WHAT’S COMING UP AT SYNOD Peter De Jong 2 MOTHER’S DAY Albert Meyer 8 OUR QUESTION BOX Harlan Vanden Einde 9 KANT, JASTOW, AND THE THEOLOGIANS William H. Kooienga 11 AN ALARMING TREND Henry Baker 13 WOULD YOU CALL THIS PRESBYTERIAN? John R. Jackson 14 MEDITATION John Blankespoor 15 THE...
A LAYMAN LOOKS AT INERRANCY Paul Ingeneri 2 HARRY BOER Edwin H. Palmer 6 MEDITATION – THE DREAM OF PILATE’S WIFE John Blankespoor 7 ARE YOU ON A DIET? Gertrude Van Putten 8 THE WEDDING FEAST AT CANA John H. Piersma 9 THE VERHEY CASE Peter De Jong 13 OUR...
IN WHOSE HAND? Donald MacLeod 2 ABOUT REPROBATION AND BOER’S GRAVAMEN John Vander Ploeg 5 TRUE FRIENDSHIP Rheta Dragt 8 SHOULD OUR CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS BE BROADLY CHRISTIAN, INSTEAD OF REFORMED? Peter De Jong 9 IS IT RIGHT TO SIN? Ceil Tuininga 10 MEDITATION – KNOWING CHRIST’S POWER IN US John...
CREED IN CRISIS Nelson D. Kloosterman 2 MEDITATION – ELECTED UNTO HOLINESS John Blankespoor 5 FAITH UNDER PRESSURE Jonathan Chao; Joel Belz 6 WHERE IS BERKOUWER LEADING? Peter De Jong 9 REFORMED WOMEN SPEAK – CHRISTIAN HOSPITALITY Betty Teitsma 11 LESSONS FROM I PETER Henry Vander Kam 12 SHOULD WE...
MEDITATION: THE COULD THAT LED THEM John Blankespoor 2 A GROUNDLESS DECISION Jerome M. Julien 4 GOD’S MEN AND DOCTRINES Peter De Jong 6 REFORMED WOMEN SPEAK: PRIVATE INTERPRETATION AND CONTINUING REVELATION Shirley W. Madany 9 CHRISTIANITY HAS A MORAL BACKBONE Klaus Bockmuhl 10 REJECTING THE DOCTRINE OF HELL Jelle...
WOMEN IN THE DIACONATE – WHAT WILL THIS DECISION PRODUCE? Peter Y. De Jong 2 REFORMED WOMEN SPEAK – CHRISTMAS PEACE Laurie Vanden Heuvel 5 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE FELLOWSHIP Peter De Jong 6 BELIEVE IT OR NOT – THE NIV IS NOT WORTH AS MUCH AS THE SCARLET LETTER...
OUR TESTIMONY – AN APPEAL TO OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN THE CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCHES – Peter Y. De Jong, Nelson D. Kloosterman, John H. Piersma, John R. Sittema, Henry B. Vanden Heuvel 2 LEGALISM . . . ON WHICH SIDE? – Paul Ingeneri 6 WHO IS THE MAN OF...
OUR TESTIMONY – AN APPEAL TO OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN THE CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCHES Peter Y. DeJong, Nelson D. Kloosterman, John H. Piersma, John R. Sittema, Henry B. Vanden Heuvel 2 REFORMED WOMEN SPEAK – WHAT IS “PROGRESS”? Laurie Vanden Heuvel 7 LESSONS FROM I PETER Henry Vander Kam ...
OF QUOTAS, QUALMS AND CHURCH UNITY John R. Sittema 2 REFORMED WOMEN SPEAK – ARE YOU LISTENING? Laurie Vanden Heuvel 4 MARRIAGE AND THE MONEY PROBLEM John H. Piersma 5 LESSONS FROM I PETER Henry Vander Kam 10 DIFFICULT DECISIONS Peter De Jong 14 FOUR PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLIES AT CALVIN Peter...
CRC SYNOD ‘78 – A HOUSE DIVIDED Henry Vanden Heuvel 2 OUR QUESTION BOX Harlan G. Vanden Einde 8 REFORMED WOMEN SPEAK – IMMUNITY Shirley W. Madany 10 ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE John J. Byker 11 MEDITATION – THE GOSPEL GIVEN TO NAAMAN John Blankespoor 12 A LAND WITHOUT LAUGHTER Edwin H....
