For its entire history the Christian Reformed Church (CRC) has operated on the standards of 1) the Word of God, 2) the confessions, and 3) the Church Order. The CRC 1994 Synod decided on the basis of these standard is that the office of elder, minister and evangelist are open to qualified men only as […]

INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS The 1995 Synod of the Christian Reformed Church, meeting from June 13 to June 21 in Grand Rapids at Calvin College, marks a definite watershed in the official direction of the CRC. The procedures used in arriving at certain decisions and the policies adopted will have, in the opinion of this writer, a profound […]

What did the Christian Reformed Synod of 1995 do? In many circles the answers to that question will revolve around 1) the vote to continue ecclesiastical fellowship with the Gereformeerde Kerken in Nederland (GKN) in spite of the ringing endorsement of loving and faithful homosexual practice that the synod heard from the GKN fraternal delegate; […]

I met Suresh on Sunday morning, January 29, 1995 in Hyderabad, India. He was a student in the School of Evangelism and was to be my interpreter at a small church gathering that morning. It was last November that I had received a phone call from my friend and colleague Rev. Steve Arrick asking if […]

The cultivation of holiness is demanding. Thomas Watson called it “sweating work.” Happily, God provides us with several motives to holiness in His Word. To encourage us in the pursuit of holiness, we need to keep our eyes focused on the following biblical truths.  1. God has called you to holiness for your good and […]

In our introduction to the biblical teaching regarding the “signs of the times,” we noted that these signs often stress the antithesis in history between the kingdom of God and the powers of evil. The coming of the Lord Jesus Christ in the fullness of time and the preaching of the gospel of the kingdom […]