You may look askance at the title of this article and already be prepared to refute the claim it makes as smacking of the “worldly” man‘s interpretation of Christmas. For that is a popular conception—Christmas is for children! The bright lights and neatly trimmed trees, the anticipation of fun parties and the hard-to-wait-for gift exchange. […]
We are urged to be economy-conscious. President Ford appeals to all Americans to cooperate with him in promoting economy. He appeals to Congress to cooperate, he appeals to business, to industry, to families, and to the individual. This appeal we may not ignore. Let me, in this article, apply the principle of economy in just […]
One of the constant demands made upon Jesus Christ during his ministry here on earth was that he give men a “sign.” – Apparently, the religious leaders of that time had decided that when the true Messiah would come, He would give them some phenomenal signs to prove His claim to the Messiahship. When He […]
“You must develop a nose like a bloodhound for those steps in the argument which depend not on historical and linguistic knowledge but on the concealed assumption that miracles are impossible, improbable, or improper.” (C. S. Lewis) Did the Lord cast out demons, heal the sick, raise the dead? Did the miracles in Bible times […]
In this article Laurie Vanden Heuvel aims to portray Christian Education against the background of American education in the public school as well as the struggles going on among the eRe constituency. The author is the wife of Rev. Thomas C. Vanden Heuvel, pastor of the Central Avenue Christian Reformed Church in Holland. Michigan. Mrs. […]
Oh no! You and I even worse than Ebenezer Scrooge? That detestable old skinflint, a curmudgeon if ever there was one, all but demonic in being a stingy, miserable old miser—even worse than him? That just can’t be! Our secular Christmas observance with all its happiness, hubbub, anti hilarity is once again rising to its […]
One of the more moving episodes in what arc often routine meetings came for Classis Grand Rapids East when it had to question Rev. Virgil C. Patterson in what is still called among us by the barbarous-sounding name, a “Colloquium Doctum.” Rev. Mr. Patterson, a Presbyterian minister who had been serving the Fuller Avenue Christian Reformed […]
A New Name – The new Presbyterian denomination organized last December as the National Presbyterian Church held its second General Assembly at Macon, Georgia September 16-20, 1974. The threat of a law suit by a local United Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C. which calls itself the National Presbyterian Church Jed to a decision to change […]
Main Lines of Reformed Doctrine is a series written by Rev. John H. Piersma, pastor of the Bethany Christian Reformed Church of South Holland, Illinois. This series is for church societies, study groups, and all others interested. Two lessons appear each month. LESSON 9 Man in God’s World (Scripture Passages: Genesis 1:26–31; 2:4–15; 5:1; Psalm […]
Let’s allow our imaginations to drift back several thousand years. We are in the Garden of Eden. Adam and Eve have just disobeyed God. They have eaten the forbidden fruit from “the tree of knowledge, of good and evil.” At this point in history God confronts Adam and Eve with these words: “Hast thou eaten of […]