Many readers may be aware that the Christian Reformed Church of Lynwood, Illinois has written to the consistories of other churches of the denomination about the current state of our family of churches. This has elicited a considerable volume of response. On August 27 Rev. Rein Leestma of the Lynwood church, at the invitation of […]
“It is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful” (I Cor. 4:2). “In the month of November we observe Thanksgiving Day, both in the U.S. and in Canada. In the U.S. it began long ago with our Pilgrim fathers. Abraham Lincoln was the first president to make this a national holiday. It has […]
STONES FOR BREAD (The Social Gospel and its Contemporary Legacy), by Harry Antonides. Published by Paideia Press, St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada. Reviewed by Rev. Jelle Tuininga, Lethbridge, Alberta. This book by the director of research and education of the Christian Labor Association of Canada traces the rise of the social gospel movement in Canada at […]
In the “Alive-85” campaign featuring Rev. John Guest, sponsored by local churches including many of our own, those churches found themselves participants in the kind of “revival” project that has characterized much of Christianity in America since colonial days. Although such revivals have long been accepted by many churches, they come as a relative novelty […]
The theme of this year’s Anglican Evangelical Assembly was ‘Rightly handling the Word of Truth.’ The first speaker was Dr. J. I. Packer who presented the approach to Scripture that had been used in the past by Evangelicals in which the Bible is treated as God’s Word written—the objective revealed truth of God—and men are […]
The last week in August was a beautiful time to be in northwest Iowa. The weather was delightful, the fields were rich with crops ripening for harvest. There was abundant evidence of God’s blessing. It was an appropriate setting for the fall meeting of the board of Mid-America Reformed Seminary and the annual seminary […]
To train, or not to train. That is the question. Last month we pointed out the need for qualified office-bearers, stating that office-bearers must be selected and nominated based upon their possession of certain spiritual, Scriptural, and personal qualifications. It is my conviction that qualifications and training are needed to produce effective office-bearers. After all, […]
Ministers in America receive endless numbers of mailings from businesses of all sorts hoping to make a bit of money out of some service they want to provide to churches and the clergy. A good many are simply ridiculous. Some, however, are quite disturbing because of the nature of what they are selling. Businessmen tend […]
By now many readers of this magazine will know that prior to the latest meeting of the Council of the Christian Reformed Churches in Canada (held in New Westminster, B.C. Nov. 12–15, 85) a conference was held on the topic of “Trends in the Christian Reformed Churches Compared with Developments in the Geref. Kerken in […]
“The HOLY SPIRIT”, Third Person of the Trinity, brings what images to mind? Perhaps Pentecost? Perhaps a thankful heart—for without His working in your heart you would never have believed. When I think of the Holy Spirit, I think of POWER—power that is greater than this world. About me the Bible writes: The “Spirit of […]