The high priest said to him, “I charge you under oath by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.” “Yes, it is as you say,” replied Jesus. “But I say to all of you: in the future you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right […]

We are seeing examples of desperate attempts to get people into the CRC, even if that means compromising the gospel. I cite one more example of a similar nature: The synod of 87 adopted a proposal by the Board of Home Missions “which would prayerfully aim at a total membership in the CRC of 400,000 […]

1. Created “in God’s image.”  The Bible begins by informing us that, “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth,” and after outlining that creative work, brings us to its climax in God’s creating man “in his own image” in order to “have dominion” over all of the creation. The 8th Psalm states the question, […]

This controversial question raised in 1984 faces the coming June CRC synod. A study committee presents two reports, each of31 pages, one representing a majority of 6, the other a minority of 3. The conclusion of the majority and the introduction of the minority reports show that the first was made a “majority” only by […]

The winds of rationalism swept through Europe in the eighteenth century’s “age of enlightenment” chilling the souls of men and giving birth to atheism, skepticism and Deism. But in England and Wales, through the mercy of God, light and warmth returned to the hearts of many in the Spirit-empowered “Methodist” revivals, and faith. The prospects […]

Any acceptable method of giving should preserve and promote the stewardship rights of the individual believer and member of the Church. Read II Corinthians 8 and 9 and ask yourself if the Quota System as it is understood and practiced in the Christian Reformed Church acknowledges or violates the stewardship rights of the believer outlined […]

Our life is like a book untold, Each leaf that’s read, a year, And every page that we unfold, A new year doth appear. But each new leaf that we have turned Leaves another year behind. What’s planned ahead can ne’er be learned The past may but remind. Each simple word that’s written down Is […]

There is beauty in order, for God is a God of order. There is order in nature, and we speak of its laws, for Scripture tells us God made it so (Job 38:33, Jeremiah 31:36). In Psalm 148:6 we read concerning the heavenly bodies that, “He set them in place for ever and ever; he […]

It may be said reasonably that Charles Darwin was one of the first scientists to present a coherent and organized case for the theory of evolution. For Darwin evolution meant the emergence and development of complex forms of life from the simplest forms of life. To state it baldly, the amoeba eventually became man through […]

Matthew 3:15–4:11 Testing characterizes the whole life of the Christian. Each is called to unremitting warfare when enlisted under the banner of the Prince of Peace. There are many adversaries, especially Satan. Paul could say, “I have fought the good fight.” We are involved in war, not by the prince of evil, but by God, […]