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                       Rev. and hits, Herman Hoeksema, with Dr. Klaas Schllder (1939)


                     Is the stocking really finished?
                       See "A Belated Contribution to the Schilder Commemoration"
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                                              A `Soldier's Proper
Meditation                                    Footwear
Rev. Jason Ko&ing



  Stand  the-qb&mi~gtprfeetshad               order to persuade us to forsake what         the stony path or rocky heights, but
  with the preparation of the gospel of       we believe to be the truth of God's          also from sharp, spear-like sticks
  peace.                                      Word and to abandon our Christian            which the enemy would often dig
                       Ephesians 6:15.        commitment to obey God rather than           into the earth in order to injure the
                                              man. It is the goal of our spiritual         feet of enemy soldiers, who would
        Your feet!                            enemy to dissuade us with respect to         stumble and fall on the sharp points.
         They also are important to a sol-    our faith, and to defeat us through          His sandals would keep his feet from
dier.                                         discouragement or evil influence.            injury and enable him to pursue the
         They need to be "shod" (to have           God in His mercy has provided           enemy. Finally, the sandals allowed
shoes)ifwearetofunctioneffectively            us with armor.                               extensive mobility. The Romans had
in the battle of faith.                            Yes, this includes the girdle of        learned from Alexander the Great
         The health of the entire body is     truth, the breastplate of righteous-         thataneffectivestrategyinbattle was
important to a soldier and to his army.       ness, but also the shoes of the prepa-       to move an entire army  quickly, and
For this reason, physical examina-            ration of the gospel of peace.               attack the enemy without warning.
tions are very thorough when one                   Healthy feet are important to a         This required the soldiers to run
volunteers for the armed forces of the        soldier. His feet support his entire         swiftly for miles, often under cover of
U.S.A. The critical test comes in the         body. All his functions as a soldier         darkness. His boots would allow him
heat of battle.                               depend upon his ability to stand up.         to take such punishment. We saw in
         The inspired apostle Paul drew       Besides this, his feet enable him to         therecentDesert  Stormhowthesame
from his familiarity with the Roman           move about. With his feet he can             thing holds true today, even though
soldier, as he compared the Christian         march for miles to confront the en-          much of modern warfare is mecha-
in the battle of faith to such a soldier.     emy. Once he is in position for battle,      nized, using armored personnel car-
In the preceding verses he made clear         his feet enable him to run, to jostle for    riers, tanks, and such like.
that the real enemy in the battle of          position, to surround the enemy. All              HowdoesthisapplytotheChris-
faith is not one of flesh and blood, but      of this is impossible if he suffers blis-    tian soldier?
is an evil spirit, the prince of the          ters, torn ligaments, brokenbones, or             Our feet represent our spiritual
power of the air, Satan and all his           any.injury  to his feet.                     readiness. Just as the loins symbolize
associates. Such evil spirits have ac-             Tokeephisfeethealthy,heneeds            the deep spiritual convictions which
cess to our inner being, can influence        footwear.                                    are activated by the girdle of truth,
our thoughts, our desires, our emo-                For the Roman soldier this meant        and just as the breast includes our
tions, and thus ultimately our deeds.         that he had to have the sandals which        spiritual heart which alone can be
Healsousesevilmentotemptus,and                had hobnails pounded into the soles.         guarded by the blessed truth that we
sometimes he even poses as an angel           These spike-like devices on the soles        are righteous in Jesus Christ alonle, so
of light by using "Christians" who are        of his shoes assisted him greatly in         now our feet represent our spiritual
such in name only, for they claim to be       getting about.                               ability to march and to stand in battle.
what they really are not. Satan and                These sandals helped the soldier        For this reason, the inspired apostle
his hosts shoot fiery darts at us in          in three ways. First, they enabled the       speaks of the "preparation of thegos-
                                              soldier to get a firm grip. Frequently       pel of peace." That word preparation
                                              the army would traverse wet or even          has the idea of readiness, prepared-
                                              icy paths. They would have to fight in       ness. This is emphasized because if
                                              fields wet with dew. Unless he had           we have spiritually healthy feet we
                                              his hobnailed sandals he would slip          are agile in battle and ready to move
Rev. Korkringis pastorc$theProtestant         aboutandlosegrip, butwithhisboots            about.
Reformed  Church of Grandville,  Michi-       he was sure-footed. Secondly, the                 To do that we need proper foot-
gan.                                          bootsprotectedhisfeet,notonlyfrom            wear.
