Journal: Bibliotheca Sacra
Volume: BSAC 116:462 (Apr 1959)
Article: Periodical Reviews
Author: James F. Rand

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Periodical Reviews

James F. Rand

“Church Architecture 1959: Creation or Cliche,” Christian Century, 76:7, February 18, 1959.

Pastors who are considering church building programs would do well to consult this informative issue. Present day trends are considered from the viewpoint of the architect, the artist, the critic, and the client. Regional reports are given on new buildings as well as comments on well-known churches of the immediate past. Especially valuable is a survey of the reactions of the pastors of prize-winning churches on their satisfaction or lack of satisfaction with their buildings. Other periodicals which should be consulted by pastors and church building committees are Church Management and Christian Life. Both of these feature valuable articles in this area in almost every issue.

English, E. Schuyler, “Why the Revision of the Scofield Reference Bible?” Moody Monthly, 59:5:30–34, January, 1959.

The announcement that the most widely circulated reference Bible in the world was about to be revised brought instant reaction some years ago. Fears expressed at that time that the distinctive character of the work as edited by C. I. Scofield would be changed have not abated, but this article should do much to allay those fears. The man who heads a distinguished committee of premillennial dispensational scholars explains why revision was necessary, sets forth the procedures and illustrates some of the different changes which are being made. This is an informative article which all will want to read.

Ferre, Nels F. S., “The Bible as Authority,” Asbury Seminarian, Fall-Winter, 1959.

This is the key article in an issue devoted to an investigation of what men mean when they declare for Biblical authority. The controversial Swedish-American theologian acknowledges that the Bible teaches propositional truth but declares that this is completely subordinate to its presentation of a person, Jesus Christ. “…The only criterion for the Bible is Christ.” George A. Turner, professor of theology at Asbury contributes an article on “The Emancipating Word of God” in which he attempts “to suggest a defensible view of the authority and inspiration of the Bible which does justice to the Bible and contemporary scholarship.” Turner discusses the adequacy of the current viewpoints of the relationship between the Bible and the Word of God in the following words: “to say that the Bible contains the Word of God is inadequate because it implies a container with contents of varying merit. To say that the Bible becomes the Word of God is only a half-truth. To say that the Bible

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