Document: Cornelis P. Venema, The Promise of the Future (Carlisle, PA.: The Banner of Truth Trust, 2000). Excerpt: It is a pleasure to introduce Cornelis Venema's exceptional book The Promise of the Future. Dr Venema is Professor of Doctrinal Studies at Mid-America Reformed Seminary. For some time now his acumen as a theologian and skill as a teacher … Continue reading Faith: Its Nature and Structure, and its significance for Science – Cornelis P. Venema
Faith: Its Nature and Structure, and its significance for Science – D.H. Vollenhoven
Document: D.H. Vollenhoven, "Faith: Its Nature and Structure, and its significance for Science" (Free University of Amsterdam, n.d.). Excerpt: Your invitation to contribute to this Congress I gladly respond to. Not only because of the pleasant memories of my study‐days at Utrecht in 1946, but also and especially to strengthen our contact. For, if I see correctly, … Continue reading Faith: Its Nature and Structure, and its significance for Science – D.H. Vollenhoven
Meaning of Ethos – F.H. Von Meyenfeldt
Document: F.H. Von Meyenfeldt, Meaning of Ethos (n.d.). Excerpt: The Board of Trustees of the Association for the Advancement of Christian Scholarship has invited me to deliver a series of lectures in the field of ethics at your annual study conference. With pleasure I accepted this invitation because I considered it a great honour to be invited from … Continue reading Meaning of Ethos – F.H. Von Meyenfeldt
Introduction to Sociology – M. Vrieze
Document: M. Vrieze, Introduction to Sociology (n.d.). Excerpt: Few things are more fascinating for the student who seeks a truly Christian perspective on the field of sociology than opening a book of one of the better-known sociologists in our American world and witness his struggle for the identity of sociology. Don Martindale's The Nature and Types … Continue reading Introduction to Sociology – M. Vrieze
Basic Concepts in Christian Pedagogy – Jan Waterink
Document: Jan Waterink, Basic Concepts in Christian Pedagogy (St. Catharines, ON.: Paideia Press, 1954). Excerpt: Perhaps it will seem unusual to speak of the foundations of Christian pedagogics. For one might ask : Is it not true that every school of pedagogics is founded on the same principles? Indeed, pedagogics is the theory of education and one … Continue reading Basic Concepts in Christian Pedagogy – Jan Waterink
ANAKAINOSIS: Rank and Worth – Al Wolters
Document: Al Wolters, "Rank and Worth" in ANAKAINOSIS, Vol. 5 No. 4 (1983). Excerpt: Under the influence of a long Neoplatonic tradition, Christian thinkers of the West have tended to speak and think of degrees of "goodness" in reality. As we move up the hierarchical chain of being--from matter and body to soul, mind and spirit--we meet ever … Continue reading ANAKAINOSIS: Rank and Worth – Al Wolters
ANAKAINOSIS: Ground Motive – Al Wolters
Document: Al Wolters, "Ground Motive" in ANAKAINOSIS, Vol. 6 No. 1 (1983). Excerpt: "Ground-motive" is an expression coined by the translators of Herman Dooyeweerd to render the Dutch word grondmotief. It designates a fundamental category in Dooyeweerd's thought, referring to the structure of the religious depth-dimension which underlies all human thought and culture. It may be helpful, especially … Continue reading ANAKAINOSIS: Ground Motive – Al Wolters
ANAKAINOSIS: Theses on “Word of God” – Al Wolters
Document: Al Wolters, "Theses on 'Word of God'" in ANAKAINOSIS, Vol. 6 No. 3 (1984). Excerpt: 1. For the purposes of this discussion, the uses of the phrase "Word of God" (and its equivalents) in Scripture can be broadly divided into three classes: a) "Word" (dabar, logos, rhema) = message from God in understandable language. This is by far … Continue reading ANAKAINOSIS: Theses on “Word of God” – Al Wolters
Common Grace and Christian Action in Abraham Kuyper – S.U. Zuidema
Document: S.U. Zuidema, Common Grace and Christian Action in Abraham Kuyper (n.d.). Excerpt: Abraham Kuyper's standard work on common grace, entitled De Gemeene Gratie, which first appeared in a series of weekly articles, could not fail to arrest the attention of his followers and contemporaries. In fact it captivated them, touching them in the depths of their … Continue reading Common Grace and Christian Action in Abraham Kuyper – S.U. Zuidema
Existentialistic Communication – S.U. Zuidema
Document: S.U. Zuidema, "Existentialistic Communication" (n.d.). Excerpt: In the present day vocabulary of philosophers, theologians, and even of the common people, the word "communication" has come into vogue. Since the publication of Dr. H. Kramer's studies regarding communication, this word has forced itself also into the vocabulary of the Christian. But to the best of my knowledge, this … Continue reading Existentialistic Communication – S.U. Zuidema
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