ANABAPTISTS. A sect which arose in Germany at the time of the Reformation, which practiced the re-baptism of persons who had been baptized as infants. The more extreme type claimed to have founded a new and perfect church, to have the power to work miracles, that human government and magistrates are unnecessary among Christians, and even that […]
Fanatical Roman Catholics in the name of Conservative politics are shedding blood in Colombia today. One year ago the town of EI Carmen in the state of Norte de Santander was the scene of a typical political-religious scourge. Two hundred armed policemen raided the town. Wherever a copy of the Bible was found the people […]
A Series of Lessons in the 37 Articles of The Confession of Faith, a Reformed Creed usually called The Belgic Confession Calvinistic churches have not been afraid to publish before the world specific statements defining their understanding of the truth as revealed in the Bible. Out of the crucible of bitter hostility and persecution, Reformed creeds have […]
Heavenly Father, eternal and merciful God, we acknowledge and confess before Thy divine majesty that we are poor miserable sinners. We were conceived and born in utter wickedness and corruption and are prone to all manner of evil and incapable by nature of doing any good. By our sinful life we transgress Thy holy commandments without ceasing, and thereby […]
The most widely discussed subject in Christian school circles at present is the publishing of Christian textbooks This widespread interest is significant. It indicates the reaching of a new stage in the growth or—the Christian school movement. During the first period of Christian school history there was considerable emphasis upon promotional activity. This is but […]
Any attempt to interpret Calvinism for today must of necessity be a hazardous one. For Calvinism does not merely refer to the teachings of one individual, but it has undergone a historic development through a period of four hundred years. “Calvinism is the name applied to the system of thought which has come down to us […]
In this series of articles our concern will be to discover some of the main features of the Reformed approach in Christian Apologetics. While seeking light on this question, let us turn first to the inaugural address of the late Dr. Valentine Hepp of the Free University of Amsterdam. The title of this address is […]
The Reformed churches constitute one of the large and influential families of the historic Christian church. Taking their rise in the reformatory movements in German and French speaking Switzerland, they spread first of all to such neighboring countries as Germany, Hungary, France, the Netherlands and Great Britain and from there by means of colonization, migration […]
Chrislus en Cultuur, by Dr. K. Schilder, Published by T. Wever, Franeker, 1948. 119 pages. A Difficult Problem There are as many cultural credos. Almost, as there life men in this world. Even we Christians are at sea We differ both as to the person of Christ and as to culture. But especially this last […]
Victor Hugo once said, “Nothing in this world is so powerful as an idea whose time has come”. The covenant idea born in the “mind” of God, effected with Adam at the very dawn of history, and in active operation ever since, proves that statement. This covenant idea, as old as man himself, is the […]