Presbyterian Polity The third and last division of this paper deals with our Presbyterian polity (form of Church government). I introduce it because I believe that much of the situation which we are facing in the Church of Scotland today derives from the apparent failure of many evangelicals in our Church’s ministry over the years […]

“Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord” (Ps. 27:14). David starts out with a joyful note of confidence: “The Lord is my light and my salvation.” Light implies joy and hope. We see him here on the heights of supreme confidence in his God. The Lord is the […]

I liked her as soon as she walked in the door of the office. There was something fresh and natural about her. She was only a girl beginning to blossom into young womanhood. She gave me a friendly smile when I greeted here, “I’m Cindy,” she said. “I’m glad you came, Cindy, because I know […]

While it is very important to be faithful with regard to separation from error, it is all too easy to fall into an unbalanced negative attitude or bigotry which refuses to see any good in evangelicals who are involved in impure denominations. The problem is that they do not share our interpretation. They reject the […]

We have seen that predestination refers to the all-encompassing plan or counsel of God, the unfolding of which man calls history. Everything that happens, including the eternal salvation of some men and the just punishment of others for their sins, has been fixed or determined by the almightily and sovereign God. Salvation, therefore, does not […]

I, like Paul Revere, am a silversmith by trade. I, like Paul Revere, lived in a city that was one of the most important ports of a colony of a great empire which would last for centuries. I, like Paul Revere, am an agitator, and, like him, can organize a rowdy demonstration when called upon. […]

Biblical References: Gen. 1:26–28 Gen. 2:18–25 I Cor. 11:2–12 Preliminary Considerations This is a big subject on which reams have been written in recent years. The Christian Reformed Churches have had several long study reports on it, some of which are not worth the paper on which they were written. The basic question is always: […]

Neal Hegeman, now a Christian Reformed missionary in the Dominican Republic, while a student at Calvin Seminary protested against views of Genesis expressed by Professor John H. Stek. In our January Outlook he wrote about the disposition of that case. Dr. Marten H. Woudstra, Professor of Old Testament at the seminary now traces the history […]

CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS? In De Wachter (12/20/83) Rev. A. De Jager reflects on an article in a Dutch paper about the situation in some Christian schools in The Netherlands. According to this article many pupils and teachers in the so-called Christian schools seldom or never see the inside of a church and have no contact with […]

A Foundation of Truth Getrouw, the Dutch monthly publication of the International Council of Christian Churches last November featured a brief and extraordinarily clear article on the Bible’s inspiration and authority. Rev. L.W.G. Blokhuis, Netherlands Reformed minister at Schiedam, observed that this doctrine is not only an old and honored Christian belief, but that it […]