Isaac Jen, Minister of Chinese Broadcasting on the Back to God Hour provided us with a copy of his address to the CRC Synod immediately after his return from a visit to mainland China. He was for many years one of our missionaries in Taiwan. Mr. President, esteemed delegates, it is a great pleasure and […]
“Work not for the food which perisheth, but for the food which abideth unto eternal life which the Son of man shall give unto you” I John 6:27 An often observable characteristic of churches which are in the process of losing the gospel under the pressure of Liberalism is that they become preoccupied with social […]
There are two parts to predestination: election and reprobation. Election is the eternal decree of God, before the world began, by which he chose and foreordained some to be saved. Reprobation is the reverse side of election, whereby God passed some by and left them in their sins. In neither election nor reprobation did God […]
The pastor of the Calvary Orthodox Presbyterian Church of Sonora California sent us this letter which will interest our readers. Dear Rev. DeJong, As a member of the Presbytery of Northern California of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, I am writing to you as one concerned for the truth of God’s Word and the furtherance of […]
John Kruis writes about the method of biblical counseling developed especially by Dr. Jay Adams. This second article further explains the method and answers a criticism of it. Rev. Kruis is pastor of the Christian Reformed Church of Sussex, New Jersey. Nouthetic counselors also help to correctly identify problems, which are usually sinful attitudes, sinful […]
Some Editorial Advice The editor in the August 17 Banner stated that the 1979 Synod of the Christian Reformed Church “was a landmark Synod” which might become a “turning-point” in the life of the denomination. He saw it as revealing the presence of a “conservative” majority within the denomination, with which he identifies himself. Whether […]
Twenty–three years ago, the late R. B. Kuiper wrote a significant book entitled As to Being Reformed. Obviously, I am indebted to him for the first part of the title above these lines. If the need for calling attention to our Reformed heritage was urgent in R. B.’s day, today that urgency has become nothing less […]
It was the Sabbath Day and as was the custom of the citizens at Nazareth, fathers, mothers, boys and girls made their way to the synagogue. But unknown to them at the time, this Sabbath was to be a special day. It was to be a day for which the ancestor s of those making […]
Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith. Heb. 13:7 Remember. . . . . . . It is such a big word. Actually we remember much less than ten percent of what we have learned. The Lord Jesus when […]
Family planning has become an American “way of life.” Doctors urge it in post-delivery visits. Marriage license forms are accompanied by inserts from the Family Planning Commission instructing future husbands and wives on ways and means of restricting and spacing their families. Sterilization procedures are urged for both sexes should the progeny from a marriage […]