This concludes the series of Rev. John Kruis of Sussex, New Jersey, on the biblical method of counseling promoted by Dr. Jay Adams. As nouthetic counselors help identify unsolved problems they also direct the counselees and work intensively with them on scriptural change. They do not assume that they will understand what is required of […]
John Kruis writes about the method of biblical counseling developed especially by Dr. Jay Adams. This second article further explains the method and answers a criticism of it. Rev. Kruis is pastor of the Christian Reformed Church of Sussex, New Jersey. Nouthetic counselors also help to correctly identify problems, which are usually sinful attitudes, sinful […]
Dr. Jay Adams in the introduction to his book, Competent to Counsel tells us how after disappointing experiences with referring people with problems to professionals he tried as a pastor to help them with the teaching of God’s Word. In this and following Outlooks Rev. John Kruis of Sussex, New Jersey, introduces this Christian method […]
The Banner recently (8/26/77) published an article written by Rev. Alvin Hoksbergen. entitled, “Is Anita Bryant Right?” In this article the author asserts that she is wrong, that she “has done the Christian community a disservice by claiming that hers is a Christian cause.” Quite the opposite is true; Anita Bryant is right and Rev. […]
Rev. John Kruis is pastor of the Christian Reformed Church of Sussex, New Jersey. In view of the U.S. Bicentennial, he was asked to write on W hat the Reformed Faith Should Mean to the U.S. “Let us not now vainly imagine,” says Rev. Kruis, “that we can best serve our nation by circumventing the […]
A LAWSUIT TO BE REPUDIATED It is regrettable, to say the least, that the Synodical Committee On Race Relations gave legal, moral and financial support to the parents who brought a law suit against the Timothy Christian School Board and the Timothy Christian School Society, in which they sought no less than $122,000 in actual […]
“Shocking! Absolutely shocking! I just can’t get over it!” That was the reaction of one who had just read parts of the 1971 Agenda for the Synod of the Christian Reformed Church. He had in mind such things as the Board of Home Missions’ proposal that the Christian Reformed Church officially participate in Project Equality; […]
WIVES UNDER ATTACK Wives who hold to the traditional Biblical role of a wife and mother are under attack today. In Focus On The Family, Dr. James Dobson said: Everything they have been taught from earliest childhood is being subjected to ridicule and scorn. Hardly a day passes when the traditional values of the Judeo-Christian heritage are not […]