The question is this: Is Evangelism Thrust a strategy for something else, something in addition to or coincidental with evangelism? And what is that something else? That something else that seems to be an additional or related strategy is simply the remaking of the Christian Reformed Church. When the Consultant of Classis Florida for Evangelism […]
Demas the quitter is still very much around. Ask him his name and, like the unclean spirit, he will have to say: “My name is Legion; for we are many.” You may run into Demas anywhere. Talk with him about something besides the weather and who won the ball game, and chances are you will […]
“Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: Thou hast anointed my head with oil; My cup runneth over.” –Psalm 23:5 These words bring a notable shirt in the imagery of this Psalm upon which we have been meditating. In the first four verses the Psalmist uses the picture of the […]
May all Christians everywhere break the deadly silence that is allowing the world to dictate to God—crushing out the future generations! “Abortion” has prime time in the news today, Legislators struggle with demands for liberalized laws on it. “Women’s Lib” carries on a vigorous and noisy crusade for a woman’s “right to have a baby […]
Scripture: Isaiah 45:20–25; 53:4–6, 10, 11; 55:1–7; II Cor. 4:1–7; Romans 8:28–30; 12:1; Hosea 2:18–23. James 1. Packer in his very important book Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God says that God is the prime mover in evangelism and that all believers acknowledge this when they are on their knees. By the very act of […]
That the Christian Reformed Synod in 1972 found it necessary to make a pronouncement on the subject of abortion is indicative of the times in which we live, and indicative, also of the fact that we are not isolated from, nor immune to, contemporary attitudes and practices. That Synod refused to go along with current […]
Nearly three years ago when I became a grandmother many people said to me. “You’re going to spoil that little boy.” My answer to this was that with God’s help I would try not to spoil that precious child. It would not be right according to the laws of God, and it would not be […]
“And . . . Caiaphas . . . said . . . it is expedient for us . . .” (John 11:50). That is the way the high priest who was the head of the Jewish council or Sanhedrin expressed and gave direction to the deliberations of that religious court. It is true that John […]