The Cross and the Double-Edged Sword: God Hates Sin and Sinners, But Loves Saints. - Paperback

by Norman De Jong (Author)

While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:8)

GOD, forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our LORD JESUS CHRIST
Galatians 6:14

"God bestows the actual knowledge of himself upon us only in the Scriptures." John Calvin

NORMAN DE JONG (Ph.D., Educational Foundations, University of Iowa) devoted most of his life to the cause of Christian education. He served ten years as a Christian school administrator and twenty-two years as a college professor training teachers. In 1992, at the age of 57, he left that profession to answer an internal call to Gospel ministry. Since 1993 he has been an ordained minister in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. He is a graduate of Mid-America Reformed Seminary and has been involved in numerous overseas ministry opportunities. He has served short-term assignments in Australia, Cyprus, Kenya, South Africa, Canada, and New Zealand. He has also been privileged to start and organize two congregations in the United States. He has dedicated his life to a study of God's Most Holy Word. He has published numerous inductive Bible studies, most recently on the book of Revelation. He and Wilma have been married for 59 years, have three children, thirteen grand-children, and three great grand-children. They live in Michigan, but winter in Florida. His publications can be found on his webpage: www.redeemerbooks.com.