Russell W. Maatman is professor of Chemistry and chairman of the Division of Natural Sciences at Dordt College, Sioux Center, Iowa. This material on “The Inerrancy of Scripture” is taken from Dr. Maatman’s book, THE BIBLE, NATURAL SCIENCE, AND EVOLUTION published in 1970 by Reformed Fellowship, Inc. What Is Meant By Inerrancy? Various kinds of […]
Perhaps the most important question being asked in Reformed churches today is, What is the nature of the Bible? It is not that we do not know why the Bible exists. We believe the Bible tells us why it exists. Concerning its own existence, the Bible teaches that before the fall God revealed himself to […]
SCHOOL UNIFORMS?…YES Occasionally voices are heard from among our Christian School supporters mildly suggesting the possibility of having the students, especially the girls, wear uniforms. These voices are seldom bold or authoritative, rather they set forth their opinion timidly, even apologetically. Perhaps to some the word “uniform” sounds too rigid, too militaristic. Perhaps their attitude stems from […]
In our previous article we divided the discussion of evolution into the following propositions: 1. Matter has existed from eternity. 2. The earth and at least some stars are billions of years old. 3. Life in the form of one-celled organisms evolved from non-living matter. 4. All animals and plants evolved from one-celled organisms. 5. Man’s […]
Today the Reformed community is discussing several controversial ideas. One of these ideas concerns the truth or falsity of evolution. Many have asked for dialogue, and so this article and another one to appear later arc attempts to contribute to that part of the dialogue which pertains to evolution. These controversial ideas have usually originated outside the […]
Let’s state at the beginning that the Bible is the infallible Word of God. Then many questions raised when evolution is discussed are automatically settled. For example, the believer of an infallible Bible knows that man has a soul and that animals do not. He also knows the first woman was derived from the body of […]