Diane Brummel Bloem. Trowel & Sword. August 1975. From: The Banner. Preamble: As you can tell by the date of this article, this debate has been going on for a long time and would seem to be no closer to being resolved. For the most part there seems to be an uneasy truce between theContinue reading “A Woman’s View On Ordination”
Author Archives: Bert Moritz & Pieter Stok
Rumour Round The College
Rev. Bill Deenick. Trowel & Sword. November 1974 Preamble: I must begin by declaring my own interest in the events described in the following article. I was a student at the RTC at the time that these events took place and was recorded in the minutes of a student meeting as the lone voice opposingContinue reading “Rumour Round The College”
Ten Years Of Trowel And Sword
Dr. K. Runia. Trowel & Sword. October 1964 Preamble: When we first saw this article it seemed like a good idea to save it for our own tenth anniversary – a mere eight and a half years down the track. This begged the question, Will the Lord grant us another eight and a half yearsContinue reading “Ten Years Of Trowel And Sword”
Worship As Dialogue
Bill van Schie. Trowel & Sword. March 2003 Preamble: Last week, despite our “tongue-in-cheek” description of the approach of many people to attending a church service, we learned from Bill that attending a church service is serious business. How serious? Imagine the following scenario. The last day has arrived and all people have been raisedContinue reading “Worship As Dialogue”
Worship – Focus
Bill van Schie. Trowel & Sword. February 2003 Preamble: Attending a church service would appear to most to be a simple process. You walk in, go to the same seat you have been sitting in, perhaps for years, and perhaps even “gently” admonish someone who has had the temerity to “inadvertently” sit in “your seat”.Continue reading “Worship – Focus”
The Belgic Confession
(DE NEDERLANDSE GELOOFSBELIJDENIS). 1561 – 1961 Dr. K. Runia. Trowel & Sword, November 1961 Preamble: Beginning with a history lesson, Dr, Runia moves almost imperceptibly into a discussion of what it means to be “Reformed”, until at last he comes to the real reason for writing this editorial. What is it? Read on and itContinue reading “The Belgic Confession”
Mysterium Incarnationis
Prof. K. Runia. Trowel & Sword. December 1961 Preamble: The mystery of the incarnation? What’s so mysterious about that? It’s quite straightforward, isn’t? Jesus comes down from heaven, is born as a human being, grows up, becomes a man, teaches a group of men for three years, all the time healing the sick and performingContinue reading “Mysterium Incarnationis”
I Believe In The Holy Spirit
J.F.H. VanderBom. Trowel & Sword, (De Kleine Krant), May 1974 Preamble: For nearly thirty years the “Kleine Krant” (Little Paper) was part of Trowel & Sword, catering for readers more comfortable with the Dutch Language. While many have passed into glory we recognise that there may still be readers who would love to read articlesContinue reading “I Believe In The Holy Spirit”
A Survey To Make You Think
Dr. K. Runia. Trowel & Sword, November 1961 Preamble: The following are the results of a survey conducted it a Presbyterian Church in 1961 and published in “Presbyterian Life”. Dr. Runia asks a very pertinent question. If this survey had been conducted in a Reformed Church back then, would the results have been any different?Continue reading “A Survey To Make You Think”
Is It Really So Important To Go To Church Every Sunday?
K. Runia. Trowel & Sword. October 1961. Preamble: Prof. Runia begins this article by quoting statistics on the church attendance of all Australians in 1961. If these numbers were repeated in 2024 churches would be packed to overflowing and we would be living in a very different country today. Sadly, this is not the caseContinue reading “Is It Really So Important To Go To Church Every Sunday?”
T&S Revisited 