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     From a spiritual point of view,        the one hand we are alert to stay on           with God through our Lord Jesus
we need the same three advantages           the front line of attack. In general we        Christ" (Rom. 1:1,2). Still more, "The
which the soldier had with his boots.       can say that Satan attacks the entire          God of peace, the great shepherd of
                                            world. Look at the effect of drugs,            thesheep...makeyouperfectinevery
 ,Too many Christians have                  rock culture, secularism, and materi-          good `work" (Heb. 13:20, 21). Our
foot-trouble because they do                alism in society in general. Satan at-         peace with God is in the blood of
                                            tacks the church world with Liberal-           Jesus, which provides forgiveness,
  not have the proper boots.                ism, charismatic sentimentalism, and           and in the Spirit of Jesus, who gives us
                                            Arminian syncretism. If we look more           holiness. Secondly, it is important that
     First, we need to be sure-footed.      carefully at the Reformed family of            we have peace within ourselves. De-
What a tragedy when the Christian           churches, we can see the same in-              spair brings defeat. We need to know
soldier slips about when the battle         roads; but in addition we find care-           that God is in control of all things,
rages. Is this not what is taking place     less preaching, neglect of Reformed            "For we know that all things work
in the church world today? Too many         Confessions, and world conformity.             together for good to them that love
Christians have foot-trouble because        The shoes will keep us as Christian            God" (Rom. 8:28).  We need to be at
they do not have the proper boots.          soldiers ready in the front line of the        peacewithoneanother. Anarmythat
The result of this is only too evident.     battle. From a positive point of view,         has soldiers fighting and bickering
Look how unsure they are about the          it will also keep us alert for opportu-        amongthemselvescannotconcentrate
Word of God itself. They slip and           nities to preach the gospel through-           on the enemy. The church which is
slide. Some suggest that the Bible is       out the world as God opens doors.              internallydivided,thecovenanthome
the product of God and man; others          The second way we can be alert is to           which has husband and wife fighting
say there are human errors in it; and       use the most modern means for the              or parents and children fighting, can-
stillothersslipupontherockofhigher-         sake of the gospel. We live in a high-         not concentrate on the enemy. They
criticism. No wonder, then, that they       tech society, with modern communi-             are defeated by their own division.
compromise also in their confession         cations, computers, information                Thisdoesnotmeanunityatanyprice.
of what that Bible teaches. They com-       movement that makes the tape re-               It means unity in the love of God.
promise on the doctrine of predesti-        corder like a Model-T. The church                   This peace becomes ours by the
nation. They prefer to speakof divine       has opportunity to make use of all             gospel. The good news is that Christ
selection rather than election, and they    these things for the sakeof the gospel.        has made our peace with God and has
certainly say nothing about reproba-             What are these "shoes" which              defeated Satan. When this is heralded
tion. Evolution is more plausible an        afford proper footwear?                        to us and worked in us by the Holy
explanation for origin than creation,            The gospel of peace. Notice the           Spirit we are able to enjoy the words
and miracles are denied or explained        reasoning of the apostle? If we have           of Isaiah 26:3: "Thou wilt keep himin
away. How beautiful when the Chris-         our feet shod we will be ready. The            perfect peace whose mind is stayed
tian soldier wears his boots in the         source of this readiness is found in the       on thee."
battle and follows the exhortation,         gospel. Why is this true? Because the               When our spiritual feet are shod
"Watch ye, stand fast in the faith" (I      content of the gospel is peace.                with sucha gospel we are sure-footed,
Cor. 16:13).                                     Peace as used here is not exter-          for we value that peace and will not
     Secondly, with the proper foot-        nal, but internal. It is inner calm,           compromiseforit. Welovethegospel
wear, the Christian soldier is pro-         quietness.                                     and the peace it gives; hence we will
tected from the embedded spiritual               If a soldier is to be ready for           defend it and will resist all efforts by
sticks which would trip him up and          battle, he needs this peace. The oppo-         Satan to take it away. What joy it is to
injure him. Yes, Satan is clever and his    site is fear, confusion, inner turmoil.        be ready to live according to that
wiles relentless. Look how persis-          Such a soldier will freeze in battle,          gospel and to lay hold of the peace
tently he assaults the church with this     grownumbanduseless.FortheChris-                that passeth understanding.
nonsense of women's liberation.             tianthesameistrue. Ifwedonothave                    If we are going to have our feet
Some churches are so wounded that           peace inside, we cannot be ready to            shod with these boots, we have to
they allow the ordination of women          function in battle.                            take the gospel preaching seriously,
in the office of the ministry. Then he                                                     and with prayer be faithful in the
switcheshistacticsandwithoutwarn-                                                          hearing and doing of that word.
ing throws us into deep depression             The church which is inter-                        Stand, then, in the line of battle
because of the difficulties and hard-        ,nally divided,... cannot con-                where God has placed you.
ships of life. When we have our foot-            centrate on the enemy.                          May God's peace make you
wear right, we are able to stand fast in                                                   ready and steady in the battle. 0
the evil day.                                     This peace is threefold. It is, first
     Finally, the boots enable us to be     of all,andbasic toall,peacewithGod.
