Puncturing the Inflated Self A highlight of the Evangelical Press Association’s annual meeting, this year held in Grand Rapids, Mich., was the May 12 address of David Myers entitled, “The Inflated Self: A New Look at Pride.” The Hope College psychology professor observed that we have long been sold the idea (promoted by many […]
On Tuesday, February 16 an annual CAREER DAY was scheduled at Calvin College. This project was jointly sponsored by the Counseling Center and Placement Office of the College, who arranged to bring on campus some 55 representatives of business, industry, community agencies and the professions. Among the wide variety of career areas to be represented […]
The Board of Trustees of Calvin College and Seminary, seeking to allay the widespread apprehensions of the churches about the orthodoxy of the faculty of their seminary and in its words “to remove some of the innuendos and false accusations that have been made” has sent a “Public Statement to all the consistories of the […]
On March 11–13 and 19–20 the Calvin College Thespians presented the musical drama Godspell in Calvin’s Gezon Auditorium. In this play actors represent Jesus and His disciples as clowns. The performance may indeed, as the student paper Chimes in its enthusiastic review observed, recall old morality plays, carry a religious message, be “based on the […]
This question is being asked in the CRC theological community. It is not a new question; most denominations have asked it and have come up with surprisingly different answers. Those who affirm the historical Adam have affirmed the traditional creationist view that God miraculously created man as a complete person. Those who deny Adam’s personal […]
The Bible teaches us plainly that although God makes men and women equal before Him (Gal. 3:28) He has not designed that their role in society be identical. He said that the man was to lead as “head” (1 Cor. 11:3; 1 Tim. 2:8–3:2). Today many professing Christians who support the popular “women’s liberation” movement […]
A Unique Event One wonders whether it has ever happened before that five denominations held meetings of their major assemblies at the same time and place. This occurred in mid-June when the assemblies of the member denominations of the North American Presbyterian and Reformed Council (NAPARC) all met in Grand Rapids, Mich., on the campus […]
The responsible church of Christ is expected to carefully examine the contents of each Synod’s Agenda. In this year’s 496–page volume the reader notes in Report No. 2 of Calvin College and Seminary two additional Appendices “A” and “B.” Appendix “B,” entitled “Report on Matter of Social Dancing,” originates in a Synodical recommendation of 1977 (Synodical […]
Friday evening I attended Christian High‘s presentation of “Annie Get Your Gun.” It was played to a full house at Calvin College‘s FAC Auditorium, and I understand that good crowds attended the other three performances. Obviously this kind of performance “takes” with our people and the box office selling $3 tickets took in thousands of […]
In presenting its case to Synod 1977 for the introduction of school-sponsored social dancing on the campus of Calvin College the Board of Trustees made use of the concept of Christian liberty (1977 Acts of Synod, pp. 223ff.). At the time this appeal puzzled me, and I am still puzzled. In sorting out my thoughts […]