PART I: Gordon H. Girod PART II: Peter Y. De Jong PART III: John H. Piersma Rev. Gordon H. Girod, well known pastor of the Seventh Reformed Church of Grand Rapids, Michigan, was originally asked to describe and evaluate the fact of the failure of the merger proposal involving his denomination and the Presbyterian Church […]
Christian Education in the twentieth century may very well be facing its darkest hour. Not only does there appear to be a growing lack of interest in Christian instruction -as well as a frightening loss of understanding of what it is all about -hut also, more ominously, the spirit of secularism has infiltrated our own […]
STUDENT POWER: A FOOTNOTE TO HISTORY Several educators have pointed out the marked differences between students in the 50’s and 60’s. Kenneth Keniston, Yale psychologist, for example, characterizes the change as one from an uncommitted to a committed student generation. In the fifties, the students were politically apathetic, competitive in college, and having their hearts […]
Klaas Runia: REFORMATION TODAY, 147 pp. London: Banner of Truth Publishing Trust, 1968. All who have read Runia’s excellent treatise I believe in God…will eagerly welcome this book which deals with the challenging issue of being living members of a living church in our day. In eight chapters he discusses the rise of heresy which […]
“I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being” (Psalm 104:33). Often the language of praise is the language of song. One of the most enjoyable of our reverent and loving responses to God is praise expressed in music and song; praise […]
LESSON III – Discussion Material: Daniel 3, “DELIVERED OUT OF THE FIERY FURNACE” A. Introduction: Also in this chapter must we see the struggle between the Kingdom of God and the kingdom of the world. Although the Kingdom of God realizes a singular triumph here, a total breakthrough in terms of the true service of […]