.; 3. A Wrong Emphasis, by a Layman |
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| News of the Church: 1. Sixty-first General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Canada; 2. Irish News Letter, by S.W. Murray; 3. Philadelphia Votes Action Against Independent Board Members; 4. Commission Appointed to Visit Philadelphia and Chester Presbyteries; 5. Trials Continue [West Jersey; Chicago]; 6. Presbyterian Constitutional Covenant Union Organized; 7. Rev. Joseph A. Schofield, Jr. Resigns from the Independent Board; 8. Eastern Pennsylvania Letter, by J.B. Thwing; 9. Denver and Vicinity, by H.C. Welker; 10. News Letter from Ethiopia, by J.L. Rohrbaugh; 11. China Letter, by A.B. Dodd; 12. Korea Letter, by B.F. Hunt; 13. Netherlands Letter, by F.W. Grosheide; 14. News Letter from the Union of South Africa, by P.S. Latsky; 15. Japan Letter, by L.W. Moore. |
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Volume 6, No. 4 (September 1935) |
Editorial Notes and Comments: 1. The Presbyterian Constitutional Covenant Union; 2. How to Contribute to Foreign Missions;
3. Mr. Griffiths' Resignation and Our Editorial Policy; 4. An Explanation [re: authorship of article in previous issue] |
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| Christian Preparedness Versus Anti-Christian Pacifism |
Professor N.B. Stonehouse, Th.D. |
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| Faith and Knowledge |
Rev. Robert Duncan McKenzie, Th.M. |
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| Religious Status of Children Born of Christian Parents in the Christian Church |
Rev. E.E. Bigger |
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| Sunday School Lessons for September (International Uniform Series) |
Rev. David Freeman, Th.M. |
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| The Comfort of the Scriptures: |
Rev. David Freeman, Th.M. |
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Letters to the Editor: 1. Another Emphasis, by A Ruling Elder; 2. A Question Many Are Asking, by Sam'l B. Woods;
3. Dr. Warfield and Universalism, by Mrs. A.M. Fraser, with reply by SGC; 4. Premature Proposals, by Charles E. Edwards |
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News of the Church: 1. Report of North China Theological Seminary, 1934-35; 2. The Commemoration of Four Hundred Years of the Printed English Bible; 3. Rev. H. McAllister Griffiths Severs his Connections with "Christianity Today"; 4. Delaware-Maryland Letter, by H.G. Welbon; 5. Notes from a Southern Presbyterian, by Wm. Childs Robinson; 6. The Presbyterian Church in Canada, by T.G.M. Bryan; 7. Netherlands Letter, by F.W. Grosheide; 8. Irish Letter, by S.W. Murray; 9. China Letter, by A.B. Dodd;
10. News Letter from Egypt, by W.L. McClenahan; 11. News Letter from Ethiopia, by J.L. Rohrbaugh. |
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| News in Nutshells: 1. Hitler Broadens Attack; 2. Methodists Looking Toward Union; 3. Russia Responsive; 4. Dr. Kagawa to Visit United States; 5. Christian Endeavor Launches New Movement; 6. A "Social Research Bureau" for Southern Baptists?; 7. Pennsylvania Passes Sunday Movie Bill; 8. Methodist Laymen Protest; 9. The Independent Board Trials. |
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Volume 6, No. 5 (October 1935) |
Editorial Notes and Comments: 1. The Chief Value of the Bible; 2. Why Contribute to Missions?; 3. The McIntire Verdict;
4. Editorial Announcement [re: address change; Sunday School lessons; Letters to the Editor]; 5. Dr. Keyser's Appraisal of the Auburn Affirmation |
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| Religion or Christianity |
Rev. Johannes G. Vos |
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| Presbyterian Perfection |
Rev. Thomas F. Cummings |
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| Light on the Higher Criticism from Ras Shamra |
Rev. Oswald T. Allis, Ph.D., D.D. |
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| An Old Central European Seminary Becomes New |
Rev. Dr. Charles Vincze |
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| Book Reviews: 1. The Revelation of St. John, by Abraham Kuyper; 2. The Educational Philosophy of Herman Bavinck, by Cornelius Jaarsma; 3. New Bible Evidence from 1925-1935 Excavations, by Sir Charles Marston; 4. Old and New Testament Biblical Theology, by Geerhardus Vos; 5. The Facts and Mysteries of the Christian Faith, by Albertus Pieters [all reviews by Samuel G. Craig, except for #3, by James Norris McDowell.] |
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Letters to the Editor: 1. Disagrees for the First Time, by M.A.C.; 2. The Covenant Union and the General Assembly, by C.H.C.;
3. Thinks Our Advice Bad, by T.M.G.; 4. Calvin Quoted re Secession, by G.H. |
