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 […]

The Ad Hoc Committee report which was presented to the Board of Trustees of Calvin College and Seminary in February, 1988, has resulted in a strong and forceful reaction. Most of the responses from my point of view have been negative. I believe that a sufficient period of time has elapsed to put some thoughts […]

In a recent “Sem Alum” (a publication of the Calvin Theological Seminary Alumni Association), the editor, Rev. Leonard J. VanderZee, wrote an editorial entitled “A Layer of Protection.” The ones who need a layer of protection are the professors of Calvin College and Seminary. He mentions by name particularly seminary prof. Dr. Henry De Moor […]

This is one of several articles I have written about whether the Christian Reformed Church should ally itself with the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC). It is written upon the editor’s request. I do not relish disagreeing so strongly with the members of the Interchurch Relations Committee (IRC) which has been promoting this matter. […]

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 […]

“And now I will show you the most excellent way” (I Cor. 13a). These are words of Paul. Perhaps we wouldn’t expect this, thinking of Paul as the man of theology, the great predestinarian, and of John as the apostle of love. Paul here says that love is the greatest Christian exercise. John does not […]

Soon the Synod of 1988 will convene. Delegates have been elected by all of the 42 Classes and these delegates will have a busy schedule and a grave responsibility when they meet in Synod. No doubt there will be many overtures as well as reports to be handled by the delegates. A delegate to our […]

Not long ago a friend received a letter from a kinsman who is a pastor in the Gereformeede Kerken Nederland. The Dutch pastor who serves a large congregation in a metropolitan area wrote that those who are questioning the historicity of the Bible are no longer restricting their attacks to the opening chapters of Genesis […]

Do we accept God’s inscripturated Word, or do we accept the word of science about the ultimate origin of man, the world and the cosmos? That is the basic dilemma we face as Christians in the secular world. We have to make a clear, well-thought through choice regarding which way to go. We have come […]

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 […]