It is obvious even to the casual observer that we live in a culture that is currently obsessed with youth. It seems that almost everyone wants to look younger than he or she really is. To meet this “need,” American industry puts out a great variety of products designed to thwart or camouflage the effects […]

A few years ago, I was invited to conduct the worship services at a Christian Reformed church in western Michigan. Before the evening service, as I sat in the consistory room, one of the elders informed me that a vocal group from a local Baptist church would be presenting some “special music” before and during […]

You don’t have to be very old or very wise to notice that things are changing in the Christian Reformed Church. Some of the changes are for the better; few people would want to see everything in the denomination stay the same. At the same time, when the changes involve denial of Biblical truth or […]

My copy of The Banner arrived today. As I often do, I took a couple of minutes to page through it, skimming those items which caught my eye. I was struck by the first letter in “Voices” (3/30/79 issue) in which the council of one of our churches informs the denomination that it “. . […]