MEDITATION: I Will Carry You! Francois Guillaume 3VIEWPOINT: CITIZENS FOR EDUCATIONAL FREEDOM, Edwin H. Palmer; EASTER AND EXTRA-SENSORY PERCEPTION, Rein Leetsma; PROFESSOR DEKKER AND GOD’S LOVE, Corneal Holtrop; PROFESSOR STOB AND GOD’S HATE, Corneal Holtrop; TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT, R.B. Kuiper; ASHAMED OF OUR HERITAGE? John Geels; DISHONESTY, Rein...
MEDITATION: Church and World John H. Piersma 3PROFESSOR DEKKER ON GOD’S UNIVERSAL LOVE R.B. Kuiper 4A NOTE ON THE PROPOSED REVISED CHURCH ORDER Edward Heerema 10OF NEWS AND EVENTS: Labor Union Power, “Discrimination” in Canada, Calvin Alumni Lectures 12FOREIGN MISSIONS AND THE PROPOSED REVISED CHURCH ORDER Richard R. De Ridder...
MEDITATION: Church and World John H. Piersma 3PROFESSOR DEKKER ON GOD’S UNIVERSAL LOVE R.B. Kuiper 4A NOTE ON THE PROPOSED REVISED CHURCH ORDER Edward Heerema 10OF NEWS AND EVENTS: Labor Union Power, “Discrimination” in Canada, Calvin Alumni Lectures 12FOREIGN MISSIONS AND THE PROPOSED REVISED CHURCH ORDER Richard R. De Ridder...
Propitiation Worked Out in Time 3Mr. Cornelius VanKempen In Memoriam: Norman De Jong 4Rev. Brian De Jong Slay the Wounded Man 7Rev. James Sinke Komt als kind’ren: A Hymn of Stalwart Service 10Mr. Michael R. Kearney Now All Boasting Is Excluded (2) 13Mr. Michael R. Kearney Genevan Psalms for the Twenty-first...
MEDITATION – The Sum...is Truth N.B. Knoppers 3ADVANCED LITURGY Anthony De Jager 4ACADEMIC HONESTY AND OBLIGATION Nicholas J. Monsma 5EVANGELICAL ECUMENICAL MOVEMENTS John H. Bratt 6H.J. KUIPER: A PERSONAL TRIBUTE Christian Huissen 8PREACHING THE CATECHISM Alexander De Jong 10IS THE CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH MOVING TOWARD HIERARCHISM? Peter De Jong 12LESSONS...
1963 – WHAT’S NEW? Edward Heerema 3NEW YEAR’S MEDITATION: The Rainbow Round About the Throne John H. Piersma 4THE REVEREND HENRY J. KUIPER Edward Heerema 5EDITORIAL COMMENT: A Mounting Problem, Leonard Greenway; Not All Scientists Believe in Evolution, H.J. Kuiper; Who Should Teach the Catechism Classes?, Leonard Greenway; Statistics May...
VIEWPOINT: “Where the lines should be drawn”, “Shared Time”, “On rightly preaching the gospel”, “A horrible decree?”, 3WHY THE THUNDER ON THE RIGHT? Edward Heerema 5WHO IS B.M.I.C.? John H. Piersma, 10UNDER CHURCH SPIRES: Being Dead Yet He Speaks, Why Intellectuals are Leaving Rome, Women in Ecclesiastical Office, 12A LAYMAN...
CHRISTMAS MEDITATION: All Roads Lead to Bethlehem! John H. Piersma 3EDITORIAL COMMENT: Ordination in a Huddle, C. Hussein; President Pontius Pilate, R.B. Kuiper; Spiritual Progress – Necessary but Fraught with Danger, N.J. Monsma 4RELIGION AND MORALS IN THE NEWS H.J. Kuiper 6UNDER CHURCH SPIRES Peter Y. De Jong 9DOCTRINAL DISTURBANCES...
MEDITATION: Thanksgiving, Of Course! John H. Piersma 3EDITORIAL COMMENT: Were They Really Called? Leonard Greenway; Hopeful Signs, Henry Vander Kam; Whose Funeral? Christian Hussein; Preachers in Jail, Christian Hussein; The Michigan Story, Edward Heerema, The “Bugbear” of Fundamentalism, Nicholas J. Monsma 4DOCTRINAL DISTURBANCES IN A SISTER CHURCH Henry J. Kuiper...
POINTED PARAGRAPHS: Sidelight on the Thalidomide Episode, Leonard Greenway; Is Not My Son a Sinner?, Alexander De Jong; The Pursuit of Happiness, Nick R. Van Til 3MARILYN MONROE Leonard Greenway 4 UNDER THE CHURCH SPIRES: Concern for Fellow-Calvinists; A Sign of Schizophrenia?; Baptists in Hot Water; Where Does the...
