About the authority of the Bible in the Christian Reformed Church. Some years ago I was struck by the term “dishonesty” in a Dutch Reformed (Gereformeerd) church-magazine; the editor used that term to indicate his concern about the fact, that in spite of their personal signature under the subscription-form some of his colleagues publicly deviated […]
A LAWSUIT TO BE REPUDIATED It is regrettable, to say the least, that the Synodical Committee On Race Relations gave legal, moral and financial support to the parents who brought a law suit against the Timothy Christian School Board and the Timothy Christian School Society, in which they sought no less than $122,000 in actual […]
It is with some hesitation that one attempts, on necessarily very short acquaintance, to formulate some editorial reactions to our massive 500 page Agenda for the June Synod of the Christian Reformed Churches. Revised Report on Biblical Authority The biggest and most important issue the Synod will have to face is that introduced by the […]
Rev. Roger S. Greenway herewith presents the third in a series of articles on “When Cities and Churches First Met in America.” Rev. Greenway, missionary to Mexico, is presently on leave of absence for study at the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. James A. Yeatman was a statesman, industrialist, and philanthropist. To […]
Scripture: Genesis 9:18–29 For simplicity, sobriety and straightforwardness the Holy Scriptures have no peer among all the books which the centuries have produced. Here in language which also children can understand God tells through the inspired writers the story of his dealings with the sons of men. Repeatedly we marvel at the brevity and restraint […]
In the complexity of our modern mode of living, especially in the complicated, perplexing metropolitan culture of which most of us are a part, we have lost sight of and meaning of a word that has meant so much to the pioneers of Christian faith, to our forefathers in the founding of this so great […]
Some people have the knack of making things grow. My wife is one of them. One day she told me the secret. “I talk nice to them, that’s the secret.” I thought it was a joke. Talking nice to plants! Who ever heard of such a thing! I’ve always thought that plants naturally respond to […]
An old friend who was interested in young people’s work observed that some new methods are being adopted in the lay-out of our teaching materials. Instead of the older, more “deductive” type of material which just presented what was to be learned, only too often to meet with an indifferent, “couldn’t-care-less” response, we arc now […]
The crucial issue in the matter of abortion is this: Is the unborn child the image of God or not? Is he a human with an eternal destiny, or is he a mere glob a bit of tissue? Is he an individual distinct from his mother, or is he a part of the mother, like […]