I am a king who went out to battle against my enemies. In order to prevent being singled out for special attack and killed, I adopted a disguise. Nevertheless, I was mortally wounded by an arrow, taken out of the battle, and died shortly thereafter in Jerusalem. Thus I am a king of Judah and […]
IDOLS FOR DESTRUCTION, by Herbert Schlossberg. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1983, 344 pp. $8.95 paper. This extraordinary book has gained praise and recommendations from a variety of sources. Carl F. Henry called it “one of the best, if not the best buy of the year,” and John M. Frame, in a 6-page review in the Westminster […]
Letters to the Editor IN THE TRENCHES (March OUTLOOK) Dear Editor, I share Norman Haan’s thoughts in the March OUTLOOK (“In the Trenches”). We certainly should know the positions of those going to Synod. But a fellow minister and I have met great resistance in pushing this at Classis Cadillac. Other ministers expressed dismay at […]
For some time I have noticed that preaching in the Christian Reformed Church has not only changed, but that it is also no longer a definable entity. When you said “sermon” in my youth everyone knew quite well what you were talking about, but the consensus among us on this point, as on many others, seems […]
Aaron R. Kayayan is the minister of French Broadcasting of the Back-to–God Hour at Palos Heights, Illinois. The following account is reprinted by permission from the January, 1985, newsletter of the broadcast, Perspectives Reformees. We would like you to join us in sharing the good news and in giving thanks to the Lord for the […]
“Trinity Lutheran Church has received the very good news that it is no longer on the roster of congregations of the American Lutheran Church as of November 1, 1984” writes Rev. Pomeroy J. Moore, pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church & Christian Day School, 4101 East Nohl Ranch Road, Anaheim, California. Pastor Moore adds in his […]
“Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.” I Corinthians 4:1 What do you think of your preacher? I am assuming you have one—a preacher, a priest, a minister—it really doesn’t matter what you call him. Maybe you do not even go to […]
“When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All […]
“Theology hath nothing new in it except that which is false. The preaching of Paul must be the preaching of the minister today. There is no advancement here. We may advance m our knowledge of it; but it stands the same, for this good reason that it is perfect, and perfection cannot be any better. […]
Moral Leverage and Church Giving Recent reports about the Ethiopian famine and relief efforts in this Marxist African country are tending to assess the situation more in terms of misdirected government agricultural policies than in terms of natural catastrophe. One such report appeared in the February 15, 1985, Des Moines Register, entitled “Famine Blamed on […]