On Friday evening, April 24 and Saturday, April 25, a “Partnership in the Gospel Conference” was held at Geribee’s in Grandville, Michigan and Calvin College Gezon Auditorium respectively. The Committee for Women in the CRC organized the conference. Sponsoring churches included: Church of the Servant CRC, Eastern Avenue CRC, First CRC, Grace CRC, Madison CRC, […]
When you name your children , do you use Biblical names? My wife and I do, sometimes to the dismay of our parents because they are too Biblical. We have three children with such names as Rebecca Michelle (Michelle means “Who is like unto Jehovah”), Rachel Elizabeth, and Elijah Gideon (just born in January). But […]
On the evening of April 22, 1987, over 850 young and older adults nearly filled the auditorium at Calvin College’s Fine Arts Center. What would bring that many people out on a weekday night? A lecture by Dr. Duane T. Gish from the Institute of Creation Research in California entitled, “The Scientific Evidences for Special […]
When we think of this subject, the words of Hebrews 12:1–3 come to mind: “Therefore since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverence the race marked out for us. Let us fix […]
Exodus 31:13 Our world is in a hurry and too busy for the Lord’s Day. All around our land on Sundays there are stores open for the shopping of those who are too busy the other six days. Many restaurants open to feed the Sunday crowd, many gas stations open for thirsty tanks and many […]
The book, The Fourth Day, has captured some public attention because it is the most forthright and outspoken effort we have seen on the part of one of Calvin College’s professors to defend and promote the theory he and others hold of the evolutionary origin and development of the universe. What is most significant about […]
When Dr. Cornelius Van Til was eighty-eight years old, I asked him, “Now that you are old, what do you believe to be the most important thing in life?” I had expected to hear something like, “Spending time with my family and friends,” or some such answer that would focus on the blessed but often […]
On May 16 a conference featuring speakers of the Mid-America Reformed Seminary at Orange City, Iowa, was held in Wyoming, Michigan. The day–long meeting dealing with the general theme, “Christ Will Build His Church,” drew an attendance of about 90 people. Since the three professors were each presenting three lectures, each attendant had to choose between […]
REFORMED WORSffiP The growing confusion about worship was the occasion for the address of Dr. John R. Sittema, of Pella, Iowa , at the April 28 South Holland Concerned Conference. Noting that the similarity in worship that used to characterize our churches has disappeared, he found reasons for the change in a variety of influences. […]
Professor Richard Hodgson, Professor of Astronomy at Dordt College, recently defended evolution in a debate with Dr. Duane Gish of The Institute for Creation Research. The debate took place before several hundred students at Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Michigan, on April 10, 1987 Professor Hodgson concluded his lecture with the following remarks (as transcribed from a […]