I have loved the Christian Reformed Church all my life. Her Biblical and distinctly Reformed creeds and confessions clearly identify her and have been a blessing to me in my personal relationship with God and His Word. Therefore, the present direction of the Christian Reformed Church has been a tremendous grief to me. I find […]
My own view begins with the thesis: God does not approach man first of all as professor. Rather, He stands before man as Lord and as Judge. Perhaps this sounds a bit irreverent to you; I hope not. The point I wish to make is that our community—the Christian Reformed Church more than other branches […]
“I will build my church and the gates of Hades will not overcome it” (Matt. 16:18b). Another year lies ahead. What will it bring? What will we experience if we may live another year? Such questions may arise in our minds, perhaps accompanied with feelings of insecurity and fear. What will happen to the world, […]
Ecumenical Betrayal of Missions Last month we reviewed the three Calvin Seminary lectures given by the professor of mission and ecumenical theology at Germany’s University of Tubingen. In them he highlighted the need to restore the Bible’s stress on repentance and faith in Christ to today’s churches and their missions. We also reviewed his books […]
SCIENCE+ BIBLE = TRUTH. This is the methodology of the current scientific community at Calvin College. We have already seen a lengthy presentation of the results of this methodology upon our doctrine of Scripture, God, Creation, and Man in Howard Van Till’s book, The Fourth Day. Scripture is no longer truth in and of itself. […]
Songs of praise and thanksgiving have been an integral part of Reformed worship through the centuries. In my own lifetime the old Psalter and the Psalter Hymnals of the 1930’s and 1950’s had served well. Now we have a new songbook; one for which I never sensed a groundswell of request within the denomination. Nevertheless, […]
During the Years 1984-5 Profs. Van Till, Menninga, and Young, all science professors at Calvin College, were study fellows at the Calvin Center for Christian Studies. The result of their studies was the collaborative effort published as Science Held Hostage (subtitled What’s Wrong with Creationism and Evolutionism). How such an inflammatory title came from those […]