Rev. Bill Deenick. Trowel & Sword. April 1986 Preamble: How do we see the role of a minister/pastor/preacher in today’s world? Is it a job or is it a calling? Bill Deenick writes in this article, as the title suggests, that the preacher carries a great responsibility. He doesn’t mince words. He quotes Miskotte whenContinue reading “The Preacher – God’s Voice”
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Lessons From The Nineteenth Century (II)
Prof K. Runia. Trowel & Sword. September 1966 Preamble: In the words of William Carey in 1792, quoted by Dr. Runia at the close of this article: “Expect great things from God. Attempt great things for God” (Orr, p.40). Amen! Lessons From The Nineteenth Century (II) In the first article, which appeared in last month’sContinue reading “Lessons From The Nineteenth Century (II)”
Lessons From The Nineteenth Century (I)
Prof. K. Runia. Trowel & Sword. August 1966 Preamble: “One of the problems of our time is that so many people have so little interest in history”. So wrote Klaas Runia in this first of two articles in 1966 (Paragraph 3). He went on to explain why this was regrettable 60 years ago, and byContinue reading “Lessons From The Nineteenth Century (I)”
In Search Of A Christian Radicalism
(Editorial Paragraphs) J.W. Deenick. Trowel & Sword. December 1971 Preamble: It is three years to the day that Pieter and I launched our new website, “Trowel & Sword Revisited” – (tsrevisited.com); a very basic website dedicated to republishing articles previously published in Trowel & Sword, the denominational magazine of the Christian Reformed Church of Australia,Continue reading “In Search Of A Christian Radicalism”
