According to the established system of historical geology, the history of the earth is divided into a number of geological ages. The earth is supposed to have evolved into its present basic structure about five billion years ago. Certain increasingly complex chemicals in the primeval ocean, acted upon by electrical forces in the atmosphere, acquired […]

On Tuesday, June 4, 1968, Dr. Harry M. Kuiterl, Professor of Ethics and Theology at the Free University of Amsterdam, addressed tile Christian Reformed Ministers’ Institute held in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The following is a summary of those remarks which were presented tinder the above title. I. The Exegesis of Genesis 1 The Creation account […]

In our previous article we divided the discussion of evolution into the following propositions: 1. Matter has existed from eternity. 2. The earth and at least some stars are billions of years old. 3. Life in the form of one-celled organisms evolved from non-living matter. 4. All animals and plants evolved from one-celled organisms. 5. Man’s […]

Scripture: Genesis 1:26–31; 2:8–19 Background: This discussion material is taken from Chapter XI of The Bible and the Life of the Christian. This chapter represents a fine effort to furnish us with a Biblical, Christian perspective with respect to the most important subject of man’s cultural activity. By culture “mankind’s intentional, free, controlling labor of […]

Scripture: Genesis 1:26–30 Genesis 2:18–25               Background: There are basically but two ways of looking at the home: the Christian and the non-Christian view. Here surface similarities ought not deceive us. The former views life in the light of God and His word; the latter does so apart from […]