A Movement Toward Doctrinal Obscurity Psalm 78:1–8 has long been a potent passage of Scripture for making and maintaining friends for Christian Day Schools. In forthright terms the Psalmist declares as the spokesman of God the tragic outcome of an education that denies God His rightful place: “a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose hearts (are) […]
As a Christian I confess that I “belong unto my faithful Savior Jesus Christ; who with His precious blood has fully satisfied for all my sins . . .” (Heidelberg Catechism, q. 1). Satisfaction for sins—what a thought! And especially when we know what sin really is! What is satisfaction? As the word is used here […]
This address was given by Rev. Rein Leestma of the Christian Reformed Church of Lynwood, Ill. at the 1977 annual meeting of the Reformed Fellowship in the Twelfth Ave. Church in Jenison on September 29. Because the matter promises to be a major item on the agenda of the C.R. synod in June, we are […]
Image-Bearers When God made man He did not make him a robot, a mechanical man who could perform tasks. automatically at the push of a button. Nor did God make a wax figure with the appearance of flesh but void of mental or physical power. When God decided to make man, He said, “Let us […]
But all those who knew Him, including the women who had followed Him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things. Luke 23:49 The day has almost come to a close. One of the greatest days of history. It began during the night in Gethsemane. So much has taken place since then. Gethsemane, the […]
Two kinds of controversies trouble Christian churches. There are differences of opinion over minor matters which must be adjusted and accommodated in a spirit of patience and forebearance. There are also controversies that concern the essence and character of the Christian faith which must be resolved by correction and discipline if the faith is to […]
In 1960 Prof. C. Veenhof of the Reformed Theological Seminary in Kampen, the Netherlands, wrote a book entitled Om kerk te blijven. It dealt largely with the ecclesiastical difficulties in the “Gereformeerde Kerken” in that country which led to division, disciplinary measures, and the disruption of that denomination. To that book he added an “epilogue” […]
You are all sons of God through Faith in Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have been clothed with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. (Gal. 3:26–28; NIV, italics added). A Text Becomes a Slogan […]
James A. DeJong is Associate Professor of Theology at Dordt College, Sioux Center, Iowa. His article appeared in the January 23 Renewal and is reprinted by permission. Herman Bavinck has a twenty or thirty page essay in the first volume of his dogmatics. Cluttered with Latin titles and obscure names, it is a survey of […]
PIERRE AND HIS FRIENDS by W. G. Vandehulst. Paideia Press, St. Catharine&, Ontario, Canada. S3.95. Translated from the Dutch by Johannes De Viet. Reviewed by Mrs. Leonard Greenway, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Pierre was a happy boy living with his father, mother, and grandfather in Flanders. It was a sad day when his father bid his […]