THE DEATH OF FRANCIS A. SCHAEFFER called forth a number of tributes and special articles. In the The Reformed Journal (June, 1984) George Marsden recalls a meeting with Dr. Schaeffer in his famous L’Abri in 1960, which to him epitomizes the strengths and weaknesses of Schaeffer’s ministry. The weakness was that often he simplified modern […]
CHURCH RET AINS BUILDING. Tenth Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, whose minister is the well-known James Montgomery Boice , has gained possession of its property. The Philadelphia Presbytery (comparable to CRC Classis) had gained title to the church building by the ruling of a Philadelphia judge, but has agreed to let the church continue to use […]
“THE AGONY OF LEBANON” In last month’s News and Views I called attention to an article in The Reformed Journal by Dr. Bert De Vries giving information on the religious groups that exist in Lebanon, whose differences contribute to the turmoil in that troubled country. In the same magazine for March, 1984, he continues to […]
TRACING A TREND. In the January 1984, Reformed Journal James Vander Kam, of the Department ofPhilosophy and Religion at North Carolina State University, has a review of a new book, Old Testament Survey, written by three members of the Faculty of Fuller Theological Seminary, William LaSor, David Hubbard and Frederic Bush. His lengthy article is […]
CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS? In De Wachter (12/20/83) Rev. A. De Jager reflects on an article in a Dutch paper about the situation in some Christian schools in The Netherlands. According to this article many pupils and teachers in the so-called Christian schools seldom or never see the inside of a church and have no contact with […]
ARE VALUES LOSING VALUE? This is the title of an article by Lynn R. Buzzard, Director of the Christian Legal Society, in the December issue of Eternity. Mr. Buzzard alerts his readers to the extremes to which opposition to discrimination tends to go in these days. He points out that legislation and court action against […]
GOD OUR FATHER AND MOTHER? Several magazines have recently called attention to a lectionary produced by the National Council of Churches. Some 209 passages from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible have been rewritten in an attempt to avoid “sexist” language. Wherever “God” is used “God our Father (and Mother)” is substituted. “Son of God” becomes […]
SHOULD PASTORS BE COUNSELORS? Under the title: “The Shingle and The Manse” Mary Vander Goot, professor of psychology at Calvin College, answers this question in the negative in an article in The Reformed Journal for September, 1983. She begins by agreeing that in the broader use of the term counselling, pastors are called to […]
“PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH U.S.A.: SINCERELY WRONG” is the title of the Editorial of Moody Monthly for September 1983. Jerry B. Jenkins comments on some paragraphs from a lengthy document on the implications of genetic research and human engineering. The !95th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church USA adopted resolutions based on this three year study by […]
“THE HISTORIC SHIFT IN AMERICA’S LARGEST DENOMINATION” is the title of a long article in Christianity Today (8/5/83). The denomination referred to is. the Southern Baptist Convention which has 14 million members, 36,000 congregations, 6,630 career home and foreign missionaries and baptized almost half a million people last year. It has six seminaries and […]