A Wholesome Concern The concerns of Calvin Theological Seminary have been before the church in recent years more frequently than in the past. Only a few years ago there were several overtures before the Christian Reformed Synod to ensure the adherence of the Seminary professors to the teachings of both Bible and Creed. At the […]

Dr. Clayton Libolt gained notoriety in the Christian Reformed Churches when the 1981 synod denied his application for candidacy for the gospel ministry. He was rejected after he stated in his examination that he would not hold the Genesis Adam and Eve story to be “real” in the sense that his questioner intended. On the […]

Letters to Barbara: a Novel by Glenn Meeter. 263 pages, 1981. William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. $12.95. Reviewed by John Vander Ploeg. Once again to spend a few hours in the town of Lansing (Illinois), to visit once more in the home of Glenn Meeter’s grandparents, and also once again to be at the church […]

Late in 1962 an article by Professor Harold Dekker of Calvin Theological Seminary precipitated a doctrinal controversy in the Christian Reformed Church and beyond. That controversy concerned the love of God, particularly the universality of that love. In the light of what has since been written on the subject it ought to be possible at this […]

Inaugural Address delivered by Dr.lohn H. Kromminga, A.B., Th.D. in Calvin Theological Seminary, February 6, 1963. It is, of course, a good academic custom that professors of an institution such as Calvin Theological Seminary deliver inaugural addresses. These should be considered important and demand interest, since they are expected to indicate at least some of the […]

Calvin Seminary and its Board of Trustees want to maintain their monopoly in the training and licensure of candidates for the denomination’s ministry. President De Jong recently emphasized that again in a contribution to “Soapbox” in The Banner. He seems to feel that things will be better for the church if we keep all our eggs […]