“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace…” [Galatians 5:22a] War is horrible!!! If you have seen either of the movies, The Patriot or The Saving of Private Ryan, you have a visual reminder that wars are truly awful. I remember rather vividly yet, some 44 years ago, having a close friend come […]
Lubert was a retired farmer. Every time I would drop in, he and his wife would be listening to Christian music. Next to Lubert’s favorite chair there was always a large stack of religious magazines because Lubert loved to read. I enjoyed my visits with Lubert and his wife because each visit left me spiritually […]
Webster’s Dictionary defines a sound bite as “a brief recorded statement [as by a public figure] broadcast esp. on a television news program.” Those “sound bites” refer to audible statements. Webster also defines “sound” as “free from error, fallacy, or misrepresentation”, “logically valid and having true premises”, and “showing good judgment or sense”. In celebration […]
The Board of Mid-America Reformed Seminary is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Cornelis P. Venema as MidAmerica’s first seminary president. Venema has been a professor of Doctrinal Studies at Mid-America for twelve years. He received his Ph.D., magna cum laude, from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1985. Before joining Mid-America’s faculty in 1988, Venema […]
Esteemed brothers! It’s a pleasure for me to be able to address you on behalf of the Canadian Reformed Churches and to extend the fraternal greetings of these churches to you. We’ve been visitors at your synods ever since you formed a federation, and we have made no secret of our keen interest in your […]
Summer is here! Now what are you going to do? Maybe it will be a family vacation, or a trip to the RYS convention with your youth group, or a summer work project. You may or may not do some of these things, but I know you will be spending a lot time with friends. […]
Modernism is not full-blown when it first appears in the church, but it is rather like the mustard seed of which Scripture speaks. From a small unnoticed beginning it has a phenomenal development until it comes suddenly to fruition in open apostasy and an indifferent, dead church. Modernism might properly be compared to a cancerous […]
One of the first challenges Reformed believers face when they address the subject of evangelism is the spirit of pragmatism. The spirit of pragmatism says that, “if it works, do it,” or, “if it works, it must be right.” Those who are familiar, for example, with many of the expressions of the modern church growth […]
United Reformed Churches in North America 2001 Synod Report Three o’clock in the morning the alarm rang. It was time to get ready for the URC Synod in Escondido, California. The forecast for flying was sunny. The forecast for Synod was not as promising. Different parts of the Agenda for Synod had been greatly debated […]