“I feel wounded.” This statement was made by a member of the administration at Calvin Seminary in a speech given several weeks ago. I have been reflecting upon the statement. What has caused the speaker’s wound? It was the decision adopted by Classis Pella at its September 1981 session and reported in THE BANNER dated […]

Recently the classis in which I serve received a visit from a member of the faculty of Calvin Seminary. The professor in addressing the delegates to classis adopted as his theme “The Unity between Calvin Seminary and the Church.” The speaker in pleading for this unity described it as twofold. He spoke first of a […]

The annual meeting of the Alliance of Reformed Churches was convened on November 15, 1994, at the Lynwood Christian Reformed Church Independent of Lynwood, Illinois. More than sixty churches were represented by delegates. Several churches had sent official observers. Greetings were brought by the fraternal delegates of churches whose interest in the Alliance has been […]

I first met Larry when he was 19 years old. My family and I had moved to a West Michigan Community where I had accepted the call to serve a well established congregation. It was the spring of the year. I was invited to teach the Bible lesson for the Men’s Society which was still […]

“And Jesus, crying out with a loud voice, said, ‘Father, into Thy hands I commit My spirit.’ And having said this, He breathed His last…” (Luke 23:46) The six hours on the cross are coming to a close. Death is at hand. Jesus has spoken several times while hanging on the cross. He has manifested […]