mobile. This is true in two ways. On        "Beingjustifiedbyfaithwehavepeace

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                                           A Belated
Editorial                                  Contribution to the
                                           Schilder
                                           Commemoration

     Last year, the Reformed               stand for; published books by and            tithesis. Inabookpublishedaspartof
Churches in The Netherlands ("Lib-         about Schilder; and promoted the             the Schilder commemoration, S'chiZ-
erated") and their sister churches in      cause of the "Liberated" Churches in         der's Struggle for the Unity of the
North America, the Canadian and            the wider Reformed community.                Church,  the author remarks on
American Reformed Churches, cel-                It is to be regretted that the Prot-    Schilder's conviction that the Kuyper
ebrated the 100th anniversary of the       estant Reformed Churches  (PRC) al-          of common grace was destroying the
birth of Professor Dr. Klaas Schilder.     lowed the 100th anniversary of the           Kuyperoftheantithesis(cf.pp.S7,73,
The Dutch religious magazines made         birth of Rev. Herman Hoeksema to             and 181). Common grace was con-
plain that much was made of this           pass by in 1986 without such a cel-          tributing to a process in The Nether-
celebration all year long. The Oc tober    ebration. Perhaps the European               lands in which "the Secession and the
6,199O  issue of De Refoumatie  (The       churches have more of a heart for this       Doleantie (reformations of the Dutch
Reformation),  magazine of the "Lib-       than do American churches.                   Reformed church in 1834 and in 1886
erated" Churches, was devoted to the                                                    - DJE) were denied, and also the
life and work of Dr. Schilder.             The Schilder Connection                      Synod of Do&" (p. 104). This convic-
     Klaas Schilder was a notable               It is fitting that there be some        tion, of course, Herman Hoeksema
Reformed theologian and churchman          contribution to the Schilder com-            had come to some years earlier, as the
in The Netherlands. Many American          memoration from the side of the PRC.         author of SchiZd~`sS~~Zealsorlotes
preachers know him through his pro-        In important respects, there is agree-       (cf. pp. 57ff.J.
found trilogy on the suffering of          ment between the PRC and the theol-                The PRC are also in agreement
Christ. Schilder died in 1952.             ogy of Klaas Schilder. Schilder was a        with Schilder in their rejection of syn-
     Spokesmen from other Re-              staunch defender and ardent advo-            odical hierarchy. The church is the
formed churches joined in the com-         cate of the Reformed faith as set forth      local congregation. The congregation
memoration. One intriguing instance        in the Reformed confessions. He in-          is autonomous. It is a real danger,
was the appearance of the aged Dr. G.      sisted that the "Three Forms of Unity"       and a grievous sin, that synods usurp
C. Berkouwer at a gathering that was       are the basis of the faith and work of       power over the congregations. One
intended to honor the memory and           Reformed believers and their  chil-          outstanding instance of this usurpa-
workof Dr. Schilder. Berkouwer was         iren, not only in church but also in all     tion of power is synod's exercise  of
president of the 1944 synod of the         of earthly life. Schilder would have         the keys of the kingdom of heaven in
Reformed Churches in The Nether-           repudiated the notion that the Re-           deposing officebearers.
lands  (GKN) that deposed Schilder         formed confessions are an inadequate               It is also appropriate that there
and, thus, occasioned the split in that    basis of the Christian school and that       be some participation in the Schilder
denomination that resulted in the          a separate "school creed" must be            celebration from the side of the PRC
"Liberated" Churches.                      drawn up for this purpose.                   because Schilder became part o:F the
     There is something to be said for          In his church struggles in the          history of the PRC. When Schilder
celebrations of this kind as long as       193Os, Schilder stood for the antith-        visited the United States in 1938 and
they do not degenerate into the wor-       esis against encroaching worldliness         1939,HermanHoeksemaandthePRC
ship of a man. The "Liberated" used        and against the encouragement of this        gave him a warm welcome. Schilder
this commemoration to good advan-          worldliness by theologians who               was instrumental at that time to ar-
tage. They reminded their people of        wanted to bring together "culture and        range a meeting of Protestant Re-
their history; refreshed themselves in     Christianity." Schilder warned               formed and Christian Reformed
the theology of Schilder; taught their     against Abraham Kuyper's theory of           officebearers to discuss the reunion
youth what the "Liberated" Churches        common grace as a threat to the an-          of the two denominations.

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          The friendly relationship be-         of a hearty recommendation to our          of the Reformed Churches deposed
tween Dr. Schilder and the PRC is               readers of the book referred to above,     him from office both as a professor
reflected in the "Acts of the Synod             Schilder's Struggle for the Unity of       and as a minister of the gospel.
