MID-AMERICA REFORMED SEMINARY With much interest and respect I reflect on the thoughts of Dr. James A. DeJong, President of Calvin Theological Seminary, when in the Banner of January 25, 1988, he speaks out his convictions pertaining to the thoroughness, firmness and soundness of Calvin Theological Seminary. But when called upon to give his estimate […]

Especially we who have long been exposed to God‘s gospel need to be repeatedly reminded of the “immensities” of His salvation. Think of Peter’s reminder (2 Peter 1:2–4) that “His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness through the knowledge of” Christ with its “exceeding great and precious […]

Scarcely anything in our modern society is so unwelcome as a moral judgment or a spiritual pronouncement. Evils of all sorts must be explained without reference to ethics or to God. This has reached a point close to absurdity whenever AIDS, for example, is referred to in the media. There is a studied attempt to […]

In a recent meeting, the Presbytery of the Dakotas of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church received and acted on a report concerning the views of one of its ministers, the Rev. Richard G. Hodgson. Mr. Hodgson is also a professor at Dordt College, a Christian liberal arts college in northwest Iowa related to the Christian Reformed […]

People who have to study the materials for our denomination’s June synod may welcome a slimmer volume than most of those of recent years, 384 pages instead of some that have been twice that size. It includes few study committee reports, which have, according to a recent decision, been previously sent to consistories for earlier […]