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| News of the Church: 1. Rev. Carl McIntire Pronounced "Guilty"; 2. Trial of Lay Members Begun; 3. Dr. Brumbaugh and 700 Members of the First Presbyterian Church of Tacoma Withdraw; 4. Encouraging News From Wheaton College; 5. Opening of Westminster Seminary [convocation address by Rev. John H. McComb]; 6. Progress in China, by W.M. Hayes; 7. The Presbyterian Church in Canada, by T.G.M. Bryan; 8. Irish Letter, by S.W. Murray; 9. News Letter from Ethiopia, by J.L. Rohrbaugh; 10. News Letter from India, by Margaret W. Haines; 11. China Letter, by A.B. Dodd. |
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| News in a Nutshell: 1. The New Calendar; 2. Church Statistics; 3. "Don't Burn Your Fingers"; 4. Church Union for India; 5. Temple Baptist Church Withdraws; 6. In Time of Trouble [re: Bible Societies]; 7. Sabbath Desecration; 8. Church Money Raising; 9. Seeking the Lost; 10. Mormon Missionaries; 11. Ten Thousand "Christian Revolutionaries"; 12. D.L. Moody Centenary and Moody Bible Institute Jubilee. |
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Volume 6, No. 6 (November 1935) |
| Editorial Notes and Comments: 1. Related But Not Identical Questions; 2. A Crying Need: How Shall It Be Met?; 3. The Right to Designate Gifts; 4. New and Forthcoming Features; 5. A Letter to the Editor with Reply [letter from Arthur W. Machen] |
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| "Contending Earnestly for the Faith Once for All Delivered Unto the Saints [Commencement Address at Westminster Theological Seminary, 2 October 1935] |
Rev. John H. McComb |
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| Drink, Divorce, Despair [sermon] |
Rev. John T. Reeve, D.D. |
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| A Meditation: Whatsoever Ye Do, Do It Heartily as to the Lord |
Abraham Kuyper, D.D., LL.D. |
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| Missions |
Mrs. George P. Pierson |
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| Book Reviews: 1. Hopeless--Yet There Is Hope, by A.C. Gaebelein; and 2. Christian Realities, by R.E. Speer. |
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| Letters to the Editor: 1. Author of Dissenting Opinion in McIntire Case Takes Exception, by S. Iredell; 2. Baptism of Infants Opposed, by A.M. Lester; 3. Baptist Minister Dissents, by D.J. McKay. |
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News of the Church: 1. Religion and Science Association Formed; 2. Westminster Seminary Opens Seventh Year; 3. Will New York Presbytery Petition the 1936 Assembly to Rescind Action of 1934 Assembly re The Independent Board?; 4. Independent Board Trials; 5. Olympia Presbytery Makes Final Disposition of Brumbaugh Case; 6. The First Independent Church of Tacoma, Wash.;
7. San Francisco Presbytery Licenses Edward J. Young; 8. Baltimore Presbytery Receives John Hutchison; 9. Dr. Machen to Broadcast; 10. Commission Visits Philadelphia and Chester Presbyteries; 11. The Presbyterian Guardian; 12. Dr. W.M. McPheeters Called Higher!, by Wm. Childs Robinson; 13. Dr. James M. Gray Called Home; 14. League of Evangelical Students; 15. A Christian School for Girls at Montrose, Penna.; 16. Stony Brook: A Christian School for Boys; 17. Reformation Day Under the Cross. |
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| News in a Nutshell: 1. Crisis in German Protestant Church; 2. National Missions in Comity Pact; 3. Prayer for Ethiopia; 4. Pacifism on Parade at Northfield; 5. "Religious Digest" Appears; 6. The True Task of the Church and Socialism; 7. Of Importance to Christians in Pennsylvania; 8. "Church and State" and the Baptists; 9. News of the Independent Board; 10. Only One Thing to Do; 11. The Anti-God Campaign in Russia. |
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Editorial Notes and Comments: 1. Our Lord's Advent; 2. The Barnhouse Report; 3. What Presbyterians Believe About the Bible;
4. Westminster Seminary and the Independent Board [re: Letter from Rev. Warren R. Ward] |
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| A Summary of Presbyterian Beliefs |
["Composite Authorship"] |
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| Jesus' Teaching--Ethical Rather Than Doctrinal? |
Rev. George P. Pierson, D.D. |
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| Report of Dr. Donald Grey Barnhouse Concerning his visit to Presbyterian Foreign Mission Stations in Asia, Part I |
Rev. Donald Grey Barnhouse |
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| A Meditation: Immanuel |
Abraham Kuyper, D.D., LL.D. |
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| Missions |
Mrs. George P. Pierson |