POEM 2POINTED PARAGRAPHS 3 IMPRESSIONS OF THE 1962 CHRISTIAN REFORMED SYNOD Henry J. Kuiper 5 THE TRUE CHURCH AND A MODERN COUNTERFEIT R. B. Kuiper 8 SCRIPTURAL “NONSENSE” Nick R. Van Til 12 CHRISTIANITY, CAPITALISM, AND SOCIALISM Peter De Jong 14 TEENERS’ CORNER Leonard Greenway 16 CALVINISM AND THE CHRISTIAN...
POINTED PARAGRAPHS 3
THE UNITY FOR WHICH JESUS PRAYED R.B. Kuiper 5
PSYCHOLOGIZING LUTHER AND CALVIN Theodore J. Jansma 7
SYNOD OF THE CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH 1962 10
TWENTY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE ORTHODOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 1962 Robert L. Atwell 34
BOOK REVIEWS 36
POST-EASTER THOUGHTS Leonard Greenway 3 POINTED PARAGRAPHS 4 THE TESTIMONY OF A CONVERTED JAPANESE Cornelius K. Iida 6 AGENDA OF THE 1962 CHRISTIAN REFORMED SYNOD Rev. Henry J. Kuiper 9 THE PROPOSED REVISED CHURCH ORDER OF THE CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH Gerrit I. Buist 12 THIS DEBATE ABOUT THE PULPIT Rev....
EASTER MEDITATION: The Empty Tomb Rev. Christian Hussein 3 POINTED PARAGRAPHS 4 TEENERS’ CORNER Rev. Leonard Greenway 9 POEM: Easter Morn Bertha Prince Vander Ark 9 ”JIMMY WAS GOD’S BOY” Rev. Leonard Greenway 10 MORE ON THE BASIS OF THE WORLD COUNCIL Rev. Henry J. Kuiper 11 A NEW PROTESTANT...
POINTED PARAGRAPHS 3 THE WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES: ITS GROWTH, BASIS, AND OBJECTIVES Rev. L. Praasma 7 SEPARATION OF FAMILY AND STATE Rev. Edwin H. Palmer 10 TEENERS’ CORNER Rev. Leonard Greenway 13 UNDER CHURCH SPIRES Rev. Peter Y. De Jong 14 SOMETHING FOR NOTHING? Rev. John J. Baker 16...
The Cross the Emblem of Love Mr. Cornelius VanKempen 3 I Am Afraid of Your Love Rev. James Sinke 4 A Message from the Holy Spirit Mrs. Annemarieke Ryskamp 6 Momentary Marriage and Immanuel Eternity Mrs. Vanessa Le 8 Alle roem is uitgesloten: A Calvinistic Hymn on God’s Love Mr. Michael R. Kearney 10 Office...
POINTED PARAGRAPHS 3 ”PRESERVE AND INCREASE THY CHURCH” Rev. Henry Kuiper 6 THE BIBLE AND THEISTIC EVOLUTION Henry M. Morris 8 INTERPRETING “THE INFALLIBILITY REPORT” Rev. John H. Stek 10 TEENERS’ CORNER Rev. Leonard Greenway 13 THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE WORLD COUNCIL OF CHRISTIAN CHURCHES John H. Piersma 14...
POEM FOR THE NEW YEAR: “Come, Enter” Elsie D. Kuizema 2 POINTED PARAGRAPHS 3 REPORT ON WORLD COUNCIL CHURCHES AT NEW DELHI Rev. Roger S. Greenway 6 WITH TORCH AND TRUMPET Rev. Leonard Greenway 9 DOES OUR SEMINARY NEED A PRESIDENT? Rev. Christian Hussein 10 UNDER CHURCH SPIRES Rev. Peter...
HENRY VAN TIL. A.B., TH.M. (1906-1961) Rev. H.J. Kuiper 3 IN MEMORIAM Rev. Alexander De Jong 4 POINTED PARAGRAPHS 5 GUIDO DE BRES - THE MAN OF THE CONFESSION Rev. Louis Praasma 9 AN ESTONIAN LOOKS AT COMMUNISM Rev. H.R. Van Til 11 DO CLASSES HAVE AUTHORITY OVER CONSISTORIES? Rev....
POINTED PARAGRAPHS 3 CHURCH AND STATEIN EAST GERMANY Rev. H.R. Van Til 5 YOUR LETTER IS A BALLOT Marshall Billings 7 SOME THOUGHTS ON CATECHIZING OUR YOUTH Rev. John H. Piersma 8 UNDER THE CHIRCH SPIRES Peter Y. De Jong 12 WHICH COMMUNION FORM SHALL IT BE? Rev. Henry J....
