Although adopted into our English language, the word desideratum, as used in the title above, is Latin and may be somewhat unfamiliar. Why use it then? Because I can think of no other single word that says it all—that is, all that I wish to try to say about the matter of a United Reformed […]
These words, reprinted from The Presbyterian Journal (May 4, 1977) were delivered by the late Dr. J. Gresham Machen to Princeton Seminary students before he left the Presbyterian Church USA. They are good counsel also today for our candidates for the ministry in the CRC. You will have a battle when you go forth as […]
Peter Y. De Jong wrote this article for the December–January 1952 issue of Torch and Trumpet (former name of this publication). Dr. De Jong is pastor of the First Christian Reformed Church of Sheldon, Iowa. Today the feeling is widespread that the Christian Reformed Church is passing through a period of spiritual declension. Although the […]
Correctional Chaplains Gerald Key and Andrew Vander Wall are both members of the East Paris Christian Reformed Church. In this article, Chaplain Key tells of their challenging prison ministry and says also that both he and Chaplain Vander Wall are available to speak for societies, Sunday Schools, and other groups to tell about their work. […]
In his protest against TV violence, Simon C. Walburg writes: “It is . . . stated that between the ages of five and fifteen the average child sees 13,000 persons killed on television. This child also sees rapes, muggings, robberies, and other forms of physical violence.” Mr. Walburg is a member of the Oakdale Park […]
For years the Christian Educational Foundation in the U.S. and more recently since February 20, 1975, the Canadian Christian Education Foundation Inc. has a slogan: Foundation Day Strengthens Christian Schools Through Christian Textbooks. All member NUCS Christian Schools in Canada and in the U.S. are familiar with this historic slogan. Many students, teachers, school boards, […]
This year a bill has been introduced to the U.S. House of Representatives by Mr. Koch for himself and 25 others to outlaw all discrimination against homosexual activities. This Bill (H.R. 2998), which may he cited as the “Civil Rights Amendments of 1977” would “prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual preference and […]
In this tenth article in his series, For Elders and Deacons, Rev. Harry C. Arnold writes: “It is very clear that the Reformed church views the task of the deacons as that of ministering to the needy. While the members of the household of faith receive the priority in this ministry of mercy, there is […]
Rev. Harlan C. Vanden Einde is pastor of the Oakdale Park Christian Reformed Church of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Question – A reader from Canada asks that I explain the difference between “demon possessed persons and mental illness.” From further comments in the reader’s letter, I gather that she is most interested in knowing if there […]
“For what great nation is there, that hath a god so nigh unto them, as Jehovah our God is whenever we call upon him? And what great nation is there, that hath statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law, which I set before this day?” Deuteronomy 4:7–8 July is the month of very […]