Expository preaching in our day has degenerated into moralistic story telling. Some part of the Bible is retold in an interesting (or not so interesting) manner, and then it is made to teach some desirable (or simply desired) lesson. No wonder that expository preaching has fallen into such disrepute. The real hurt comes when we […]
The Synod was convened this year by the consistory of the Beckwith Hills Christian Reformed Church of Grand Rapids, Michigan, where on the evening preceeding the beginning of synod a service of prayer was held. The service was well attended and was marked by a spirit of reverence and adoration. The pastor of the […]
What has Wheaton to do with Jerusalem? That is the interesting title of an article in The Reformed Journal for May, 1982, by Mark A. Noll, a member of the history department at Wheaton College. The subtitle is “lessons from evangelicals for the Reformed.” The author professes great admiration for the Reformed Churches and displays […]
THE CERTAIN VICTORY OF THE LORD’s ANOINTED Lesson 1 Psalm 2:1–6 Psalms About Christ This season we will study the Messianic Psalms. The entire Old Testament, including the Psalms, looks forward to the Christ in Whom the fulfillment is found. However, in the Psalms, as also in various parts of the prophetic writings, there is […]
Having considered the last things as they relate to us right now in terms of death and existence after death, that is, having considered individual eschatology, we now turn to a much larger area in this portion of Bible doctrine: general eschatology. Whereas most evangelicals would tend to agree about individual eschatology, they do not […]
This is the concluding part of an article (beginning in the July issue) by Dr. Monsma, former missionary in Nigeria, who is to teach at the new school at Orange City, Iowa when it begins classes in September. The Seminary’s Program Now we must proceed to the second question that I posed at the beginning. […]
Twenty Years Behind W.G. De Vries, writing in the March 20 Reformatie cited an article by L. Strengholt in Contact, the periodical of the Christian Reformed women’s organization. The author wrote (freely translated) that a minister of one of the large Dutch denominations, in a catechism class in which he was attempting to acquaint […]
It was one of those glorious spring days when one almost wonders if the Fall really took place. Multicolored tulips, daffodils and hyacinths formed a gay mosaic against a fresh green carpet of unmown grass. The soft spring breeze wafted waves of perfume from pastel-colored blossoms. The birds seemed to be trying to outdo one […]
And what can keep sin out of the State when sin reigns in the Church? The destruction of fairness and justice is very frightening because it spells out social collapse and tyranny. The triumph of liberalism was complete. They had gained a whole denomination and its properties. And they had won the fight in their […]
INSIGHT – THE NIV NEW TESTAMENT WITH NOTES BY PHILIP YANCEY, Zondervan, 1982, 485 pp., paper. TEACHERS OF DESTRUCTION THEIR PLANS FOR A SOCIALIST REVOLUTION, AN EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT, by Alice Widener, The Citizens Evaluation Institute, 1970, 257 pp., paper, $3.00. PETER THE FISHERMAN, by Carine Mackenzie, Christian Focus Publications. Lochcarron, Scotland, paper. RUTH THE HARVEST […]