Calvin Seminary and its Board of Trustees want to maintain their monopoly in the training and licensure of candidates for the denomination’s ministry. President De Jong recently emphasized that again in a contribution to “Soapbox” in The Banner. He seems to feel that things will be better for the church if we keep all our eggs […]
PERSPECTIVES ON THE CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH, Studies in its History, Theology, and Ecumenicity, Peter De Klerk and Richard R. De Ridder, editors. 1983, Baker, Grand Rapids, MI, 404 pp. hardcover. DUTCH CALVINISM IN MODERN AMERICA, A History of a Conservative Subculture, by James D. Bratt. 1984, Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, MI, 329 pp. paper THE REFORMATION […]
The Proposal to Join What could long have been forseen has happened: The Interchurch Relations Committee of the Christian Reformed Church recommends joining the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC). It does so on erroneous grounds and with a radically revised notion of ecumenicity as compared to the church’s past stand. The World Alliance is […]
Dear Christian Friends: In recent years we have seen a trend in our denomination that has developed into a stance on Scripture completely foreign to our Reformed confessions. We had been taught that our Creeds are to be interpreted in the light of sacred Scriptures. Now the trend is to interpret Scripture in the light […]
“When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled men, they were astonished and they took note that they had been with Jesus . . . Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. But Peter […]
Back-to-God Broadcasting “The Sovereign Lord has given me an instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being taught” (Isa. 50:4). “Praise the Lord for the word that sustains the weary! Praise the Lord for the way He wakens us each […]
Have you noticed how many books about the Christian Mind and Humanism have recently appeared? Most have something of real value to offer, but many consistent Reformed thinkers rely upon Cornelius Van Til when they need a consistent theological approach. He continually returns the lines of argument to God, making us feel that “of God, […]
NO HERESY! – We mentioned before the fact that Classis Chicago South of the Christian Reformed Church was to meet in special session to consider charges of heresy against Rev . Neal Punt by the consistory of First CRC, Lethbridge, Alberta. After considerable discussion classis decided that the defendant was not guilty of violation of […]
Each year the Christian Reformed Church assembles in a synodical session. To it four delegates (two ministers and two elders) are elected by each of the forty classes. These men represent the churches in their respective area. And what they decide—in harmony with Scripture, the three Forms of Unity and the Church Order—is to […]
The other day I was talking to one of the committee members which authored the “Contemporary Testimony.” I was mentioning the fact that I thought the document was quite bland and general in many respects, and that it Jacked specificity and conciseness in confessing our biblical faith. His answer was revealing: “If we make it […]