POINTED PARAGRAPHS 3 A STATEMENT ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT 7 SO YOUR CHURCH IS “VACANT” Rev. C. Huissen 8 UNDER THE CHURCH SPIERS Dr. Peter Y. De Jong 10 SYMPOSIUM: Which of the Three Forms for Communion Now in Use Among Us Do I Prefer and Why? 12 THE READER WRITES...
DECISIONS AND DISCUSSIONS AT THE CHRISTIAN REFORMED SYNOD 1961 3 Some Thoughts About Our Synodical Prayer Service Rev. Christian Huissen 24 Dodging Issues Rev. Henry J. Kuiper 24 Forgotten Ministers Rev. Henry J. Kuiper 25 History, Prophecy, and God Rev. Rouses J. Rushdoony 26 TEENERS CORNER Dr. Leonard Greenway...
POINTED PARAGRAPHS 3 SYNODICAL MATTERS 5 A TALE OF TWO CHURCHES Rev. Leonard Greenway 9 REFORMED OLD TESTAMENT SCHOLARSHIP TODAY Prof. Marten Woudstra 10 PROFESSOR ARIE NOORDTIJ AND HIGHER CRITICISM Dr. Martin J. Wyngaarden 14 WHO WROTE ECCLESIASTES? Dr. Edward J. Young 15 UNDER THE CHURCH SPIRES Dr. Peter Y....
EASTER MEDITATION Rev. Henry C. Van Wyk 3 POINTED PARAGRAPHS 4 IGNORAMUS, IGNORAMBIS Rev. Christian Hussein 6 SYMPOSIUM: My Greatest Problem as a Minister and How I Seek to Solve It 8 SINGING BISHOPS - A Satire (Post Lux Tenebrae) 15 UNDERSTANDING COMMUNIST CHINA (Mr. Samuel E. Greydanus Jr.) UNDER...
Looking Back While Going Forward Mr. Cornelius VanKempen 3 Office Bearers in the Church: The Idea of an Office (Part 1) Rev. Greg Lubbers 4 Must Single Christians Get Married? Rev. Shane Lems 7 Why Do We Need Apologetics? (1) Rev. William Boekestein 10 Navigating Times of Difficulty Dr. Jeff Doll 13 Of Uneducated Persons,...
POINTED PARAGRAPHS 3 JOHN WYCLIF AND THE ROAD TO CHIRCH REFORM Rev. Peter De Jong 6 YES, IT’S KENNEDY Rev. Henry J. Kuiper 7 WHAT CAUSED THE GREAT DEPRESSION? Rev. I. E. Howard 8 SOME DISTINCTIVE ASPECTS OF RURAL EVANGELISM Rev. Jack L. Vander Laan 9 INDIFFERENCE - STAGNATION -...
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UNDER CHURCH SPIERS Dr. Peter Y. De Jong 6
FEATURE ARTICLE: The Relation Between General and Special Revelation Rev. Nicolas J. Monsma 8
SPECIAL ARTICLES 11-13
POEM: O Man! Wendell H. Rooks 14
BIBLE LESSONS: The Book of Amos Rev. Henry Vander Kam 15
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Once More: The Threshold Rev. Edward Heerema 3 Pointed Paragraphs 4 Post-Election Musings Rev. Chris Huissen 7 Pray for Jerusalem’s Peace Rev. Corneal Holtrop 8 Poem Mr. Simon Walburg 9 Teeners Corner Which Girl Shall I Marry? Rev. Leonard Greenway 9 The Financial Problem of our Christian Schools Rev. H.J....
POEM Leia Mitchell Thorton 2 CHRISTMAS MEDITATION Three Songs Rev. Chris Huissen 3 POINTED PARAGRAPHS 4 FEATURE ARTICLE Are There Discrepancies in the Gospels? 7 SPECIAL ARTICLES The Modern Concept of the Writer and His Art Rev. Rouses J. Rushdoony 9 A Review of: Evolution and Christian Thought Today Henry...
POEM She Shall Be Called “Woman” Elsie D. Kuizema 2 POINTED PARAGRAPHS 3 THANKSGIVING DAY MEDITATION Gratitude Expressed in Grief Rev. William Kok 7 AN EDITORIAL Should We Help Strengthen the Roman Catholic Church? Rev. Edward Heerema 8 FEATURE ARTICLE Withstand Beginnings! Prof. R.B. Kuiper 10 SPECIAL ARTICLE The Mounting...