Arent de Graaf. Trowel & Sword. March 1987 Preamble: Dates can be very restricting. Take Christmas for instance. In the weeks leading up to that particular day, churches, preachers and Christians tend to focus on the events leading up to the birth of Jesus. But once the celebrations are over, seldom does it rate aContinue reading ““Get On With It, Mate!””
Monthly Archives: September 2026
The Space Age And Our Faith
Prof. K. Runia. Trowel & Sword. August 1960 Preamble: “Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilisations, to boldly go where no man has gone before.” All dedicated ‘Trekkies’ will immediately recognise these words asContinue reading “The Space Age And Our Faith”
Compulsory Reading For English
(A Letter To The editor) Angie Rendle-Short. Trowel & Sword. October 1971 Preamble: While reading last week’s article, “The Catcher In The Rye“, it may have occurred to some of our readers to wonder why this article was written in the first place; after all, it may have appeared to come out of left fieldContinue reading “Compulsory Reading For English”
The Catcher In The Rye
J.W. Deenick. Trowel & Sword. October 1971 Preamble: While searching for articles to include in T&S Revisited I came across a debate from 1971 that had a profound impact on me. It concerned the use of “Catcher in the Rye” as a high school text. At the time I was at University preparing to becomeContinue reading “The Catcher In The Rye”
