This suggested approach to catechism preaching was prepared for some seminary students and may interest our readers. The Christian Reformed Church Order states (Art. 54b) “At one of the services each Lord’s day, the minister shall ordinarily preach the Word as summarized in the Heidelberg Catechism, following its sequence.” This article both reflects and maintains […]
“An exercise in futility” was our reviewer’s final characterization of the CR Synod of ‘87 (July/Aug. Outlook). Why should delegates have found it frustrating? The author observed “the clear evidence that we are a divided house,” making one “often wonder how it is possible for such widely divergent views to coexist in the same denomination.” […]
“Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love. Remember the height from which you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place” (Rev. 2:2–6). At this time of the year, the […]
Every pastor in the Christian Reformed Church ordinarily each Sunday must “preach the Word as summarized in the Heidelberg Catechism, following its sequence” (Church Order, Article 54). Whether every pastor does this is another matter, a matter to be addressed by the elders of the local church. Ordinarily, then, each Christian Reformed pastor every week […]
What we ordinarily call “Catechism preaching” is prescribed in Article 54 of the Church Order of the CRC in this way: “a. In the worship services the minister of the Word shall officially explain and apply Holy Scripture. b. At one of the services each Lord’s Day, the minister shall ordinarily preach the Word as summarized […]
A recent song had these lyrics: Don’t be so hard on the ones that you love; It’s the ones that you love that you think so little of . . . These words are particularly apt to describe the way some Reformed Church members look at Catechism preaching without fully realising that it is their […]
The June 8 issue of Chr. Renewal contains a reprint of a couple of articles originally published in Michigan papers about the evolution controversy surrounding some Calvin College professors. Two of the articles were taken from the Grand Rapids Press. Judging by what is said there about the views of some of our leaders in […]
Dear Brethren: Finally, a Classis (British Columbia North-West) sends an overture to synod requesting that no further aid be given to CEPAD (the Evangelical Committee for Relief and Development) of Nicaragua. (The Banner, April 27, 1987). We have been told in The Banner that people like Oral Roberts are not financially responsible to any person; […]