Let youth and youth’s counselors be reminded that the book of Proverbs is still in the Bible. It’s hard not to go overboard on youth. A delightful age it is, with bright eyes and bright ideas, with endless vitality and drive. And often there is great enthusiasm and sparkling idealism. Also, the honesty and openness […]

There is nothing surprising about this business of calling Christian preaching foolishness. It was already being done in Paul’s day, as chapter one of First Corinthians (verses 18–25) makes so very plain. The Greeks had their own reasons for thinking of preaching as foolishness, reasons rooting in their sophisticated man-centered ways of thought. A new […]

John H. Piersma’s timely and relevant article on “Youth and Worship” appearing in the July issue of TORCH AND TRUMPET prompts me to dispatch this letter. The purpose of my letter is not at this time to enter into the discussion of the important matters dealt with in Piersma’s article. Rather, my purpose is simply […]

The report of tile activities and actions of Synod is presented by Rev. Edward Heerema. He lias attempted to offer an accurate presentation of the positions of the speakers and the nature of the debate. Only the most important matters in the judgment of the reporter 000 editorial board are hereby presented. The Board of […]

Synod 1967 the Christian Reformed Church said that “Professor Dekker has erred in making ambiguous statements and using them in an abstract way,” and the brother was admonished for his errors in this regard. The present writer has described this decision as one of “vague inconclusiveness.” Synod did not define its use of the two […]

The history of the handling of the doctrinal matter of the love of Cod and the atonement at several synods of the Christian Reformed Church leaves one in a troubled frame of mind. This history runs from the first appearance of the matter at the Synod of 1963 to the decision in terms of “ambiguous” and “abstract” in […]

The May-June issue of this magazine contained an article by the present writer on the subject “The Christian Reformed Church On Trial.” The article, it may be recalled, dealt with the issue of the love of God and the atonement as it had been raised in certain writings by the Professor of Missions at Calvin […]

“I don’t know what is wrong with our church, the way it has handled the ‘Dekker matter.’” That remark was recently made to the writer of these lines by a minister in the Christian Reformed Church who has served the denomination well in several churches and in various broader ecclesiastical responsibilities and is still in active service. […]

Some time in the early nineteen-thirties J. Gresham Machen spoke to a large audience in the chapel of the University of Chicago. According to the information given to the writer this noted spokesman for orthodox Christianity dwelt on the struggles of the church in the modern age. In speaking of the resources of the Christian in waging […]

Very early in my marriage to Marietta, daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. R. B. Kuiper, my younger brother, then about sixteen, enjoyed a brief period of close association with R. B. Kuiper. Afterward my brother said, “How can I be related to him too?” He found his contact with this very interesting and dynamic person so enjoyable that […]