In recent years Arkansas and Louisiana laws requiring balanced treatment of creation science whenever the theory of evolution is taught in public school classrooms have been struck down in the courts. When such laws have been overturned, those who work to establish the religion of evolutionism in the public schools have been quick to caution […]
“And you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins” (Matt. 1:21). Joseph has a problem, a big one. The young girl who was to be his wife is pregnant. He knows that he has never been sexually intimate with her and therefore can draw only […]
Over the past quarter of a century the CRC publications have portrayed what is commonly referred to as the picture of Christ, particularly in the children’s educational materials. During that same period of time, its church buildings have become adorned inside and out with crosses as well as with other symbols. In more recent years […]
Dear Christian Reformed Church, Why do you forsake your middle name? You were my mother church, the church I grew up in, and I have tremendous loyalty to you, for you nurtured me and cared for me. I learned the catechism in church and catechism classes. I was trained in Christian schools that were financed […]
The annual meeting of Reformed Fellowship was held on October 1, 1987—once again at the convenient facilities of the Kelloggsville Christian Reformed Church and the neighboring Christian School. The afternoon business meeting was highlighted by the beautifully developed address of Mrs. Frederika Pronk, a Christian homemaker, wife of a Free Reformed Church minister and a […]
Last Friday morning, a week ago, we saw some of the damage of London’s worst storm in 300 years. Overnight, an unpredicted hurricane with wind gusts of over 100 miles per hour had paralyzed much of southern Britain in the first power black-out since World War II. The next day, in the 8-hour flight across […]
An auto tour across Switzerland had brought us on Saturday to the Interlaken area. After spending the forenoon in the glorious scenery north of the Jungfrau, we headed west across a couple of mountain passes to locate, if possible, the little village of Huemoz, a part of which had been made familiar through the work […]
Editor’s Note: A most important issue expected to confront the next synod of the Christian Reformed Churches is the recommendation of its Interchurch Relations Committee that the denomination officially join the World Alliance of Reformed Churches, which includes some of the most liberal churches in the country. Professor M.H. Woudstra, retired professor of Calvin Theological […]