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| Book Reviews: 1. Preaching the Apocalypse, by Daniel Russell; 2. The Message from Patmos, by D.S. Clark; 3. The Book of the Revelation, by W.R. Newell; 4. "Thus Saith the Lord", by S. Vanden Hoek; 5. "Christmas": An American Manual (Augsburg). |
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| Letters to the Editor: 1. Morality Without Christ, by D.L. Chapin; 2. A Letter of Commendation, by O.M. Waite; 3. Keynote of the Last Assembly, by "A Former Missionary". |
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News of the Church: 1. Judicial Commission of Synod of Pennsylvania Renders Important Decision [re: Machen, et al.]; 2. Commission Continues Investigation of Philadelphia and Chester; 3. Kalamazoo Presbytery Refuses to Receive Rev. G.H. Snell;
4. Independent Board News; 5. General Council Advises Next Assembly to Transmit Cayuga Overture to Presbyteries; 6. Their Works Do Follow: William A. Sunday and I.S. Prokhanoff [obituaries]; 7. The World-Wide Revival Prayer Movement; 8. Korea Letter, by B.F. Hunt; 9. News Letter from India, by Margaret W. Haines [with Letter from H.T. Holland on Quetta Earthquake];
10. News Letter from Scotland, by D. Maclean; 11. The Presbyterian Church in Canada, by T.G.M. Bryan; 12. News Letter from Albania, by P.B. Kennedy; 13. The Revival of Calvinism; 14. Revival in Poland. |
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News in Nutshells: 1. Persecution of German Christians Continues; 2. Ancient Bible Manuscript Found in England; 3. Is the Sixth Commandment Abrogated? [re: euthanasia]; 4. The Crisis in Ecuador; 5. Calvinism in Japan; 6. "Compel Them to Come In";
7. Until Recently Under Presbyterian Foreign Board; 8. The Belfast Disturbances; 9. Chicago Churches Decline W.P.A. Fund. |
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Volume 6, No. 8 (January 1936) |
| Editorial Notes and Comments: 1.Our Lord's Central and Abiding Purpose; 2. The Mandate of the 1934 Assembly; 3. Decisions Handed Down by Judicial Commission of the Synod of Pennsylvania; 4. The Board of Foreign Missions and the Barnhouse Report |
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| John Calvin, the World Reconstructionist |
Rev. James Mitchell Foster, D.D. |
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| Controversy and Compromise |
Rev. S.J. Henman |
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| Report of Dr. Donald Grey Barnhouse Concerning his visit to Presbyterian Foreign Mission Stations in Asia, Part II |
Rev. Donald Grey Barnhouse |
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| A Mediation: The Courses of the Age Are His |
Abraham Kuyper, D.D. |
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| Missions [includes letter from Henry W. & Betty Coray in China] |
Mrs. George P. Pierson |
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| Book Reviews: 1. Daily Manna, edited by M. Monsma; 2. The Origin of Mankind Viewed from the Standpoint of Revelation and Research, by Sir Ambrose Fleming; 3. The Origin of Religion, by S.M. Zwemer. |
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News of the Church: 1. The Executive Council of the Board of Foreign Missions Comments on Dr. Barnhouse's Mission Report;
2. An Action of Board of Foreign Missions on Dr. Barnhouse's Report, November 18, 1935; 3. General Council Votes Quotas and Percentages; 4. Generous Gift to Grove City College; 5. Early Date of Manuscript Supported; 6. Irish Letter, by S.W. Murray;
7. The Presbyterian Church in Canada, by T.G.M. Bryan; 8. News from Australia, by H.T. Rush; 9. China Letter, by A.B. Dodd. |
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News in Nutshells: 1. A Social Gospel [Student Volunteer Movement]; 2. "Bring Ye All the Tithes into the Storehouse; 3. To Be Communist or Not to Be; 4. Second Conference of Methodist Laymen; 5. "Owe No Man Anything"; 6. Modernism Unsatisfying;
7. Homiletics and Hobbies in New York; 8. A Deadly Success; 9. Mexico's Religious Crisis; 10. Household Worship in Germany;
11. German Missions; 12. What Will Be the Message? [Federal Council of Churches mission]; 13. One Hundredth Anniversary of Bible for Blind. |
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| Editorial Notes and Comments: 1. The Disruption of Westminster Seminary. |
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| Mission Study Books for 1935-36 : I. Home Missions |
Rev. Joseph A. Schofield, Jr. |
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| Water Baptism, Sprinkling or Immersion? What Saith the Scriptures? |
Rev. Warren R. Ward |
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| A Meditation: Every One Which Seeth the Son [John 6:4] |
Abraham Kuyper, D.D. |
