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...
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...
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 -...
POINTED PARAGRAPHS 3
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
THEVREADER WRITES 20-23
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....
POINTED PARAGRAPHS 3 REPORT OF OUR ANNUAL FELLOWSHIP MEETING Rev. Henry J. Kuiper 5 IS THE CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH “A SLEEPING GIANT”? Prof. R. B. Kuiper 7 KARL BARTH ON CHRISTMAS Rev. F. H. Klooster 8 TEENERS’ CORNER Rev. Leonard Greenway 10 GUIDO DE BRES (II) The Confession of the...
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....
LENTEN MESSAGE: “AWAKE, O SWORD” Dr. Leonard Greenway 3 A LESSON FROM HISTORY Dr. L. Praasma 5 WHY DID I CHOOSE TO STUDY AT BASEL? Dr. Fred Klooster 7 THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT (Sixth Installment, Bible Lessons) Rev. Henry Vander Kam 9 ANOTHER CHURCH-SPLIT IN KOREA Rev. Theodore Hard...
Use and Misuse of “Matthew 18” Rev. Henry J. Kuiper 3 Love and Sentiment Rev. John C. Miller 5 Without Creation No Education Mr. Walter A. De Jong 7 The Sermon on the Mount (Fifth Installment, Bible Lessons) Tev. Henry Vander Kam 9 The Reformed Faith in Korea Rev. Theodore...
Newly Fallen Snow (poem) Bertha Prince Vander Ark 2 Our Magazine - 1960 - and You Rev. Edward Heerema 3 Toss Out the World Layman? Rev. Henry J. Kuiper 4 Dr. George Stob on Infallibility - A Report Rev. Joseph A. Hill 5 Comment by Rev. Joseph A. Hill on...
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...
POINTED PARAGRAPHS 3 KEEPING THE RECORD STRAIGHT Rev. Edward Heerema 6 SHOULD PROTESTANTS HELP ELECT A CATHOLIC PRESIDENT? Rev. Henry R. Van Til 7 WHAT IS CHRISTIAN EDUCATION? Walter A. De Jong 9 DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY - SYMPOSIUM ON EVOLUTION Rev. Rouses John Rushdoony 11 DR. C VAN TIL’S VISIT...
PARAGRAPHS 3 A CHAPTER ON DOCTRINAL PREACHING From “Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy” by Dr. William G.T. Shedd 6 THE GOD OF JACOB Dr. Harry Mulder 7 AS AN “OUTSIDER” SEES THE CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH Martha Hamilton 9 HEREMENEUTICS AS A CLOAK FOR THE DENIAL OF SCRIPTURE Dr. J. Barton Payne 11...
THE NEW BIBLICISM Prof. H. R. Van Til 3, 4 7 OUT OF 22 Dr. Alexander C. De Jong 3, 4 PROPAGANDA Rev. John H. Piersma 3, 4 BAN THAT SUNDAY NEWSPAPER! Rev. Henry J. Kuiper 3, 4 REAL PEOPLE Rev. Leonard Greenway 3, 4 PARTITION IN SOUTH AFRICA? Rev....
POEM (“The Music of Silence”) Bertha Prince Vander Ark 2 TIMELY TOPICS SHALL WE CHANGE OUR STAND ON THE NIGERIAN QUESTION? 3 THE THEOLOGICAL BACKGROUND OF TCNN 4 AN INSPIRING LECTURE (1946) by Dr. Harry R. Boer Rev. Henry Kuiper 5 POEM (“Ascension”) Bertha Prince Vander Ark 6 CHRIST’S ASCENSION...
UNDER SPIRES: BLIND SPOTS IN SOUTH AFRICA, THE LONG, HARD ROAD TO CHURCH UNION Dr. Peter Y. DeJong 3, 4, 4 THE FIRST PASSOVER Rev. R.K. Churchill 5 CAN WE BELIEVE IN THE RESURRECTION? Rev. R.K. Churchill 5 POEM (“THE BORROWING JESUS”) Bertha Prince Vander Ark 5 TIMELY TOPICS: MAINTAINING...
Helmet and Sword Leonard Greenway 3 The Certainty of Christ's Resurrection Henry J. Kuiper 4 Calvin as Man and as Christian L. Praasma 6 Warfield's Conception of Biblical Infallibility Henry R. Van Til 9 Outlines of the Doctrines of the Last Things William Hendriksen 12 Searching Questions About Our Educational...
A Bag with Holes (Poem) Simon C. Walburg 2 Our Shoes and Our Shield Leonard Greenway 3 Only One Name - or Mary Also? Gordon J. Spykman 4 Calvin and the Union Seminary in Nigeria L. Praasma 6 Timely Topics Henry J. Kuiper 9 Mental Health Testing in Our Public...
The Belt of Truth and the Breastplate of Righteousness Leonard Greenway 3 Timely Topic Henry J. Kuiper 4 The Union Seminary of Nigeria Edwin H. Palmer 7 The Message of the Unknown Freedom Fighter Alexander S. Ungvary 11 For Such a Time as This Walter A. De Jong 13 The...
Christmas Poem (“Be Not Afraid”) Helen K. Noordewier 2 Christmas Meditation: Christ the Destroyer Leonard Greenway 3 Timely Topics: The Only Theology the Bible Knows HenryJ. Kuiper 4 Calvin on Culture Henry R. Van Til 7 The Sermon on the Mount (Third Installment, Bible Lessons) Henry...