1940 of the PRC." Almost the first              the Church, by Rudolf van Reest                 Our Protestant Reformed read-
decision of this synod was an expres-           (Neerlandia, Alberta, Canada: Inher-       ers will appreciate the frequent refer-
sion of concern for the welfare of              itance Publications, 1990). The book       ences in Schilder's Struggle to Herman
Schilder, who by this time had run              is Theodore Plantinga's fine transla-      Hoeksema and the PRC. Schilder and
afoul of the Nazi invaders of The               tion in one easy-reading volume of         Hoeksema were good friends. The
Netherlands:                                    vanReest!s  two-volume work, Opdut         author, Rudolf van Reest (pen name
  In view of the invasion of The Neth-          zij allen em zijn (That They All May       for K. C. van Spronsen), was also a
  erlands, concern has been expressed           Be One), originally published in 1962      friend of Hoeksema and sympathetic
  regarding the welfare of Dr. K.               and 1963. The price is $26.60 (U.S.) or    to the PRC. Translator Theodore
  Schilder, and especially whereas              $29.95 (CN).                               Plantinga has added a 25-page ap-
  there are rumors afloat of such a                                                        pendix detailing the contact between
  nature as to increase such concern,                Schilder's Strugglepresentsafas-
  the Synod decides that the                    cinating description of a powerful,        Schilder and the PRC that makes the
  moderamenshall,throughtheproper               gifted Christian personality and an        book even more interesting to the
  office in Washington, D.C., send a            important Reformed theologian. The         Protestant Reformed reader.
  cablegram to The Netherlands, re-             book also sketches Schilder's life and     Plantinga's treatment is fair and for
  questing information as to the condi-         work.                                      the most part accurate.
  tion, welfare and whereabouts of Dr.               The most valuable aspect of the            Another appendix gives
  K. Schilder (Art. 16).                        book is its account of Schilder's          Schilder's article, "The Stocking is
          Also in 1947,  when Schilder re-      struggle for the reformation of the        Finished," on the rupture of relations
turned to the States, the PRC were              Reformed Churches in The Nether-           with the PRC, as well as excerpts from
opentotheDutchtheologian,  whereas              lands that ended with his deposition       Hoeksema's response. Schilder con-
theChristianReformedChurch(CRC)                 in 1944 and with the founding of the       cluded his article with a comment on
closed all doors to him. As the author          "Liberated" Churches. The back-            the "beautiful life" of Hoeksema and
of Schilder's Struggle observes in an-          ground of this church split included       with a farewell to "our friend
other book,  Terugzien  Nu  Vijfen-             the appearance of sheer modernism          Hoeksema." Hoeksema on his part
twintig Jaren (Looking Back- after              in the church, e.g., J. G. Geelkerken's    responded by questioning  whether
Twenty-Five Years):                             denial of the historic@ of Genesis 3;      the stocking of relations between the
  IftheProtestant  Reformed Churches            the growing influence in the GKN of        "Liberated" and the PRC was indeed
  had not welcomed Dr. Schilder in              the theology of Karl Barth (firmly         finished. He suggested that the two
  North America,,people would have              opposed by Schilder from the very          denominations begin knitting anew,
  known little or nothing of what had
  taken place in The Netherlands dur-           beginning); and the opposition by          establishingsomeformofofficialcon-
  ingthewar-years. Atbest, theywould            Schilder and others to what they           tact. In case Schilder did not desire
  haveknownaboutitmerelyinavery                 viewed as the "scholastic theology"        this, Hoeksema would bid friend
  one-sided light (p. 59, my translation        of Abraham Kuyper. Specifically, the       Schilder farewell  ("VaZe,   Amice
  of the Dutch - DJE).                          leaders of the "Liberation" objected       SchiZdeY).
      But the result of the close contact       to Kuyper's doctrines of common
between Schilder and the PRC was                grace; the pluriformity of the church;     Serious Differences
the most severe internal struggle that          and the covenant and infant baptism.            The warm personal frienclship
the PRC have ever endured - the                 The doctrine of the covenant became        between the two Reformed  thleolo-
split in the Churches of 1953 in which          the issue that split the churches.         gians and church leaders must not
the PRC lost the majority of their                   At the same time that the church      hide the serious theological and
congregations and membership. As                struggle was raging, from 1940 to          church political differences between
the book, Schilder's Struggle, ob-              1944, The Netherlands suffered un-         the "Liberated" and the PRC. The
serves, "Schilder . . . played a role (with-    der the invasion and occupation of         PRC have objections to "Liberated"
out intending to do so) in the split that       Nazi Germany. Because of his coura-        doctrine and church polity that touch
tookplaceintheProtestantReformed                geous warning to Reformed Chris-           the very heart of the "Liberation" of
Churches in 1953" (p. 422). For this            tians against the Nazi movement, es-       1944. The contribution of the PRC to
reason too the PRC ought to be heard            pecially in the church paper of which      the Schilder commemoration is by no
from on the occasion of the celebra-            he was editor, De Reformatie  (The         means pure celebration.
tion of the anniversary of Schilder's           Reformation), Schilder was impris-              There is the question whether
birth.                                          oned for several months. Soon after        the "Liberated" have so reacted to
                                                his release from prison, he was forced     synodical  hierarchy as to repudiate
A Notable.Book                                  to go "underground," a fugitive from       the real authority ascribed to the
     My contribution takes the form             theNazis.  During this time, the synod     broader assemblies by the Church

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Order of Dordt. That the synod of the         case, the split from the "Liberated"        recognized and bore with "scruples
GKN acted hierarchically in the years         Churches in the 1960s by a group that       you may have." But they prohibited
leading up to and including 1944 is           flatly denied all synodical authority       the returning group from agitating
beyond dispute. Synod took up the             and that virtually rejected the de-         against the doctrine of commongrace.
matter of doctrinal differences in the        nominational bond was the bitter har-       The "ThreePoints  of CommonGrace"
churches on its own, without any              vest of seed sown in the "Liberation"       are still binding in the CRC! (Cf. the
appeal or overture from the churches.         of 1944.                                    "CRCActs of Synod 1962," pp. 456ff  .)
