“My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” Mark 15:34 This is the dreadful hour of judgment for Christ. In this hour the righteous God will maintain Himself over against man in his sin and unrighteousness. It is the hour when supreme love reveals itself as terrible wrath. It is an hour when man […]
Introductory Observations 1. Under pressure from the current feminist movement to wipe out all recognition of differences between men and women from our society, what should our reaction be? While some advocate (a) joining the movement as “progress,” and others (b) oppose it as contrary to Reformed tradition , (c) the Christian response needs to […]
In 1977 Dr. Harry Boer presented the Synod of the Christian Reformed Church with an official objection or gravamen to the teaching of the Canons of Dort on reprobation. Boer claimed that the Canons taught (1) that God condemned some people without regard to sin, (2) that some had no opportunity to believe, and (3) […]
Human Freedom Martin Luther grew up in a Europe which was, to put it mildly, “bullish” on man and his potential. As a university student he was educated in the Scholastic tradition of Nominalism which taught that man, through great effort, is able to love God and perform other good works without the help of […]
The question concerning the membership of a Reformed denomination such as the Christian Reformed Church in the World Council of Churches has long had the present writer’s interest. From 1963 to 1968 he served as “convener” of a study committee of the Reformed Ecumenical Synod which was to investigate the question of membership in the […]
According to Scripture, man is totally depraved. That means that sin has affected every part and faculty of man’s nature. It has blinded the understanding, corrupted the heart, and polluted the mind. Neither has the will escaped. It too, is under the dominion of sin. What actually is the will? The will is the faculty […]
“And with great power gave the apostles their witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all. For neither was there among them any that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold, and […]
The Parable of the Unclean Spirit Lesson 15 Luke 11:14–26 Who Drives Out Demons? During the days when Jesus was here on this earth He met many people who were demon possessed. It is rather strange that that phenomenon should occur just at that time. We do not often read of it in the Old […]
I am a beauty queen ill the fullest sense of the word. When I walk, heads turn. I am not conceited, but it just happens to be this way. I am such a startling beauty that even kings take notice of me, a nomad’s wife. Because of my appearance my husband acquired “sheep and cattle, […]
TRACING A TREND. In the January 1984, Reformed Journal James Vander Kam, of the Department ofPhilosophy and Religion at North Carolina State University, has a review of a new book, Old Testament Survey, written by three members of the Faculty of Fuller Theological Seminary, William LaSor, David Hubbard and Frederic Bush. His lengthy article is […]