Vol 64 Issue 15

This is the question which I proposed to treat separately in connection with the Rev. Tuininga’s statement that everybody knows what is meant by a conservative. I demurred, saying that over the years I have become more and more confused as to what actually constitutes a Christian Reformed conservative. And I proposed to raise some pertinent questions on this score. My problem is not with the terminology. My dictionary tells r-r that the word conservative means: “1. Conserving; preservative. 2. Disposed to maintain existing institutions or views; opposed to change.” And conserve means “to keep in a safe or sound state; to preserve.” Synonyms...

We must still consider the “concrete suggestions” which the Rev. Jelle Tuininga makes in his article entitled “Obey God Rather Than Men” (The Outlook, April ’88, pp. 13, 14). These proposals make it very clear that Mr. Tuininga is proposing rebellion. His first suggestion is as follows: 1. Stop paying quotas to agencies which undermine our confessional integrity. It’s an elementary principle of Christian freedom that I may send my money (the Lords money) to causes which I believe are doing the most for the cause of the truth and the kingdom of God. As Vander Kam put it recently...

Cornelius Hanko is an emeritus minister in the Protestant Reformed Churches. Ques. 128. How dost thou conclude the prayer?  Ans. “For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever”; that is, all these we ask of thee, because thou being our King and almighty, art able and willing to give us all good; and all this we pray for, that thereby not we, but thy holy name may be glorified forever.  Ques. 129. What doth the word “Amen” signify?  Ans. “Amen” signifies, it shall truly and certainly be: for my prayer is more assuredly heard of God,...