In recent years a number of issues have come up in the CRC which have generated division of opinion in the church. Quite consistently, the conservatives have stated that, what is at stake in these issues is not just the issue itself, but the whole doctrine of Scripture. It has been implied and even stated […]
“Watershed” has been defined as a “critical decisive point; a turning point.” If that definition is true, then we may have before us at the Christian Reformed Synod of 1981 a “watershed.” After eight years of tossing the ball called “Women in ecclesiastical office” into opposing courts, the CR denomination must at last settle the […]
The Equal Rights Amendment has attracted national attention in recent days. The Republican Party at its National Convention removed from its platform support for the ERA. Presidential candidate Ronald Reagan made it clear that the GOP was not thereby removing its support for women’s rights, but was, in fact, promoting women’s rights by protecting women […]
There has never been a time in world history when people in developed countries have been so carefully and well fed physically. Nutrition is a subject which fills pages of every homemaker’s magazine and captures the spotlight of many television ads. Careful studies and experiments have been conducted by experts in many professions and a […]
There was a time when grandpas and grandmas would point to the little red or white schoolhouses which dotted the countrysides of this great land and say, “That‘s where I learned my three R’s.” By “three R’s” they meant reading, (w)riting and (a)rithmetic. These three processes were considered to be the essential equipment to get […]
Image-Bearing When white light is passed through a transparent pr ism, the light is refracted into the many colors of the rainbow. It is an impressive demonstration of the beauty of God‘s design in creation. Similarly when the Light of the world, Jesus Christ, shines through the life of a spiritually dead man, the image […]
Image-Bearers When God made man He did not make him a robot, a mechanical man who could perform tasks. automatically at the push of a button. Nor did God make a wax figure with the appearance of flesh but void of mental or physical power. When God decided to make man, He said, “Let us […]
Bridges – Not Walls We have looked at a variety of ways in which parents can cause their children to harden their hearts against the Lord by their personal conduct: a divided home, making of demands we do not fulfill ourselves, playing favorites, belittling our children to or discussing their faults with others. But parents […]
Pottery–making is one of the oldest human crafts, one which has remained basically unchanged in procedure throughout the centuries. The potter takes soft clay which will yield to his molding and “throws” it on a wheel which he can turn by means of a foot pedal. Slowly and carefully he pushes here and presses there […]
As a child I often drifted off to sleep to the sounds of a pounding hammer and a purring sewing machine. Days later, we children would stand in amazement at the transformation done by Dad in a remodeling job or a dress or suit made by Mother. Many evening hours had been invested by the […]