What follows is the substance of an address delivered by Prof. R.B. Kuiper before the mid-western section of the Evangelical Theological Society on April 1, 1960. The theme of the conference was Scriptural Infallibility. My subject is the tried and true maxim Principiis Obsta!—that is, being translated, Withstand Beginnings! “Beginnings of what?” you ask. In answering […]
In dealing with such a subject as “Calvin’s Conception of the Church” one may well be on his guard against diverse temptations. He who would be known as a Calvinist is in peril of unduly exalting the person of John Calvin and of ascribing to his teaching a quality approaching infallibility. Perhaps that danger is […]
Scripture speaks of several antitheses; for example, that of Christ and Antichrist, that of the good angels and the fallen angels, that of believers and “principalities, powers, the rulers of the darkness of this world, spiritual wickedness in high places” (Eph. 6:12), that of the church and the world, that of believers and unbelievers, that of […]
That My House May Be Filled: by Dr. Harry R. Boer A study of evangelism in the Christian Reformed Church William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1957. 128 pages, $1.50. My friend Dr. Harry R. Boer excels in integrity, in courage, and in zeal for evangelism. Those virtues come to vigorous expression in […]
That Calvin College and Seminary have served, and are serving, as pillars of the Christian Reformed Church can hardIy be questioned. The following simple facts may suffice as evidence. Nearly all the men who now constitute the ministry of the Christian Reformed Church were educated at Calvin College and Seminary; the great majority of present teachers at Calvin […]
The task or the organized church is to teach and preach the Word of God. Whatever else it may properly do is subordinate and subsidiary to that task. This is the one great task of the organized church. In the great commission Christ charged the apostles and the church of succeeding ages: “Make disciples of all nations…teaching […]
It is difficult, if not impossible, to conceive of an organization without officers. The church as an organization also has its officers. Unfortunately there are in Christendom many misconceptions of the church’s offices. And with these misconceptions are bound up erroneous views concerning the importance of the organized church. Therefore a study of these offices […]
That every believer in the Lord Jesus Christ is in duty bound to belong to the organized church is ‘beyond dispute. However, the visible church is divided into a great many parts known as denominations, and some parts are so independent of all others as to call themselves undenominational. Thus the question arises in which one […]
With a week-long jubilee we celebrated some sixteen months ago the seventy-five year existence of our beloved Calvin Seminary and College. Highlight of that Jubilee was a Pageant, which pictured in a series of scenes the growth of these two institutions. The Pageant was an artistic triumph for everyone who had anything to do with it, […]
Almost all churches are intent on numerical growth. Most ministers in particular are eager to see the membership of their churches increase by leaps and bounds. That attitude is not necessarily wrong. Provided those who are added to the church are saved, additions most certainly are cause for warm gratitude. But not infrequently the desire for numerical […]