MARRIAGE IN THE SCRIPTURAL CONTEXT John H. Piersma 2 TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION Edward Heerema 7 DOES OUR USE OF THE BIBLE DETERMINE ITS AUTHORITY? Peter De Jong 10 AN INTERVIEW WITH PROF. C. VAN TIL J. Van Bruggen 14 MEDITATION – GOD’S GRACIOUS ANSWER TO AN ANXIOUS WARRIOR John Blankespoor 17...
ANOTHER MAGAZINE – WHY? 2 SHOULD I MOURN? – Cecil Tuininga 3 DAILY PREACHING THE WORD – Shirley W. Madany 5 FROM A MAN’S POINT OF VIEW – A. Meyer 7 OUR QUESTION BOX – Harlan Vanden Einde 8 WHAT’S COMING UP AT SYNOD? – Peter De Jong 9 THAT...
“OUR SONG OF HOPE,” A VAGUE SUBSTITUTE – Jerome Julien 2 THE INERRANCY DEBATE – Wayne R. Spear 6 RELIGION AS THERAPY – Fred P. Thompson 7 OUR QUESTION BOX – Harlan G. Vanden Einde 9 JOHN CALVIN THE THEOLOGIAN – B.B. Warfield 10 “CHRISTIAN” ENTERTAINMENT – Renze O. De...
THAT “UNITED REFORMED CHURCH” – AN ONGOING CHALLENGE – John Vander Ploeg 2 TEACH THEM TO OBEY – Cornelius Van Schouwen 5 THE DECLINE OF EXCELLENCE: A PRONENESS TOWARD MEDIOCRITY – Agatha Lubbers 6 C.S. LEWIS ON THE “DEMOCRATIC” DESTRUCTION OF EDUCATION – C.S. Lewis 7 THE MINISTER OF PETTY...
PLAYING GAMES WITH CREEDS – Jelle Tuininga 2 WHAT THE HISTORY OF THE HEIDELBERG CATECHISM MEANS TO ME – Le Ann Dykstra 3 HONORS TO DR. CORNELIUS VAN TIL – Peter De Jong 4 ALCOHOLISM – Harry Vander Kamp 5 SCHAEFFER – THEN AND NOW – John J. Byker 6...
SCIENCE AND TRUTH – John Byl 2 PIOUS TALK COVERS WORLDLY LIVING – Jelle Tuininga 4 GOSPEL RICHES AND CHURCH POVERTY – Peter De Jong 6 THE WATERSHED OF THE EVANGELICAL WORLD – Francis A. Schaeffer 8 REFORMED WOMEN SPEAK – HOUSECLEANING – Mrs. Joseph Folkerts 12 OUR QUESTION BOX...
JAY ADAMS ON TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS Jay Adams 2 “SHALL WE DANCE?” Laurie Vanden Heuvel 4 GOSPEL RICHES AND CHURCH POVERTY Peter De Jong 5 WHAT WE BELIEVE – THE UNITY OF THE COVENANT 8 ACTUALISTIC VS. PROPOSITIONAL REVELATION Johan D. Tangelder 9 GEERHARDUS VOS ON REPROBATION Geerhardus Vos 10 SCRIPTURE’S...
IS ANITA BRYANT RIGHT? TES! John Kruis 2 J. GRESHAM MACHEN Henry W. Coray 4 WHAT WE BELIEVE – THE COVENANT OF GRACE Elco H. Oostendorp 6 IS THE CHURCH BECOMING A POLITICAL MACHINE? Peter De Jong 7 MEDITATION – THE WISE MEN AND THE WORD OF GOD John Blankespoor ...
LITURGICAL PRIZES OR SURPRISES? Jelle Tuininga 2 CALVIN’S DOCTRINE OF SCRIPTURE John Murray 4 THE INSIGNIFICANCE OF THE MINISTER Frank De Jong 8 WHAT WE BELIEVE – THE WAGES OF SIN Elco H. Oostendoorp 9 J. GRESHAM MACHEN Henry W. Coray 11 OUR QUESTION BOX Harlan G. Vanden Einde 12...
CALVIN’S DOCTRINE OF SCRIPTURE John Murray 2 FOR ELDERS AND DEACONS Harry G. Arnold 6 THE HISTORICAL CRITICAL METHOD OF STUDYING THE BIBLE Peter De Jong 7 SUN MYUNG MOON AND HIS UNIFICATION CHURCH Jerome M. Julien 11 OUR QUESTION BOX Harlan G. Vanden Einde 13 MEDITATION – ROOTED AND...
