Upon
this Rock
by Don Doezema
3 Volume Set
Jesus Christ: His Earthly
Ministry
Jesus Christ: His Death &
Resurrection
Jesus Christ: His Acts Through
the Apostles)
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The Protestant Reformed Sunday School Teachers
Association has just published a complete explanation of the history of
the New Testament in three hardcover volumes. The set is titled Upon
This Rock. Volume one treats “Jesus Christ: His Earthly
Ministry”; volume two, “Jesus Christ: His Death and
Resurrection”; and volume three, “Jesus Christ: His Acts Through
the Apostles.” The author is long-time writer of the “Our
Guide” Sunday School materials, Don Doezema. The three volumes
publish in book form articles Mr. Doezema wrote some years ago for parents
to use in teaching their older children.
The books arrange the history of the New Testament in
chronological order. They relate the history in simple, lively,
engaging fashion. But they do more than tell the story. The
books explain the history, bringing out the doctrinal and practical
meaning of the historical events. One of the valuable features of
the work throughout is Doezema’s apt citation of good, solid biblical
scholars, including Calvin, Edersheim, Lenski, Herman Hoeksema, Ophoff,
and Herman Hanko. The quotations are always brief, never tedious.
In this way, the reader benefits from the insights of worthy scholars
without the trouble of looking up the passages in their books or articles.
This treatment of New Testament is succinct. Each
chapter, explaining a particular event or a number of related events, runs
from six to eight pages. Helpful, and interesting, is the light shed
on events from the history of the Old Testament and from extra-biblical
sources. The explanation of the appearance of the angel to Zacharias
in the temple informs the reader concerning the ceremony of burning
incense (vol. 1, pp. 2-5). The treatment of Paul’s work in Corinth
indicates the notorious depravity of that city—the San Francisco or
Amsterdam of its day (vol. 3, pp. 266, 267).
Doezema does not avoid the difficulties. Where
there are legitimate differences of opinion, he gives both possibilities
and leaves the issue an open question (although often stating his own
judgment on the matter). An instance is the question whether the
Ethiopian eunuch was literally a eunuch. Lenski says he was; Calvin
says he was not. Doezema leaves “the question undecided,” but
not before expressing his preference for the view of Lenski (vol. 3, pp.
101, 102).
The account of Paul’s mission labours recorded in
Acts, in volume 3 of the set, refers to corresponding teachings in the
epistles. The treatment of the Jerusalem Council, for example, as
recorded in Acts 15, calls attention to Paul’s epistle to the Galatians
and the doctrinal issues in this epistle. Parents, Sunday School
teachers, Christian school teachers, and even ministers will find this
work useful in teaching children the history of the New Testament.
All will find it instructive and edifying for themselves. Each
volume contains a complete textual index with passages on which chapters
are based in bold print. There is also an index of subjects.
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Click Below to Read Some Sample Chapters:
Volume 1 Chapter 1 “The
Birth of the Forerunner” Luke 1:5-25. 57-80
Volume 1 Chapter 29 “The
King Who Walks on Water” Matthew 14: 22-33
Volume 1 Chapter 60 “God
Be Merciful” Luke 18:9-14
Volume 2 Chapter 2 “Mary’s
Unique Faith” John 12: 1-8
Volume 2 Chapter 25 “Gethsemane”
Matthew 26: 36-46
Volume 2 Chapter 47 “The
Travelers to Emmaus” Luke 24: 13-32
Volume 3 Chapter 6 “Peter
and John Before the Council” Acts 4: 1-22
Volume 3 Chapter 26 “Imprisoned
in Philippi” Acts 16: 16-25
Volume 3 Chapter 44 “Two
Weeks in the Storm” Acts 27: 21-38