It continued itself in existence year              Leavingoutofconsiderationthe                 Misleading is Plantinga's state-
after year. It treated the matters lead-      difficulty that the "Liberated" seem        ment that the `Declaration of Prin-
ing to Schilder's depositioninsecrecy.        to have to make clear that they do not      ciples,"adopted  bythePRCin 1951 to
It condemned Schilder without giv-            claim to be the only true churches of       setforththeProtestantReformedcov-
ing him a hearing, indeed during the          Christ on earth, as well as their appar-    enant  view against the "Liberated," is
time when he could not defend him-            ent rejection of the church invisible,      a document "to which one hald to
self because of his hiding from the           the doctrinal controversy of the PRC        assent as a Protestant  Reforlmed
Nazis. The grossest usurpation of             with the "Liberated" Churches con-          officebearer" (p. 426). `In fact, Protes-
authority was synod's deposition of           cerns the doctrine that was for the         tant Reformed officebearers are re-
officebearers.                                "Liberated" theveryheartof  the'%&          quired only to subscribe to the"Three
      But Schilder reacted to synodi-         eration": the covenant and infant           Forms of Unity." The "Preamble"
cal decisions, prior to his deposition,       baptism.                                    itself of the `Declarationof Principles"
by publicly declaring to all the                   The PRC judge the "Liberated"          states that the document is "to be
consistories that he would not be             covenant doctrine to be a serious de-       used only by the Mission Committee
bound by the decisions of synod and           parture from the truth of sovereign,        and themissionariesfor theorganiza-
cby agitating against the decisions of        particular grace as confessed in the        tion of prospective churches . . . . Ii'
synod. This violated Article 31 of the        Canons of Dordt. A "no" to Abraham
Church Order of Dordt. The "Liber-            Kuyper's theory of the presupposed           If the doctrine of the Canons
ated" Churches have incessantly re-           regeneration of every baptized child                       is gospel,
ferred to synodical authority as              does not imply a "yes" to the "Liber-
"synodocracy," as though there is no          ated" doctrine of a conditional prom-            so also is the covenant
legitimate authority of synod over            ise to every baptized child.                conception of the PRC gospel.
the consistory.                          .    Inaccuracies and a False Charge                   Plantinga is not to be faulted for
 A "no" to Abraham Kuyper's                        The chapter by Professor               thefalsechargeagainsttheProtestant
   theory of the presupposed                  Plantinga on Schilder's contacts with       Reformed doctrine of the covenant by
                                                                                          "Liberated" theologian Jelle Faber
regeneration  of every baptized               the CRC and especially with the PRC
                                              does contain two inaccuracies. One is       included in a quotation of Faber by
 child does not imply a "yes"                 the statement that the CRC set aside,       Plantinga. In the book, Interu~iaos
to the "Liberated" doctrine of                or substantially loosened, her deci-        ozxr25jaarzwijmaking,  Dr. Faber has
    a conditional promise to                  sions on common grace when the              characterized the covenant  concep-
      every baptized child.                   large group of formerly Protestant          tionof the PRC as "fatalismgrounded
                                              Reformed people returned to the CRC         in election" (quoted in  SchiEder's
      Schilder himself opposed the            in the early 1960s. The "Acts of Synod      Struggle, p. 428). On the contrary, the
                                                                                          covenant conception of the PRC is
tendency of the "Liberated" Churches          1962" of the CRC shows that the CRC
to throw out the baby of synodical            expressly maintained the binding            nothing more or less than the Canons
authority with the bathwater of hier-         character of the decisions of the synod     of Dordt's doctrine of God's sover-
archy by declaring, in characteristi-         of 1924 on common grace, in spite of        eignty in salvation applied to the,cov-
cally striking language, that Christ          the plea of the returning group that        enant. If the doctrine of the Canons is
                                                                                          gospel, so also is the covenant con-
shed His blood also for the church            the "Three Points" be "without fur-
federation. But if vanReest  is correct,      ther binding force." The erstwhile          ception of the PRC gospel. If the
that it is the church polity of the "Lib-     Protestant Reformed people capitu-          covenant conception of the PRC is
erated" Churches that for a decision          lated totally, declaring that they no       fatalism, so also is the doctrine of the
of synod to be considered settled and         longer considered the "Three Points"        Canons fatalism.
