And he brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. Acts16:30, 31 Charles Spurgeon wrote a little book entitled, Seven Wonders of Grace. In it he discusses and explains in his own unique […]
The first point I wish to make is that there is an element of unreality present in Dr. Boer’s Confessional-Revision Gravamen on Reprobation, which is now under study in the Christian Reformed Church. A committee appointed by the Synod of 1977 has been receiving communications on the matter from the churches and is expected “to […]
Bridges – Not Walls We have looked at a variety of ways in which parents can cause their children to harden their hearts against the Lord by their personal conduct: a divided home, making of demands we do not fulfill ourselves, playing favorites, belittling our children to or discussing their faults with others. But parents […]
Judged in the light of the Christian doctrine of war, as this has been developed over the course of the centuries, the United States military strategy in the age of nuclear warfare stands condemned, as barbarous, un-Christian, irrational and doomed to be defeated by the Soviet military planners and strategists in the Kremlin. The American […]
In a recent issue of The Banner some of the psalms, in particular the so-called “imprecatory psalms” were harshly criticized by Marlin Van Elderen, editor of The Reformed Journal as misleading and unsuitable for Christian use. On January 4 the Psalter Hymnal Revision Committee of the Christian Reformed Church held a lecture–discussion on the issue “Should […]
The well-being of a church, as well as of a nation, is in jeopardy when, as in the day of the judges in Israel, every man does that which is “right in his own eyes” (Judges 21:25). The classic passage calling for good government in the church is I Corinthians 14:40, “But let all things […]
The Catholic Christian Church We believe and profess one catholic or universal Church, which is a holy congregation of true Christian believers, all expecting their salvation in Jesus Christ, being washed by His blood, sanctified and sealed by the Holy Spirit. This Church has been from the beginning of the world, and will be to […]
Jonah and Noah, Drawings by Friedd Steinmann, text by Dieter Kohl. 63 pages in each. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. $1.95 each. Reviewed by John Vander Ploeg. Translated from the German by Cornelius Lambregtse, these two 63-page booklets by Dieter Kohl (text) and Friedd Stein· mann (drawings) retell the familiar Bible stories about Jonah and […]