Dear Editor, I write regarding the article entitled “Fostering Love for Your Neighbor” in the March 2016 issue. There may be good motives for being a foster parent, but I think it incorrect to use the parable of the Good Samaritan as a basis for this. To be anyone but the Samaritan is great sin. […]

Essential Truths of the Christian Faith by R. C. Sproul. Paperback 302 pages. Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. 1998. In this book, R. C. Sproul seeks to familiarize people with the “key concepts” of a sound theology. He states in the book’s Preface, “This is not a textbook of formal theology. It is a layperson’s introduction […]

Seven Men Who Rule the World from the Grave by Dave Breese. Paperback 235 pages. Moody Press, 1990. As this book’s preface “The God’s of the Mind” indicates, the seven men singled out in the book are men who, in the author’s judgment, have the unique accomplishment of controlling the minds of people with their […]

A new pamphlet entitled “Promises, Promises, Promises….”, and recently published by the Southwest Protestant Reformed Church, directs its attention to a timely subject. In this publication, Rev. R. Cammenga evaluates the well-known “Promise Keepers” movement, now sweeping through the United States, from a “distinctively Reformed perspective” (preface). Witnessing the multitude of Christian churches and “reformed” […]

Last month, we looked at the false views concerning the place of women in the Church, and saw that the basic assertion is that it is not, nor ever was, God’s will that woman be in submission. We now continue by looking at the Reformed position. The true Reformed position holds the headship of the […]

An issue which sharply distinguishes us as Protestant Reformed young people from an increasingly greater number of churches and people, is the issue of women holding places of authority in the institutional life of the Church. The most recent example of this is the “Women in Office” controversy in the Christian Reformed Churches, where many […]

There are differences between the Church of God and the world, which can be seen as believers walk the antithetical life here on the earth. More specifically, we as Protestant Reformed youth see many differences between us and the church world as a whole. There are distinctions taking the form of doctrines and also distinctions […]

It is rather common these days to hear talk of church unity, a unity of different Christian faiths. This unity which is being promoted, encourages love for one another in the way of ignoring real significance, it is said. The majority of us have had acquaintances at work, at college, or even college professors, who […]