binding the decision must first be            to be Pelagianand Arminian. Indeed,
ratified by the consistory, the "Liber-       they publicly declared that they "do        A Question about Contact
ated" have abandoned Reformed                 not contend that they (the "Three                Commemorating the anniversa-
                                                                                          ries of our Reformed fathers is pleas-
church government for independency            Points" - DJE) are in conflict with         ant, easy work. More difficult is the
(cf. Schilder's Struggle, p. 330). In this    Scripture and the Three Forms of
                                              Unity." The CRC on its part merely          task of maintaining and developing

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in our own time the Reformed theol-                Both the "Liberated" Churches            was constituted at Groningen, The
ogy that our fathers loved and handed         and the PRC profess to be committed           Netherlands in 1982.
down tous. Especiallydifficultis this         to this difficult task.                            Is it possible for the "Liberated"
task when, at certain points, we must              In this connection, I pose a ques-       Churches to invite the PRC to partici-
correct the theological work of our           tion. The `Liberated" Churches have           pate?
fathers themselves. The possibility is        taken the lead in creating a new Re-               If the "Liberated" invite, are the
a love for Reformed truth that out-           formed ecumenical body, the Inter-            PRC able to accept?
strips love for our fathers. Amicus           national Conference of Reformed                    Oristhestockingreallyfinished?
Socrates, sed magis amicus veritas .          Churches (ICRC). The Conference                                                       0
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                                              Exposition of
From Holy Writ
Rev. George Lubbers                           PSah  81:3  (continued)

                                                   (Note: The article of which this is a    endedwiththepromisethatwewould
                                              continuaGon  appeared in the March I,         continue the discussion concerning a
                                              1991  issue, pp. 261-263.)                    reference to Numbers l&10:  "Also in
                                                                                            the day of your gladness, and in your
                                                   "Blowupthetrumpetinthenew                solemn days, and in the beginning of
                                              moon, in the time appointed, on our           your months, ye shall blow with the
                                              solemn feast day. For this was a              trumpets over your burnt offerings,
                                              statute for Israel, and a law of the God      and over the sacrifices of your peace
                                              of Jacob.... Iamthe LORD thy God..."          offerings; that they may be to you for
Rev. Lubbers is a minister emeritus in the    (Psalm 81:3ff.).                              a memoria2  before your God: I am the
Protestant Reformed Churches.                      Our first essay on this subject          Lord (JEHOVAH) your God"!

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     These sacrifices would be fin-         !these,' unacceotable  sacrifices to the     Melchisedec, who blew the trumpet
ished for that particular feast-day in      &eat .boice ofl &e better High Priest,       at the end of His sufferings in such a
the Old Testament. And they would           who said "In the volume of the book          way that "behold&he veil in the temple
needs be m-enacted from age to age          it is written of me, I delight to do thy     was rent in twainfrom the top to the
and from generation to generation           will, 0 my God: yea, thy law is within       bottom, andthe earth did quake and
until the time of reformation, when         my heart." These words the believing         the rocks rent; and the graves were
all the sacrifices. and ceremonies of       saints in the Old Testament confessed        opened...!"`$Iere  the trumpet sound
the law would! be disannulled be-           on their appointed feast days, when          of theGospel  gave no indefinite sound
cause~of  the weakness_and  tm-profit-      the priests blew the trumpets upon           for it was loudly proclaimed that He
ableness  thereof:.  But there was an       their sacrifices.z        ;  '               was not merely the God of father
abiding significance in each one of              These trumpets announced in             Abrahambutof "us also whobelieve,
these hundreds of thousands of sac&         faith that one day Christ would hear         Jew and Gentile." For He was deliv-
ficesoverwhichthepriestshadblown            all these trumpet blasts, which cried        ered as a sacrifice for our transgres-
the trumpets of theram'shorns. These        and cried and cried for the one who          sion XIs. `53:5, 6, 10) but was raised
all lay before God, Jehovah, the judge      could  .and would blow the very              because of Christ's sinner-justifying
of heaven and earth, as believing,          "trump of God" and would say in a            justification!
hoping Israel of God; they are to Israel    loud voice: "It is finished." The time             Here, let all the trumpets sound!
as a memorial before their God.             has come to silence the "memorial" of              "The solemn feast days" wlere a
     In our former article we wrote' Israel before God. Romans 3:25, 26                  statute for Israel, and a law of the God
that "the bringing of these sacrifices      tells us that at Calvary God set forth       of Jacob. And this law did not merely
was no vain, empty show. It was a           Christ Jesus "to be a propitiation           sound forth from Sinai's fiery, lofty
legal enactment before the face of God,     through faith in his blood, to declare       heights, but it is now the law which
who is the Judge of every sinner in the     his righteousness for the remission of       wentforthinthelatterdayoutof.Zion
day when all the saints shall appear        sins that are past, through the forbear-     (Is. 2:3b).  For this law is the sweet,
before Christ (II Cor. 6:10)." To this      ance of God; to declare, I say, at this      certain trumpet sound of the Gospel
we now add that this enactmentindi-         time his righteousness: that he might        which is heard to the end of the earth,
cated that the terms of the covenant        be just, and a justifier of him which        unto the isles of the sea!
