(Continued session of March 15, 1966 and the regular, spring session of March 16 and 17, 1966) The continued session of the September, 1965 meeting of Classis West was held on March 15, 1966 at South Holland, Illinois. Of the twelve churches residing in Classis West, eight churches were represented…
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April 6, 1966 At Southwest Church Rev. G.J. VanBaren led in the opening devotions. And after he declared the classis properly constituted, he recorded minutes while Rev. R. C. Harbach presided. All the churches were fully represented. This very brief session of classis treated mostly routine matters. The Classical Committee…
Rev. J.A. Heys, South Holland’s minister, has received a call from the congregation at Edgerton, Minn. Rev. D. Engelsma of Loveland, declined the call which came to him from the church at Randolph, Wis. Hudsonville’s consistory has named a Duo from which one will be called at a congregational meeting…
TROUBLE AMONG THE LIBERATED It appears as if the Liberated Churches in the Netherlands are still having their troubles. Our readers will recall that these troubles revolve around whether or not the Liberated Churches should seek closer contact with the “Gereformeerde Kerken” from which they broke away in the early…
In our preceding article we quoted at length from the Reformed Dogmatics of the late H. Bavinck, in which a brief resume is set forth of the doctrine of the providence of God. We concluded that article by calling attention to the word providence, noting that the word itself is…
THE MYSTERIOUS NUMBERS OF THE HEBREW KINGS, Edwin R. Thiele; Wm. B. Eerdmans Publ. Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. 232 pages, $6.00 THE MYSTERIOUS NUMBERS OF THE HEBREW KINGS, Edwin R. Thiele; Wm. B. Eerdmans Publ. Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. 232 pages, $6.00 Here is a book which not only be,…
The rationalistic school of biblical criticism claims that in and after the Protestant Reformation the development of biblical textual, literary and historical studies was not possible because of the doctrinal bias and intolerance of the Protestant theologians. Romanism also hampered advance in this direction with its canons of the Council…
We have come to the very heart of the issue that always distinguishes the sound Scriptural preaching of the gospel to the unconverted from all sorts of human philosophies and corruptions of the truth. Here we come to the parting of the ways between those who maintain that the gospel…
Two matters remain to be treated in this investigation and critical analysis of the doctrine of Holy Scripture held by Karl Barth. These matters concern two main grounds advanced by Barth in support of his view of Scripture. Barth appeals, in defense of his position, to the teaching of the…
Do we worship the Unknown God? Do we worship the Unknown God? On his second missionary journey the apostle Paul found the altar to The Unknown God in Athens, and he branded the Athenians as “too superstitious.” But then Athens was an heathen nation and could stand a little missionary work and could profit…
In this extended, and sometimes interrupted, series of articles we are confronting the question: is the atonement of Christ in its very nature limited, that is, for the elect alone; or is the atonement in its very nature general? This we have done in connection with the so-called Dekker Case,…
In Torch and Trumpet (April, 1966, p.13) there appears an article entitled “The Gospel Call And The Wrath Of God” from the pen of Mr. Isaac De Mey, “long an elder in the Grandville Ave. Christian Reformed Church of Grand Rapids. I do not intend to comment at length about said article.…
The March, 1966 issue of the above named magazine marked its fifteenth anniversary. Said anniversary is particularly observed (appropriately for the Journal, I think) by a lead article entitled, “As We See It After 15 Years.” The March, 1966 issue of the above named magazine marked its fifteenth anniversary. Said anniversary…
“For as the heaven is high above the earth so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.” Psalm 103:11 “For as the heaven is high above the earth so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.” Psalm 103:11 It’s exciting to live in our scientific age. …