Christian Education in the twentieth century may very well be facing its darkest hour. Not only does there appear to be a growing lack of interest in Christian instruction -as well as a frightening loss of understanding of what it is all about -hut also, more ominously, the spirit of secularism has infiltrated our own […]

The Christian community today is confronted by an increasingly critical situation. The crisis is reflected not merely in declining church membership, waning interest in Christian education, general apathy on the part of the young people, and fruitless theological dispute, but comes to the fore especially in the apparent failure to recognize the real enemy: the […]

d purposes it was a typical Christian Reformed ordination examination. Delegates offered sermon evaluations, questions were asked in the areas of practical and biblical and theological competency. What set the July 4 exam apart, however, was the fact that a woman was answering the questions. Ruth Hofman became the first female candidate to be examined […]

On August 24, the afternoon following the burial of one of the elder members of Bethel URC in Aylmer, Ontario, Canada, United Reformed pastor Rev. Alvin Korvemaker took some time in the late afternoon for exercise and reflection. In the Lord’s providence and timing, while he was bicycling down a quiet country gravel road, a […]