were such that Christ, the King Priest      believeth in Jesus."                               Glad tidings of good things; the
to come, is the "Surety" of a better             Here at Calvary we hear the             sure mercies of David fulfilled. Wa-
testament (Heb. 7~22).  This "memo-         trumpet blast fulfilled which God            ter without money and without price.
rial" was the content of the cup which      blew long an loud. Here the covenant               But there is more to be said con-
was handed to Jesus in Gethsemane,          words were truly sealed in the blood         cerning this blowing of the trumpet in
whichHewastodrinktothelastdrop              of the Iamb of God which carries             the light of Scripture.
of His sacrificial sufferings on the        away the sin of the world. But this                The question is: Did the trump
Cross, which stood outside of the           trumpet at Calvary no priest after the       of God also blow at the occasion of
gate at the holy camp of Israel. Here       order of Aaron can or need blow. It          Jesus' glorious ascension into heaven?
Jesus in perfect obedience drank the        was the trump of God which was               For in I Timothy 3:16 we read "re-
cup of the wrath of Jehovah against all     heard at Sinai by all the congregation,      ceived up in glory." Surely this means
the sins of His people. Truly, the          and they with Moses exceedingly              more than that Jesus' ascension ended
blowing of the trumpet in the temple        feared and trembled. Here the trum-          in His sitting at God's right hand.
in Jerusalem proclaimed loudly that a       pet blew at Calvary, and Satan and all       Yes, it means that too, as is evident
better day must come, and that this         the hosts of hell were made an open          fromHebrews  1:3,4. Fornotonlydid
day would surely come, when the             shame forever. Revelation 12:lO tells        He sit down on the right hand of the
Immanuel Child, JESUS, would save           us that John heard "a loud voice say-        Majesty on high, but also as the First-
His people from their sins!                 ing in heaven, Now is cMne salvation,        born Son of God He was made so
     What a "handwriting" therewas          and strength, and the kingdom of our         much better than the angels, as He has
against each of us before God, the          God, and the power of his Christ: for the    by inheritance obtained a more excel-
righteous Judge. None of the sins and       accuser of our brethren is cast down,        lent name than they. But the exalta-
judgments of death and hell were            which accused them before our God day        tion from Olives' heights, the passing
truly removed at these feast days. But      andnight. And they overcame him by the       through the heavens, was in itself a
Psalm 40:6-9  trumpets not an uncer-        blood of the Lamb...."                       most glorious mystery. He went up
tain sound. It trumpets from age to              Such was the fulfillment of the         very gloriously. Fact is that it w#as as
age that the Christ, the Messiah to         manifold trumpet blasts over Israel's        glorious as will be His return upon
come, is the "end of the law for righ-      sacrifices by the priesthood of Aaron.       the clouds of heaven in the last day.
teousness to every one that believes"            It was all fulfilled in the trumpet     For the Son of man shall come in all
(Rom. 10:4;Matt.5:17).  HereinPsalm         sound of God's eternal approval of           His glory (Matt. 25:31).  He shall come
40:6-9  Israel learned to look beyond       the High Priest after the order of           in the glory of His Father with. His

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 angels. He shall then come as the           Thistrumpwillbeheardinthekingly,            uponthethrone. Thisisthebookwith
judge of the nations.                        almighty shout of God calling all           the seven seals, the seven  trumpets
      Now when we turn to Psalm              heaven to attention that the great Day      and the seven vials full of the wrath of
47:5 we read that God is gone up with        of the Lord has come.                       God.
 a shout, the LORD (Jehovah) with the                Is it too farfetched to conclude              Yes, there are seven trumpets too.
 sound of a trumpet. If Jesus will return    that also in Christ's ascension there       And these all lead to the overthrow-
in like manner as the disciples saw          was the voice of the trump of God,          ing of the power of the beast; and to
Him leave on the cloud of glory, shall       and the glory accorded to Christ, the       the eternal glory of the saints. IEver
He then not return with the sound of         author of eternal salvation, who is         the trumpets are blowing from the
the trumpet? Such is indeed the clear        acclaimed in heaven by God Himself          temple of God. Shall these trumpets
 statement of the Scriptures.                to the joy of all the angels in heaven?     cease being blown in heaven's glory
      The trumpet sound shall accom-         Once all the angels of God were sum-        unto all eternity;  the endless ages to
pany Jesus' return from heaven. Thus         moned to sing the victorious song,          come?
