Near the beginning of Sir Walter Scott’s classic novel Ivanhoe, the fool Wamba discusses the difference between good old Anglo-Saxon words (like swine and sheep) and the (then) new-fangled French […]

Have you ever heard or had a conversation something like the following? “Are you a Christian?” “Well of course I’m a Christian! Do you think I’m a heathen? I’m an […]

March 1, 1991 by Art Farstad in Journal Articles

I. Introduction Several years ago I was invited to a Saturday dinner that ended in a doctrinal debate. I have never liked religious arguments or debates, and I feared that […]

March 1, 1991 by Art Farstad in Journal Articles

I. Introduction In college I had a dear, elderly literature teacher who tried to “save” as many of her favorite writers of English and American literature as she could. Since […]

March 1, 1991 by Art Farstad in Book Reviews
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The NIV Reconsidered: A Fresh Look at a Popular Translation. Earl Radmacher and Zane C. Hodges. Dallas: Redención Viva, 1990. 155 pp. Paper, $8.95. This is an important book on […]

February 1, 1991 by Art Farstad in Grace in Focus Articles

“Are you saved, sir?” the Salvation Army lassie asked the very distinguished-looking clergyman. The time was the late 1800’s. and the scene was a railway carriage in England. The bishop […]

September 1, 1990 by Art Farstad in Journal Articles

I. Introduction In May of this year the latest and most thoroughgoing revision of the RSV appeared, sponsored by the National Council of Churches. I must confess that I have […]

In order to be effective a prayer needn’t be long or flowery. In fact, if it’s a public prayer it had better not be long–you might bore your human audience. […]

March 1, 1990 by Art Farstad in Journal Articles

“Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe […]

March 1, 1990 by Art Farstad in Book Reviews
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Tyndale’s New Testament. Translated from the Greek by William Tyndale. Edited and introduced by David Daniell. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1989. 429 pp. Cloth, $28.95. King Henry […]

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