(COMMENTARY ON II CORINTHIANS 6:14–7:1) Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers; for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what communion hath light and darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? Or what portion hath a believer with an unbelievers? And what agreement hath a temple of God with idols? For we are a […]
The Voice of the Prophet in the Reformed Church in America THE REV. HENRY P. KIK, pastor of Fourth Reformed Church, Grand Rapids, has issued a brochure of some twenty-seven mimeographed pages which is quite likely to cause considerable discussion. Its title is “The Reformed Faith in Conflict.” Its message is a call for separation on […]
The congregation of believers in its confession of sin is a delight unto the Lord our God. God finds a deep satisfaction in his own work. And the congregation which comes before him with a true and sincere confession of sin and an acknowledgment of its unworthiness to stand before him is God’s handiwork. We should be at […]
Rest here a while, and plant your pilgrim staff Beside the fountain in the palm’s cool shade. In the green oasis, on the sandy desert Kneel by the spring and so refresh yourself With living water, which slakes more than wine Poured out by vassals at the world’s rich feasts. Through the gift most precious, […]
In the October–November 1954 issue of Torch and Trumpet it was my privilege to present to the readers the issues involved in the question of ecclesiastical woman suffrage. Our Christian Reformed denomination has had this problem under advisement for a number of years. My first article aimed to be an objective statement concerning certain findings of […]
The school principal is in a unique and strategic position in the field of education. Education “busses” all around him. He sees and feels the rapid pulse-beat of modern education from practically every angle. Students, teachers, parents all confront him with the day-by-day, actual problems of school life. Board, faculty, promotional organizations press upon him the responsibilities […]
TO WHOM THE CHURCH BELONGS Protestants seem peculiarly apt to fall into a dangerous and dishonoring practice. when they speak about the church. Every day we can hear people talking about “the Rev. Smith’s church” or “Dr. Jones’ congregation.” Although we may not be ready to condemn these phrases too severely. they do betray a lamentably superficial […]
“Basil (9) considers that all was not tainted from the moral point of view in even this profane literature so much decried at the time; that the poets, orators and historians knew how to give praise to what is good and that they provide an abundance of precepts and examples capable of bringing an ennobling […]
Introduction to the Science of Missions (Inleiding in de Zendingswetenschap) J. H. BAVINCK (J. H. Kok N. V. Kampen, The Netherlands, 1954. pps. 309) Today as seldom before during her fascinating but fearful history the Church of the Lord Jesus is being compelled by her heavenly Lord to take stock of her mission. Amid the growing paganization and […]