Dear Sirs: Three decades ago in a heated Synodical debate in connection with the “Janssen Case” a minister of the Christian Church (in good standing at the time but deposed in the subsequent Common Grace issue), when asked whether he was sure he cherished love for the person of Dr. Janssen, replied by quoting Psalm 39:21f. (“Do […]

  Whose task is it to govern and guide the affairs of the Church? According to the Belgic Confession in its original version the answer to that question is: the elders assisted by the deacons. After describing the “true” church in Article 29 this Confession, in its original version, goes on to say, in Article […]