Our Lord taught and prayed that His church and people “may be one” (John 15:11, 20, 22, 23) in relationship with Him through the sanctifying work of His gospel (vss. 17ff.). Therefore we must “believe a holy catholic Church” and pray and work for church union with those who share this faith. While we have to […]

One of the most significant issues decided at the recent meeting of the synod of the Christian Reformed Church concerned its evaluation of the World Council of Churches as a possible avenue of witness and work for a confessional Reformed church. Earlier the Reformed Churches of the Netherlands (Gereformeerde Kerken) had judged there were “no […]

The Reformed Ecumenical Synod which met in Potchefstroom, South Africa, in 1958 adopted certain resolutions pertaining to “Creation and Evolution.” It is not my purpose to discuss those resolutions as such. However, in one of them the Synod admonished the Church to adhere to its divinely assigned task, “to preach the Word of God,” and not to meddle […]