THE APPEARANCE OF THE ANTICHRIST Carl J. Reitsma 2EDITORIALS: The Conservative’s Dilemma in a Changing Church About Women in Church Offices John Vander Ploeg 5THE CHURCH AND HOMOSEXUALITY Peter De Jong 8SHOULD WE HAVE WOMEN IN CHURCH OFFICES? Jelle Tuininga 11A LOOK AT BOOKS 14OPENING CHAPTERS OF GENESIS – WHAT...
EDITORIAL: Three Questions for Those Who Favor CRC Decision on Homosexuals John Vander Ploeg 2FAITH HEALING – IS THE GIFT STILL WITH US? James Visscher 5KEY 73 – A FAILURE? Peter De Jong 9YOUTH WANTS TO KNOW: What about the Living Bible? Gerard Van Groningen 10DR. SCHAEFFER IN ATLANTA (2)...
CRC SYNOD OF 1973: Some Impressions and Observations Leonard Greenway 2REPORT ON CRC SYNOD 1973 Edward J. Knott 4DR. SCHAEFFER IN ATLANTA Tom and Laurie Vanden Heuvel 13J. VEENHOF TO SUCCEED G.C. BERKOUWER 17STRESS IN DUTCH CHURCH AIRED ON TV 17A LOOK AT BOOKS 18BUSY PEOPLE Johan D. Tangelder 20REFORMED...
PRESSURE POINTS IN THE CRC AGENDA FOR 1973 Peter De Jong 2EDITORIAL John Vander Ploeg 4CRC-RCA RELATIONS Peter De Jong 8LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 10LODGE MEMBERSHIP AND THE CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH Jim Zylstra 14REFORMED WOMEN SPEAK Jennie Visser 14SYNOD ASKED FOR DECLARATION ON WAR Clarence G. Werkema 15WOMEN IN ECCLESIASTICAL...
IS THE PRICE RIGHT? Garrett H. Stoutmeyer 2NEWS FROM CHURCHES IN THE NETHERLANDS 4EDITORIALS John Vander Ploeg 5CHURCH COMPETITION FORTY YEARS AGO Peter De Jong 9VEILING GOD IN REPORT 44 Anthony A. Koning 11TORONTO II ASKS SYNOD TO RESCIND ADOPTION OF REPORT 44 12THE SALVATION ARMY INVADES AMERICA Roger S....
EDITORIALS John Vander Ploeg 2HOPE CENTRE – HOME FOR CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP Nick Hogeveen 5THAT FINAL HOUR George Gritter 6HE AROSE! HOW DO WE KNOW? Henry M. Morris 8REFORMED WOMEN SPEAK Johanna Timmer 9WE COULD USE SOME MORE DOGMATISTS Johan D. Tangelder 11GOD’S BOOK IS OUR LIGHT Peter De Jong 12GUIDANCE...
SOME MISSING NOTES IN CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIANITY Leonard Greenway 2WHAT HAPPENED IN 1857? Peter De Jong 5EDITORIAL John Vander Ploeg 8YOUTH WANTS TO KNOW Gerard Groningen 11CRC-RCA GET-TOGETHER (The Presbyterian Guardian) 14ECUMENISM – NCC AND WCC MEMBERSHIP Henry Vanden Heuvel 15BOOK WITHOUT A TITLE Anthony A. Koning 16NOW THE SERPENT WAS...
EDITORIALS – John Vander Ploeg 2REFORMED WOMEN SPEAK: Our Leprosy Work – Johanna Timmer 6YOUTH WANTS TO KNOW: Vietnam? Bombing? – Gerard Van Groningen 7NOTABLE FACTS ABOUT GENESIS HISTORY – Aaldert Mennega 9GUIDANCE FOR ELDERS AND DEACONS – Peter Y. De Jong 10THE CRC AND THE PLACE OF PREACHING –...
EDITORIAL – John Vander Ploeg 2IN PRAISE OF THE SERMON – John Timmerman 6A LOOK AT BOOKS 7VIEWPOINT: The Other Side – Renze O. De Groot 9REFORMED WOMEN SPEAK: Behold the Handmaid – Johanna Timmer 10TRAGEDY OF THE INTROVERTED URBAN CHURCH – Roger S. Greenway 11ANNUAL REPORT BY MANAGING EDITOR...
EDITORIAL: Budding Romance of the CRC and RCA John Vander Ploeg 2THE “HUMAN SIDE” OF THE BIBLE? Peter De Jong 6MEDITATION: Now and Forever – Jerome M. Julien 9VIEWPOINTS 12SO SEND I YOU: Sent – By Whom? – Thomas C. Vanden Heuvel; Who are Sent? – William Heynen 13REFORMED WOMEN...
