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)”
Category Archives: Book Review
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”
Hudson Taylor
Dr. K. Runia. Trowel & Sword, August 1959 Preamble: Books! Ecclesiastes 12 tells us that… “of the making of books there is no end”. If that was true 3000 years ago, assuming that its traditional authorship and date are correct, how much more true is it today? With so many books to choose from, howContinue reading “Hudson Taylor”
The Debate Goes On
Rev. J.W. Deenick. Trowel & Sword. December 1976 Preamble: Bill Deenick was passionate about many things and Parent Controlled Christian Education (PCCE) was high on his list of priorities. To him Christian Education was never about creating schools that ran parallel to the state system with a bit of Bible teaching thrown in as anContinue reading “The Debate Goes On”
“Things We Couldn’t Say” – Book Review
REV. J.W. Deenick. Trowel & Sword. May 1995. Preamble: It’s bizarre that today, eighty years after the horrors of WW2, the word “Nazi” is thrown around so casually, often as an accusation against someone we may disagree with. But the holocaust was no casual affair. Despite his obvious reluctance to again bring it to theContinue reading ““Things We Couldn’t Say” – Book Review”
