Simply nauseating, isn’t it? Already seven weeks before the holy day of Christmas, we may hear the children of Zion singing: “You better watch out, you better not cry, You better not pout, I’m telling you why, Santa Claus is coming to town. He is making a list and checking it twice, He’s going to […]
This is the Christmas season, a time of preparation for the celebration of the holiday we know as Christmas. During this season many thoughts and plans crowd our minds. These thoughts may range from the question of how much money we have to do our Christmas shopping to the pleasant speculation about the things we […]
Our Grand Rapids Christian High School has again in the past week placed itself in the same category with the public high schools of our city. It has presented its Senior Class play! The play was repeated on three successive evenings, including Thanksgiving Day, because everyone wanted to see Christian’s play! The auditorium was filled […]
The Christmas season, the most festive and joyous of all the year, is with us once again. The Church of Jesus Christ in the world is preparing to celebrate the greatest event of all history, the supreme gift of the love of God: the coming of the eternal Son of God in our flesh. Presently […]
“Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.” Matt. 2:2. For centuries men have wondered about the star of Bethlehem, and as we approach this Yuletide Season we, too, are intrigued by this heavenly phenomenon, which took place […]
LESSON X. (John 3:9-16) How can these things be, vss. 9:13. In vs. 4 Nicodemus asked a similar question, how an old man can be born again. Here he admits the possibility but questions the manner of this spiritual renewal. That the Spirit gives rebirth is not enough for him, he must also know how […]
Although this is a common thing that theologians disagree, it is important to notice when leading theologians are at odds about important issues. The case I have in mind is the difference between Barth and Niebuhr about Barth’s speech at the Amsterdam World Council of Churches. This difference I wish to call to your attention […]
I.—The Church is Never the Work of Man. It is sad but true that the error of Arminianism is rampant in the Church of today. This heresy is a denial of the sovereignty and glory of God in respect to the origin, the realization and preservation of the Church. It teaches that the origin, the […]
As you probably remember from last month John and Jack were rather good friends even though John did belong to the Protestant Reformed Church. Jack had made some rather sharp and pointed comments on the mission activity of the Protestant Reformed Churches which John had, at the moment, been unable to answer. But after checking […]