Of whom do you think when you hear the expression “filled with the Holy Spirit?” Perhaps a prophet of God such as Elijah or John the Baptist calling down judgment? Or Peter at Pentecost? I too have been filled with the Holy Spirit; yet my words are never recorded in the Bible. Because of the […]
“Coffee Break” is one of the evangelistic programs of the CRC being used in several congregations. It is a Bible study program designed for ladies of the church, but geared toward outreach. Ladies of the church are encouraged to invite non-church friends and neighbors to come along to this Bible study (at which baby-sitting is […]
Dear Brother A K, No doubt most of the readers of The Banner have long since forgotten your Editorial in the October 21, 1985 issue, on the work of the committee to translate the Canons of Dort. So you may be asking me why I don’t just let that sleeping dog lie. The reason I […]
The “Forgotten Office” This series of articles has attempted to focus attention on what has been called “the forgotten office in the church,” that of every Christian believer. What does God in His Gospel call you and me as Christians to be and do? Could there be a more interesting and important question for each […]
“SURPRISED BY JOY” Evan K. Gibson in his C. S. Lewis, Spinner of Tales. a guide to that author’s fiction, recalls Lewis’ early Screwtape Letters, a series of imaginary letters which one devil writes to another about conducting their campaign against God as “the Enemy” (p. 108). More than once Screwtape “describes God […]
1. The Bible knows of a First Adam and a Second Adam. Let’s, with due respect for the Second Adam. call them A-I and A-II. The First and Second Adam together form an axis about which both the Bible and the whole of human history, as interpreted by the Bible, revolve. The Second Adam is, […]
“Therefore, my dear brothers. stand firm . Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain” I Cor. 15:58. “Meaningless. meaningless,” says the Teacher. “Utterly meaningless, everything is meaningless.” “What has been will be again. What has been […]
The Christian Reformed Board of Publications at its annual February meeting decided to have its liturgical committee make appropriate changes in the Heidelberg Catechism to meet the standards of inclusive language. It is to have this revision of the Catechism available for approval by the June meeting of the synod so that it can be […]
Latest faculty appointee at the Mid-America Reformed Seminary at Orange City, Iowa, is Rev. Robert Grossman. As an experienced pastor in the Eureka Classis, Reformed Church in the U.S., he brings a fresh and somewhat different perspective to the school. People in the area had an opportunity to become acquainted with him when he spoke […]