EVANGELISM THRUST – STRATEGY FOR WHAT? Edward Heerema 2EDITORIAL: Demas the Quitter – John Vander Ploeg 5MEDIATION: Great is Thy Faithfulness – Jerome M. Julien 8CHILDREN: BANE OR BLESSING? Laurie Vanden Heuvel 10SO SEND I YOU: Sent – By Whom? – Thomas Vanden Heuvel 14SYNOD’S STAND ON ABORTION Harold Hollander...
EDITORIALS John Vander Ploeg 2MEDITATION: Peace in the Valley – Jerome M. Julien 6PENTECOST? YES! – NEO PENTECOSTALISM? NO! Gerard Van Groningen 8A LOOK AT BOOKS 12LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 13A TESTIMONY CONCERNING THE PROMOTION OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION 14A LOOK AT OTHERS: A Vote for Apostasy – Peter De Jong...
REPORT 44 AT SYNOD Edward Heerema 2 EDITORIALS John Vander Ploeg 5 REFORMED WOMEN SPEAK Johanna Timmer 9 MEDITATION: He Leadeth Me Jerome M. Julien 11 THE CASE FOR A REFORMED SEMINARY IN NIGERIA Iyortyom Achineku 14 THE NEED FOR LIBRARY BOOKS Iyortyom Achineku 15 PROPOSED FORM FOR PUBLIC PROFESSION Henry...
EDITORIAL – QUEST FOR THE KINGDOM John Vander Ploeg 2 ABORTION: THE CRUCIAL ISSUE Edwin H. Palmer 4 REPORT ON THE SYNOD OF THE CRC, 1972 Henry B. Vanden Heuvel 7 LIBERAL TRENDS IN THE NETHERLANDS INFLUENCE US Leonard T. Schalkwyk 12 THE BIBLE IN MISSOURI Peter De Jong 15...
IN ALL HONESTY Louis Praasma 2 VIEWPOINT: A Lawsuit to be Repudiated – John Kruis 7 A GUEST EDITORIAL: “Agenda for Synod 1972” - Peter De Jong 8 WHEN CITIES AND CHURCHES FIRST MET IN AMERICA: “Churches Restructure for Urban Mission” Roger S. Greenway 10 STUDIES IN GENESIS I–XI Peter...
GOD’S INFALLIBLE WORD Edward J. Young 2 A VAIN THING Jim Petersen 6 I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT Gerald De Graaf 7 WHAT IS HERESY? Peter De Jong 9 A LOOK AT BOOKS 12 IF THE SHOE FITS 15 STUDIES IN GENESIS I-XI Peter Y. De Jong 16 WHERE...
EDITORIALS: How to Kindle a Fire; “I Don’t Know What I’m Doing” John Vander Ploeg 2 SCIENTIFIC ASSERTIONS IN SCRIPTURE Jacob Heerema 5 GOD’S INFALLIBLE WORD (1) Edward J. Young 7 THE CHURCH AND HETERODOXY R.B. Kuiper 10 WILL THE NUCS REMAIN CHRISTIAN? John M. Frame 13 A LOOK AT...
I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT Kay Rietema 2 EDITORIALS: Six Days of Creation or Periods?; This and That; A “Must” Book on the Bible John Vander Ploeg 4 STUDIES IN GENESIS I-XI 7 “TWICE IN A LIFETIME” John J. Vander Ploeg 14 LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Encouragement Peter Sluis...
AMERICA’S FIRST URBAN CRISIS (1) Roger S. Greenway 2 EDITORIAL: One “Word of God” or Three? John Vander Ploeg 5 THE BIBLE AND CHURCH DOCTRINE Peter De Jong 8 THE REFORMED THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE OF NIGERIA Iyortyom Achineku 10 RACE RELATIONS 11 MORE ABOUT “SYNOD’S RIGHT TO SPEAK” Martin LaMaire 12...
EDITORIAL: That Awesome Office John Vander Ploeg 2 WHERE IS LEVER HEADED? Aaldert Mennega 5 “HAPPINESS IS...” Laurie Vanden Heuvel 8 A LOOK AT BOOKS: God in the Dock – C.S. Lewis, Marianne Radius; The New Bible Commentary – Gutherie, et al., John J. Byker 11 REFORMED EVANGELISM IN THE...
