As a minister of the gospel, ordained in the Christian Reformed Church, I have been called as a watchman on the walls of Jerusalem (Ezekiel 33) to sound the trumpet when the enemy comes. In the form of subscription which I signed I have promised not only to “diligently teach and faithfully defend the aforesaid […]
June 30 marked the end of a ten–year-old battle to have an Equal Rights Amendment added to the Constitution of the United States. It was a hard–fought battle which pitted American women against each other. On the side of those pressing for the ratification of the Amendment were women’s groups such as the National Organization […]
What is required is a clear recognition of the distinctiveness of Reformed theology. More needs doing than restating what has been said and done in the past. The challenges of speaking persuasively to the issues and in the language of today must be met. At the same time theology must look to the future, always […]
“But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.” The Bible does not give us Mary’s life story. (The Bible doesn’t give any biographies.) But it does give us a brief account of some of her experiences. We are given a golden chain of unusual incidents and miraculous happenings that began […]
CHRIST’S GLORIOUS ASCENSION FORETOLD Lesson 9 Psalm 47:5 and Psalm 68:18 It is rather amazing that the event of the ascension of our Lord and Savior, which seems to receive so little attention in the church of the present day, is referred to so often in the Psalms. As we have seen earlier, Psalm 24 […]
This year’s annual meeting of the Reformed Fellowship was held at the Kelloggsville Christian Reformed Church on October 14. The afternoon session featured an address by Mr. Paul Ingeneri, Director of Education and Evangelism at the Seymour C.R. Church, student at Calvin Seminary and a Fellowship board member, on “The Crucial Role of the Eldership […]
A church sanctuary is not “just another auditorium!” Congregations which have had to worship in school gymnasiums and public auditoriums will vouch for that. But what should a Christian place of worship look like? What does the Bible have to say about church architecture? When Moses met with the Lord on the mountain, […]
The Mid–America Reformed Seminary is “open for business” and by this time the first of many tests has been given by the professors and responded to by the students. The students will be measured as to their abilities and the professors as to their effectiveness in teaching. The students have also been assigned to co-operating […]
The Old Renewal Eight years ago in 1974 a new magazine appeared, published in Sioux Center, Iowa under the name Renewal. In a concluding editorial in its last (August 18, 1982) issue Rev. B. J. Haan recalls how it was begun “to preserve and promote good Kuyperian Calvinism, also among the Dordt alumni.” Over the […]
The Lord Gave His Supper to the Church I have growing reservations about a practice which is becoming more frequent in Chr. Ref. circles. I am referring to the practice of having “Communion” (the Lord’s Supper) at gatherings which are not ecclesiastical in nature. It may be a Youth Rally, a weekend Conference of some […]