CRC SYNOD ‘77 – OLD ISSUES NEVER DIE John H. Piersma 2 OUR QUESTION BOX Harlan G. Vanden Einde 8 REFORMED WOMEN SPEAK – SINGLE MISSIONARIES Alice Elzinga 9 DE KOSTER’S UNORTHODOX VIEW OF THE BIBLE Edwin H. Palmer 10 WHAT WE BELIEVE – PROVIDENCE Elco H. Oostendorp 15 MEDITATION...
EDITORIAL – DESIDERATUM – A UNITED REFORMED CHURCH John Vander Ploeg 2 NOT AN EASY LIFE J. Gresham Machen 4 A NEGLECTED OFFICE – NEEDED – WIDE-AWAKE ELDERS Peter Y. De Jong 5 “I WAS IN PRISON, AND YE CAME UNTO ME” Gerald Key 7 TV VIOLENCE – AND YOU...
EDITORIAL – ONCE AGAIN – THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES AT SYNOD John Vander Ploeg 2 DOES THE CRC NEED A JUDICIAL CODE? Charles I. Zandstra 3 DR. VERHEY RESPONDS TO CRITICISM OF HIS VIEW OF THE BIBLE A. Verhey 7 FROM A CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE COUNSELOR James A. Winkle 11 MEDITATION...
DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE IN THE CRC Jelle Tuininga 2 EDITORIAL – FACING THE ISSUES John Vander Ploeg 5 THE MARRIAGE GUIDELINES REPORT John H. Elenbaas 6 MEDITATION – WHOSE CHILDREN ARE THEY? Garrett H. Stoutmeyer 8 WHAT WE BELIEVE – OUR TRIUNE GOD Elco H. Oostendorp 11 THE VERHEY CASE...
THE BATTLE FOR THE BIBLE – THE VERHEY CASE Peter De Jong 2 WHAT’S “GOOD” ABOUT GOOD FRIDAYS Laurie Vanden Heuvel 6 EDITORIAL: The Easter Mind, Heart, and Will John Vander Ploeg 8 THE PROFIT OF THE RESURRECTION Thomas Vanden Heuvel 10 THE CHRISTIAN AND ABORTION Marva Van Kooten 12...
BERKOUWER ON ELECTION Alvin L. Baker 2 ALCOHOLISM – SIN OR SICKNESS? Fred H. Baker 5 REFORMED WOMEN SPEAK – GOD’S GRACE AND PROVIDENCE Sophia Arens 7 EDITORIALS: To Our New Members – Welcome! Free Subscriptions Expire John Vander Ploeg 9 OUR QUESTION BOX Harlan G. Vanden Einde 11 LESSONS...
DOUBLE PREDESTINATION – ELECTION AND REPROBATION AND THE CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH John Kanis 2 IN THE SCHOOL OF PATIENCE John Blankespoor 7 EDITORIALS: The CRC Under a Cloud; An Open Letter to Calvin College President Anthony Diekema John Vander Ploeg 9 LESSONS FROM TITUS Henry Vander Kam 12 THE HISTORICAL...
DE KOSTER VERSUS LINDSELL Edwin H. Palmer 2 BERKHOF ON REPROBATION 5 EDITORIALS: For 1977 this we will do, D.V.; In Brief John Vander Ploeg 7 OUR QUESTION BOX Harlan G. Vanden Einde 10 KUITERT ON FAITH – BUT WHAT FAITH? Peter De Jong 10 INERRANCY OF SCRIPTURE UNDER ATTACK...
YEAR’S END CHALLENGE FOR REFORMED CHRISTIANS Arthur Besteman 2 FOR ELDERS AND DEACONS Harry G. Arnold 4 EDITORIAL – “WHERE IS HE . . . ?” John Vander Ploeg 6 NEWS ITEMS 7 MEDITATION – GOOD TIDINGS Harlan G. Vanden Einde 8 OUR QUESTION BOX Leonard Greenway 9 LESSONS FROM...
EDITORIALS: Always Grateful – What’s the Secret? Once Again – The Battle for the Bible; Annual Report of Managing Editor John Vander Ploeg 2 WHY A THANKSGIVING DAY IN 1976? John G. Kruis 5 MEDITATION – THE GOD OF SEASONS Harlan G. Vanden Einde 7 FOR ELDERS AND DEACONS Harry...