COMPLETE CHRISTMAS Cornelius Van Bruggen 1 EDITORIAL: Let’s Make it Scriptural!, Sharp and Simple! John Vander Ploeg 2 EVANGELISM – SIDELINE OR LIFELINE? Garrett H. Stoutmeyer 5 MILLENNIALISM AND MISSIONS Timothy Monsma 8 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: About “Synod’s Right to Speak” Peter J. Sluys, Maynard Hoekstra 10 HE WAS...
THE REVOLUTION IS NOW! (2) Leonard T. Schalkwyk 2 YOUNG PEOPLE: Toward a Responsive Youth Group Henry B. Vanden Heuvel 5 A CHANGING THEOLOGY FOR CHANGING TIMES? Johan D. Tangelder 7 EDITORIAL: Why I Do Not Speak in Tongues John Vander Ploeg 8 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Speaking in Tongues...
EDITORIAL: The Pentecostals – What About Them? John Vander Ploeg 2 A LAYMAN LOOKS AT REPORT 36 Merle Meeter 5 SYNOD’S ORGANIZATIONAL PLANS Frederick L. Netz 8 SOLA SCRIPTURA! Ronald J. Van Putten 9 A LOOK AT OTHERS Peter De Jong 12 LETTERS: Defend Report 36 – Marten H. Woudstra;...
EDITORIAL: Going to Church? Watch Your Step! John Vander Ploeg 2 THE REVOLUTION IS NOW (1) Leonard T. Schalkwyk 4 RACIAL MATTERS AT CRC SYNOD Edward Heerema 7 GUIDELINES FOR STUDYING GENESIS 1–11 Peter Y. De Jong 10 THE REFORMED FELLOWSHIP OF CANADA 15 A LOOK AT BOOKS: Dogmatische Studien....
THE MODERN TONGUES MOVEMENT Robert G. Gromacki 2 EDITORIAL: The Pentecostals – What About Them? John Vander Ploeg 4 BIBLICAL AUTHORITY IN CRISIS Fred W. Van Houten 7 THE LAYMAN SPEAKS: Satan’s Church Henry Boender 9 THE BALANCED YOUNG PREACHER Gerard Van Groningen 10 VIEWPOINT: The Problem Isn’t Science but...
RESUME OF SYNOD 1971 Leonard T. Schalkwyk 2 “INROADS OF SUBJECTIVISM”? NO Robert Hillegonds 8 REV. PETER DE JONG REPLIES 9 EDITORIALS: Synod on Biblical Authority; A Biology Textbook for Christian Schools John Vander Ploeg 10 NEWS: Evangelism Conference – Virginia Van Wyhe 12 LETTERS: Take Issue with “Tiv Church...
EDITORIAL: The Most Crucial Issue Facing Synod 1971 John Vander Ploeg 2 IS REFORMED CHRISTIANITY RELEVANT IN WEST AFRICA? Timothy M. Monsma 6 VIEWPOINT: “Off Course” Marvin Muller; Consistent Ecumenicity? Jerome Julien 11 A DISTRESSED FATHER Leonard Greenway 12 THE INERRANCY OF SCRIPTURE Russell W. Maatman 14 PREACHERS WITHOUT FEAR...
A PEEK AT PENTECOSTALISM Calvin W. Niewenhuis 2 EDITORIAL: Another Lok at Lever John Vander Ploeg 6 ABOUT “SCHISM”: ANOTHER POINT OF VIEW Cornelius J. Van Schouwen 9 EDITORIAL: Commendation for “No” Votes on Abortion Bill John Vander Ploeg 10 A LOOK AT BOOKS: The Triple Knowledge, Vol. 1 Herman...
FACING THE ABORTION CRISIS Carl F.H. Henry 2 EDITORIALS: The God-Man in the Gap; Flash on New Tiv Seminary; “Thee” and “Thou” John Vander Ploeg 9 HE IS RISEN! Leonard Greenway 10 LETTER TO JIM J.B. Hulst 12 DO DRIVING AND PRAYING MIX? Richard D. James 14 BELIEVE IT OR...
SHOULD THE UNDERGROUND CHURCH BE BROUGHT UP? Laurie Vanden Heuvel 2 WHAT ABOUT FORM CRITICISM? (2) Simon Kistemaker 10 “HAVE YE NOT READ?” John Vander Ploeg 12 THE HARVEST OF CALVARY Leonard Greenway 14 NEWS OF THE DUTCH CHURCHES Marten H. Woudstra 16 ADVANTAGES OF THE PARISH MINISTRY Henry B....