WHILE THE BRIDEGROOM TARRIES
By R.B. Kuiper
Banner of Truth. 143 pages. £6.25
ISBN 978-1-84871-067-2
Ten sermons preached in the wake of the terrible events of WWI to the congregation of Sherman Street Christian Reformed Church, Grand Rapids might not seem the obvious place to find inspiration for the future. In fact, this book makes a fascinating read.
While it is true that Kuiper’s concerns about Christian Science and the Theosophical Society sound odd to our 21st-century ears, history has judged some of his predictions wrong and there are occasions when his distinctives may jar, these sermons still speak with prophetic power to a church that has largely lost its passion for the glorious return of our Lord Jesus Christ. Which pulpit in the UK could offer this kind of analysis of the signs of our times in the light of the recent financial meltdown of the West?
