Classis East met on August 20, 1924. At the time of this classis, the consistory of the Eastern Avenue Christian Reformed Church was still confronted with the fact that there were members of Eastern Avenue who had accused the pastor of being guilty of public sin and heresy and who were, because of this, under […]
The question remains: What did the Synod of 1924 actually decide in regard to the issue of common grace? First of all, one significant decision was made by adopting the now well-known “Three Points of Common Grace.” They express the following: Regarding the first point, touching the favorable attitude of God toward mankind in general, […]
The synod met on June 18, 1924. We should bear in mind a few things regarding a denominations broader gatherings before continuing. The Synod is a broader gathering than the classis. Likewise, the classis is a broader gathering than the consistory. It is composed of delegates from the consistories of a certain geographic area. In […]
Dear Grandchildren: I was musing the other day, as old (I can remember when we used to spend an evening looking at stereopic views through a stereoscope made of solid walnut, with extra large lens, which sold for 60 cents at Sears) men often do about the long-ago-past. Way back when I was a teenager […]
I was requested by the Beacon Lights staff to express some of my impressions as a youth on the common grace controversy in the Christian Reformed Churches in the year 1924. With this request, I hereby comply. So then I must go back fifty years and in mind am again a youth. Fifty years ago! […]
Summary of an Essay This very well worked out essay began by stating that we of course were not present at the procedures of 1924, and for that reason the task of holding fast that great heritage given our fathers becomes that much the greater for us, in fact, by nature impossible. That twenty-five years […]