For the little space left us after the Classis Report, we’ll pick a few of the highlights from the abundance of church bulletins sent our way during the past couple of weeks, and saved the rest for next time.
For the little space left us after the Classis Report, we’ll pick a few of the highlights from the abundance of church bulletins sent our way during the past couple of weeks, and saved the rest for next time.
Report of the meeting of Classis West held on March 3, 1971 at Doon, Iowa Rev. Richard Moore gave the opening devotions. After prayer, he read from Matthew 24 and addressed the Classis from verse 42: “Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.”
THE SPIRIT OF THE REFORMED TRADITION, by M. Eugene Osterhaven; Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1971; 190 pp., $3.45 (paper).
As To The Signs Of The Times
3. Its Confessional Expression (continued)
In our last article we were busy with Calvin’s presentation of the atonement in his Institutes of the Christian Religion, Book II, Chapter 16. We noted that he does not emphasize the particular character of the suffering and death of Christ, but also observed that this was not a burning issue in his day. We did call attention to the fact that the Genevan reformer stressed the elements of satisfaction and the vicarious nature of the passion of our Lord.
In actuality there is no such word as the one which forms the title which we have chosen for this time. But there ought to be. And in the minds of those who walk. in His fear there is such a word. There was a time when there was no word Christian; and then a day came when the disciples were called Christians. And a new word was formed.
Among the many institutions under attack in our day, the home seems to bear the brunt. Ill winds blow from every direction, some of them with tornadic force, shaking the Christian home to its very foundation. Let’s spend a few moments evaluating this attack and hopefully repelling it.
IS THE CHRISTIAN’S CALLING ORGANIZATIONAL? In the March 6 issue of the Canadian Reformed Magazine there appears a review of the book “Out of Concern for the Church.” In this review, the author touches upon some criticisms of the A.A.C.S. and the C.L.A.C. and other Christian organizations which we consider valid and which we have ourselves long felt to be justified.
Question “I have several questions concerning the Form for the Administration of the Lord’s Supper. “First of all, where did it originate to read the first part of the form for preparatory, and then just the second part for the actual communion service? It is true that the first part., dealing with the examination of ourselves, is a part dealing with preparatory, and that the form consists of two parts; but it is my feeling that they should not be separated. Have the Synod, Classes, or local consistories originated this?
