To speak and preach against racism has become a fad in our society and in much of the Christian church. In some cases this seems to have been carried to such an extreme that it has pushed concern for the reconciliation of men to God into a second or all but forgotten place. That inexcusable […]

MISGUIDED EVANGELISM Last September’s issue of Church History contained a very significant article by James E. Johnson on “Charles C. Finney and a Theology of Revivalism.” Finney became the leader in the revivalism which has been an outstanding feature in the development of most of American Protestantism. Bruce Shelley tracing the history of Evangelicalism in […]

Dear Editor: After my article entitled “Existential Living” appeared, I had some response from lay readers suggesting that some of my meanings were not entirely clear. I had no intention to speak in tongues, that is, to use philosophic jargon which is foreign to the average reader, so I would like to use this means […]

A young Christian wrote this first-rate article. For a variety of reasons, but primarily because she does not want to get into anymore difficulties with certain members of her Christian Reformed Church, she did not want to sign it. Quite a few people were upset about Agnes Hamstra taking such a positive stand and one […]

At the time when Elisha smote the waters of Jordan and cried, “Where is the Lord God of Elijah?” he looked back on a season which had been marked with divine wonders–the season of Elijah’s ministry. That ministry was closed. Elijah had taken his flight to heaven, and Elisha was left to brood over the […]

OUTLINE NO. 1: THE BASIS OF CHRISTIAN MISSION AS TASK OF THE CHURCH 1. Why “Mission”? a. What is Mission? By mission we understand the calling of the Church to testify in word and deed of the redemption of the world through the saving work of Christ. Mission is not a human institution but a […]