“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of you shall come forth to Me The One to be ruler in Israel, whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting” Micah 5:2 (NKJV). At this time of the year we hear people referring to the Christmas […]

A Review of James De Jong’s Freeing the Conscience: Approaching the Women’s Ordination Issue by Means of Theological Correlation One of the most familiar and stirring stories of the Protestant Reformation is the story of Martin Luther before the Diet of Worms, refusing to recant his views and deny his writings. The Diet of Worms […]

Dr. James A. De Jong, President of Calvin Theological Seminary, has written an interesting booklet entitled, “Freeing the Conscience, Approaching the Women’s Ordination Issue by Means of Theological Correlation.” The booklet seeks a new approach to the issue of the ordination of women and is argued in a way designed to be helpful, balanced and […]

The year was 1973 and the setting was the Synod of the Christian Reformed Church which that summer received three study committee reports prepared by scholars in the denomination. One report dealt extensively with Ecclesiastical Office and Ordination (Acts, 1973, p. 635ff.); another handled the related subject of Women in Ecclesiastical Office (Acts, 1973, p. […]

George and Andrew are brothers, both now in their 60s. Despite being close in age, they had drifted apart over the years and now seldom had anything to do with one another beside polite greetings. The problems began with their wives, both of whom had personalities that suggested they ingested large quantities of vinegar. Neither […]

Following the tradition of the Reformation, the dedication service of the new facility of the Mid-America Reformed Seminary began in a Roman Catholic Church and ended with people shouting with triumph “for the Word of God and the testimony of Jesus.” It is difficult to put into words the enthusiasm generated as over nine hundred […]

SOUTH HOLLAND, IL URNS – Meeting at First Christian Reformed Church in the southeast Chicago suburb of South Holland, an unprecedented 290 delegates, from 110 of the Christian Reformed denomination’s 985 churches, voted to call the Christian Reformed synod to lead the denomination in repentance. The text of the call to repentance will be drafted […]