In many of our circles Christian Schools have long been established and accepted. Their major problems seem to be that of getting the interest and real support of people who are supposed to believe in them and the even more difficult one of achieving or regaining a really Christian education in them. The Christian school […]
For the first time in seventy years my wife and I visited the land of our fathers. What we found there was decidedly different from what we had pictured in our minds. The Netherlands is a beautiful country. That is more apparent in its historic buildings, arts, etc., than in its natural features. And we […]
“Shall two walk together, except they have agreed?” (Amos 3:3 ASV). “No church shall in any way lord it over another church, and no office-bearer shall lord it over another office-bearer” (Art. 95 Church Order). Varieties of Churc h Polity In his excellent Systematic Theology, Prof. L. Berkhof reviewed a number of systems of church […]
Theodosius Dobzhansky, a well–known biologist, has made the claim that nothing in Biology makes sense except in the light of evolution. This statement has become well known in biological circles, is often quoted, and has the acceptance of most biologists. But we do well to consider why a biologist would make such an all-encompassing claim. […]
My name is not familiar to most of you and you may have to study your Bible to find me, but I will give you enough clues so that you will be able to discover who I am. I have the great privilege of being one of the ancestors of Christ as these are listed […]
There was a time in the history of the parent-controlled Christian School movement (which was seen as a Christian cause meriting sacrificial support!) when ministers annually preached, usually in August, a “Christian School sermon.” This was in congregations which took seriously the Church Order of Dordt (the law in such denominations as the Christian Reformed […]
It is my firm conviction that if we are to remain strong as a denomination, and even as a nation, it is essential that we redouble our efforts in regard to the Christian, covenantal training of our sons and daughters. Christian education is the crying need of the hour. And when I use the term […]
Some of my friends work very, very, hard. They seem to Jive by the commandment, “Thou shalt be busy all the days of thy life.” But when I inquire as diplomatically as possible, “Are you a workaholic?” the reply is usually predictable. “Of course not! Just busy!” Personally, I am not a workaholic. I have neither […]
Prune the Bureaucracy In a recent issue of De Wachter New Zealand correspondent Dick G. Vanderpyl commented on the growing bureaucracy in the government of that land. He said that “Parkinson’s law” seemed to be raising its head everywhere, even in the Christian Reformed Church. He then referred to something he had read a […]
Lesson 1 THE ASCENSION OF OUR LORD Acts 1 To cover the entire book of Acts in 16lessons is, ofcourse, an impossibility. One will have to choose certain parts rather than others and this choice may not always agree with the choice of the reader. However, this book is extremely important to the life of […]