The following was delivered for a class at Calvin College by Laurie Vanden Heuvel, wife of Rev. Thomas C. Vanden Heuvel, pastor of the Central Avenue Christian Reformed Church in Holland, Michigan. The Calvin class was taking a course in “Radical Religion,” a course for the consideration of various “radical” movements such as: speaking in […]

What shall we say about form criticism? Has this scholarly pursuit contributed anything to the understanding of the formation of the Gospels? Does the form critic use a number of hypotheses in order to arrive at conclusions? These are some of the questions I shall try to answer in this lecture. Let us begin with […]

That’s how Jesus replied to questions, problems, and difficulties that were agitating the church in His day. “Have ye not read?” He would ask, and then go on to quote a relevant passage of Scripture to settle the matter in hand once and for all. In other words, if the Pharisees and the Sadducees, the […]

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a grain of wheat fall into the earth and die, it abideth by itself alone; but if it die, it beareth much fruit.” (John 12:24) One of the hardest things for modern man to accept is the Christian claim that once, and once for all, at a definite […]

The most recent news from the Dutch church scene to make the headlines in the larger news media concerns Pope Paul’s appointment of chaplain Dr. Simonis as the new Roman Catholic bishop of the diocese of Rotterdam. Dr. Simonis is known to be a conservative. The rest of the Roman Catholic leadership in Holland has […]

It is always a good thing to rethink one’s calling as to whether the particular position that he has is the best place for him, or if he ought to consider a change. This question in certain instances no doubt would necessitate a total transformation in business or occupation. When a man graduates from the […]

Following is the second and final installment of an article by Professor Norman Shepherd, teacher of Systematic Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. The Authority of the Written Word of God Before consideration of the authority of the Word of Cod, a word may be said with respect to the inerrancy of Scripture. To […]