In the margin of my reference Bible alongside this text there is the notation, “The inescapable question.” While it is true that this question is inescapable and that we must be confronted with the need for decision concerning its challenge, I do not think that it is the business of the Christian college to urge […]
Again we ask the question: what is happening to our sister-church in the Netherlands? Without any doubt the dean of theologians in this church is Prof. Dr. C. C. Berkouwer, a man internationally known both for his erudition and kindness. I n his younger years he was an apologist of Assen (1926) as is evident […]
From the very beginning of the Reformed churches existence in Australia and New Zealand, the proper observance of the Lord’s Day has been a focal problem. I recall that when I arrived in Australia in 1958, local discussions on the subject were numerous but in few instances were they productive. Sermons on Lord’s Day 38 […]
Synod 1967 the Christian Reformed Church said that “Professor Dekker has erred in making ambiguous statements and using them in an abstract way,” and the brother was admonished for his errors in this regard. The present writer has described this decision as one of “vague inconclusiveness.” Synod did not define its use of the two […]
THE UBIQUITY OF THE PINK PEPPERMINT A Roman Catholic family moved into the house next door to a Christian Reformed family. After they had become acquainted, the Roman Catholic housewife felt free, over a cup of coffee, to say to the Christian Reformed housewife, “I understand a little of what your church believes, but one […]
AMILLENNIALISM TODAY, by William E. Cox. Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Company, Phila., Pa., 1966, paper, 143 pp. The author is a Baptist minister. who for some years preached the Scofield Bible “religiously,” then upon closer study turned from its dispensationalism and premillennialism. He considers “amillennial” an unfortunate term, meaning literally “no millennium,” whereas we do believe “the thousand […]
A MISSION PRINCIPLE One of the most difficult lessons that the Western Christian Churches have had to learn in their missionary practice has been that they must treat the converts and the churches whom the Lord has raised up through their witness as equals. Our churches have been earnestly trying to put that lesson into […]
What is history? To pose the question, especially as it relates to the second and third chapters of the book of Genesis is to go to the root of a controversial issue. Presently, many Christians are seeking a satisfactory answer to the question of history in Genesis 2 and 3. Whereas in former years they […]
Strange as it may seem, Hellians are exactly where they want to be. It is wrong to picture them in Hell against their wishes. As a matter of fact, God gives everyone what he wants. He never forces people against their will. Everybody freely chooses what he desires. This freedom of choice is evident while […]