Is this the calling of the church? Is this the calling of the Reformed young man or woman? Is this the purpose of the Christian education of Reformed young people, especially of the higher education of Reformed young people? If we are to believe the Christian Reformed Church, especially its high schools and colleges, including […]
The members of two local churches shake off the dust from their clothes, look at each other with silly grins, and then laugh at themselves. It takes some work to even remember what the fight was all about—something about “predestination” they reckon. Now it all seems pretty silly. After all, we’re all decent people and […]
1. A Defense of Calvinism As The Gospel – by Rev. David Engelsma. Evangelism Committee of South Holland Protestant Reformed Church, 24pp. Free. Reviewed by DH. a) This valuable gem of writing makes five preface reasons for purposes of distribution: 1) It is a basic explanation of Calvinism for the non- reformed. b) It is […]
We know a lot about Calvinists. We’ve heard of Calvin cadets or young male Calvinist-to-be, student Calvinists in training. We’ve heard of Calvinettes, little female trainees in Calvinism. At least that is what the names denote, although one wonders just how much, if any, training and practice in real Calvinism is involved. We, happily, rub […]
We, as elect children of God, are called to live in this world, but not to be of this world. In this paper we will discuss this truth with relationship to our country’s economic system. Capitalism, as defined by Webster, is “an economic system based on private property, competition, and the production of goods for […]
CALVINISTS AND CALVINISM Calvinism is that Reformed principle which fundamentally stands on the truth of the Godhood of God. Calvinism, as no other system of doctrine, exalts the absolute sovereignty of God. The center and unifying principle of this system is the glory of the Lord God Almighty. In younger days, the catechetical question was […]
The history of the Church of Christ here on earth is the history of men. Foremost in the controversy that raged in the defense of the Reformed faith over-against the heresy of Arminianism appears the figure of Jacobus Arminius. He more than any other is associated with the error that was condemned by the national […]
“In the beginning of the seventeenth century, Arminianism rose as a necessary and wholesome reaction against scholastic Calvinism, but was defeated in the Synod of Dordt, 1619, which adopted the five knotty canons of unconditional predestination, limited atonement, total depravity, irresistible grace, and the perseverance of the saints . . . The Bible gives us […]
Dear Mr. R— Thank you for the passages of Scripture to which you direct my attention in connection with the truth of Christ’s particular atonement. When I do as you suggest, namely, compare Isaiah 53:1 with John 12: 37-40, I do not find anything to deny that the atonement is anything but particular or limited […]
A news reporter from one of the Chicago daily papers recently attended a Presbyterian Church in the city. After the service he interviewed Rev. Richard S. McCarrol, the assistant to the superintendent of the Chicago Presbytery’s Church Extension Board. During the interview, Rev. McCarrol reported to him the following: “Today the Calvinistic doctrine of predestination […]