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| Missions [includes news of Sudan; Ethiopia; China; Peru; Korea and Japan] |
Mrs. George P. Pierson |
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| Question Box: 1. Dr. Fosdick and Orthodoxy, by J.H.W.; 2. The State of the Church, by Miss K.P.; 3. Support of the Independent Board, by M.E.C.; 4. The Physical Resurrection, by J.S. |
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| Letters to the Editor: 1. Students Reply to Dr. Ward; 2. The De Waard Case, by John J. De Waard; 3. A Layman Speaks Out, by E. Van Deusen; 4. Stay Within the Church, by F.G.S. |
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| News of the Church: 1. New York Presbytery Refuses to Obey General Assembly's Mandate; 2. Independent Board News; 3. Westminster Seminary News; 4. Resolution Regarding Rev. John B. Thwing; 5. The All-Bible School; 6. Founder's Week at Moody Bible Institute; 7. Convention of Evangelical Students; 8. The Smyth Lecture Series; 9. The Sprunt Lecture Series; 10. A Church of Christian Jews; 11. The Board of Foreign Missions; 12. Their Works Do Follow Them: William E. Blackstone and Frederick N. Charrington [obituaries]; 13. Fiftieth Anniversary Bross Competition; 14. Prize Offered for Best Treatise [American Tract Society]; 15. A Native Bible School in Manchuria. |
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News in Nutshells: 1. A New Commonwealth [Philippines]; 2. Christianity Supreme; 3. The Waldensian Church in the Italian Crisis; 4. National Church for Canada Discussed; 5. Danger Ahead [re: "Layman's Inquiry"]; 6. German Calendar Heathen;
7. The German Protestant Church; 8. The Need of France; 9. Results of One Hundred Years of Missions; 10. Revival in Denmark;
11. Christian Layman's Hour in Mexico; 12. "The Liberal Retreat in China". |
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Volume 6, No. 10 (March 1936) |
| Editorial Notes and Comments: 1. Christianity, Evolution and Miracles; 2. Announcement Extraordinary [re: new Kuyper series and pending series by Dr. Boettner];
3. A Noteworthy Article by Dr. Allis [review of article on dispensationalism] |
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| Some Dangers in Present Pacifist Movements |
L. Nelson Bell, M.D., F.A.C.S. |
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| D.L. Moody--The Man, The Message, and The Work |
A.F. Gaylord |
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| An Unpublished Fragment of the Fourth Gospel in the John Rylands Library |
Edited by C.H. Roberts, M.A. |
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| A Meditation on the Resurrection: "Highly Exalted" |
Abraham Kuyper, D.D., LL.D. |
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| Missions 1. Letter from R. Heber McIlwaine in Japan; 2. Letter from J. L. Rohrbaugh in Ethiopia; 3. The Black Jews of Ethiopia: A Strange People in the Land of Haile Selassie. |
Mrs. George P. Pierson |
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| Book Reviews: 1. The Program of Peace, by Joseph Taylor Britan; 2. Forty Happy Years in Japan, by George P. Pierson and Ida G. Pierson; 3. John and Betty Stam, Martyrs, by Lee S. Huizenga; 4. The Triumph of John and Betty Stam, by Mrs. Howard Taylor |
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Question Box: 1. Two Timely Questions About the Lord's Supper, by "Perplexed"; 2. Christianity and Pacifism, by A.S.;
3. Auburn Affirmation and 1924 Assembly, by M.M.N. |
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| Letters to the Editor: 1. Serious Count Against Education Board, by John Tallmadge Bergen; 2. Rebuke Mingled with Praise, by Ira M. Grey; 3. The 1935 Manual of Presbyterian Law for Church Officers and Members, by John Welsh Dulles [re: giving] |
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News of the Church: 1. Dr. G.S. McCune, Mission College and Academy President, Deposed; 2. Independent Board Trials;
3. Sudden Death of Rev. G.H. Snell; 4. Belmont Plan Advocated; 5. Federal Council Now Controls Appointments of Prison Chaplains; 6. God, the Foundation of Knowledge [review of C. Van Til lectures, by Wm. C. Robinson]; 7. The Presbyterian Church in Canada, by T.G.M. Bryan; 8. Letter from Korea, by B.F. Hunt [includes mention of T. Stanley Soltau] |
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| News in Nutshells: 1. A Red List [communist and liberal groups active among American youth]; 2. An Overture on War; 3. Japan Frees Geisha Girls; 4. In Face of Persecution [Bible Society in Spain]; 5. Nazi Clergy Write New Bible Version; 6. Appeal for Christian Refugees [re: German Christians]; 7. In Footsteps of a King [re: example of King George]; 8. The Jewish Exodus. |
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