Whom are you going to call? George C. Scipione 3 Cultivation of Soul and Mind (VIII) Joseph Pipa 6 Reformed Life W. Robert Godfrey 8 Clinton & Gore and Madonna & Donahue Cal Thomas 13 But for the Grace of God - The Significance of the Canons of Dort for...
Roman Catholic Theology Thirty Years after Vatican II Robert B. Strimple 3 Calvin, Trent and Justification W. Robert Godfrey 6 How to Prepare for a Pastoral Visit Joseph Pipa 10 God's Design for Wives John Kruis 11 The Saints' Service and the Seminary's Task Mark D. Vander Hart 13 But...
The Church on the "Hinge" of History Laurie Vanden Heuvel 3 N2ZASM W. Robert Godfrey 5 Francis Schaeffer's Contribution to our View of the Church Thomas K. Johnson 6 Real Worship: Calling the Nations to Praise (II) John R. Sittema 8 Expounding Needs Explaining Derrick Vander Meulen 9 Intruding Upon...
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...
EDITORIALS – The Christian at the Polls; A Library Allowance for the Minister; To Help the Minister to Build his Library; Items in the Offing John Vander Ploeg 2 OUR QUESTION BOX Leonard Greenway 5 MEDITATION – IMITATORS OF GOD Harlan G. Vanden Einde 6 FOR ELDERS AND DEACONS Harry...
REPROBATION – THE CRITICS AND THE CANONS Robert W. Godfrey 2 WHAT THE REFORMED FAITH MUST MEAN FOR CANADA Cecil W. Tuininga 5 OUR QUESTION BOX Leonard Greenway 7 MEDITATION – FEEDING ON ASHES Harlan G. Vanen Einde 9 LESSONS FROM II TIMOTHY Henry Vander Kam 10 THE SACRIFICE OF...
WHAT SHALL WE BELIEVE ABOUT THE SERPENT AND THE TREES OF THE GARDEN OF EDEN Edward J. Young 2 MEDITATION – CITIZENS WHO PRAY Harlan G. Vanden Einde 7 FEED MY LAMBS (3) Laurie Vanden Heuvel 8 LESSONS FROM II TIMOTHY Henry Vander Kam 10 OUR QUESTION BOX Leonard Greenway ...
THE SIGNIFICANT CRC SYNOD 1976 Peter De Jong 2 MEDITATION – WHAT MAKES A NATION GREAT? Harlan G. Vanden Einde 8 OUR QUESTION BOX Leonard Greenway 9 EDITORIALS: Bicentennial Challenge – Where Do We Go From Here?; Attorney Boer’s Liberal View of Divorce; “First Book” by Hylkema and Tuuk Agaia...
EDITORIALS: The Basic Issue at Synod – It’s our Battle Too – Generous Gifts – Increased Circulation and Added Responsibility – RCA Group Gets Set for Possible Future Break John Vander Ploeg 2 MEDITATION – GRIEVE NOT THE SPIRIT Harlan G. Vanden Einde 6 OUR QUESTION BOX Leonard Greenway 7...