we read the most comforting word of          "Glory to God in the highestheavens,                  It is a good question. And here
God in I Corinthians 15:51,52:  "Be-         and peace on earth to the men of            I cannot quote a text. Butthe endless
hold, I shew you a mystery; we shall         God's eternal, sovereign good plea-         Psalms will then be fulfilled in Christ,
not all sleep, but we shall all be           sure." For the same Christ, who went        the chief Musician, in the triumphant
changed, in a moment, in the twin-           up with a shout, with the sound of the      trumpetsoundin theglorifiedchurch, :
kling of an eye, at the fast trump: for      trumpet shall thus return. And this is      which is the fullness of Him that fills
thetrumpetshallsou.nd,andthedead             all connected with the feast of trum-       all in all. Shall these saints,who  sing
shall be raised incorruptible, and we        pets when all the trumpets were             the "new song" need to be a&non- :
shall all be changed." Furthermore,          sounded upon the promissory sacri-          ished to sing, as this is done in Psalm
we read in I Thessalonians 4:16, "For        fices, as a remembrance to Israel with      15&l-6? Most spontaneously shall
the Lord himself shall descend from          God.                                        they break forth as a mighty throng, :
heaven witha shout, with the voice of                What about the entire New Tes-      as the sound of many waters. Hear
the archangel, and with the trump of         tament era, when all shall see the Son      them sing, as angels never did or
God: and the dead in Christ shall rise       of man coming in His glory, as testi-       shall.
first."                                      fied the humbled Christ standing be-                 They are praising God- in the
      GodwentupinJesusChristmost             fore the Jewish council to be con-          sanctuary, whichisH.isdwellingplace  `,
gloriously. It was with the sound of         demned to be delivered to Pontius           in the Spirit, as this is built upon the
the trumpet. Now this speaks vol-            Pilate? All through the New Testa-          foundation of the Apostles and Proph-
umes, does it not? It means that this        ment both the evil and the righteous        ets. And of this, Jesus is the chief
will be the call of the dead from the        see the Lord sitting on the right hand      Cornerstone laid in Zion.
grave. For all that are in the grave         of power, and coming in the clouds of                They praise God for His mighty
shallhearthevoice(thetrumpetvoice)           heaven (Matt. 2664).  This We see in        acts, according to His excellent great-
of the Son of man and shall rise. Yes,       the gathering of the church by Christ       ness.
they shall come forth from the grave         who told His disciples "Lo, I am with                Hear that trumpet sound,
-they who have done good unto the            you alway, even unto the end (con-          mingled withpsalteiyand harp,with
resurrection of life, and they who           summation) of the world, Amen"              the timbre1 inthe holy dance, and the
have done evil unto the resurrection         (Matt. 28:20). But this is also seen in     beautiful strains of the organ and1 the
of damnation (John 5:28,29).  This is        the judgments which come upon the           sweet stringed instruments.
trulyamarvelousauthoritygivenunto            nations, from Jesus, who has the right         And the whole earth joined in.
the Son. And this is accompanied by          to take the book from Him. who sits         Amen. Yes, Amen. Cl
the blowing of the trump of God. For
the just it is the call to enter into the
heavenly Canaan, even as Israel in
Joshua's days occupied the land of
.-promise by the sound of the seven-                               Blow up the trumpet
fold trumpets which were blown by
the priests, as they walked about Jeri-                                in the new moon,
cho. Thus also we shall inherit the
kingdom of God and forever be with                                in the time appointed,
the Lord, our glorious King of kings,
and Lord of lords, in the new cre-                              on our solemn feast day.
ation. And the wicked shall be cast
out of the land forever.
     Yes, it will be the trump of God.

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                                                      The End Times (13)
The Str@yth                                                 very Work Made
of Youth                                              Pubk
Rev. Barrett Gritters


 cc       As preparation for reading or
          As preparation for reading or               everlasting destiny - the bliss of          also at the second coming of Christ
       discussing this article, read and.
       discussing this article, read and.             heaven or the despair of hell. The          the saints and the sinners are sepa-
       study the following 
       study the following texts.in
                                  texts.in their
                                             their    history of the world will then have         ratedbefore Jesus' throne-thesaints
       contexts:, Daniel 
       contexts:, Daniel  7~10;
                                 7~10;  Matthew
                                      Matthew         run its course. Now the Lord returns        on the right hand in the position of
       l&24-30,
       l&24-30,  Matthew 
                     Matthew 25:31-46,
                                 25:31-46,  Acts.
                                             Acts.    to raise the dead and take His elect        honor; the sinners on the left in ,dis-
       10~42,
       10~42,   Acts
                 Acts  17:31,
                        17:31,  Remans
                                 Remans  2:16,
                                             2:16,    with Him to glory. `He shall come           honor and shame, with no rule and no
       Romansl410~12,
       Romansl410~12,   II
                                 II Corinthians
                                   Corinthians        againtojudgethelivingandthedead."           glory at all.
 .5:10,
 .5:10,  Hebrews 9:27,
                Hebrews 9:27, I` 
                                   I Peter 
                                   `         1:!7,
                                     Peter 1:!7,           We must know about the final                    This is not to say that there is no
       Jude, 
       Jude, 14,15,
                 14,15, Revelation 
                         Revelation 20:12,13.
                                         20:12,13.    judgment.                                   judgment of God  before  the second
       See 
       See  also 
               also  Heidelberg 
                     Heidelberg  Catetihism,
                                    Catetihism,            At the second coming of Christ,        coming of Christ. Indeed, there is! If
       Lord'
       Lord s Day 19 and 
               's Day 19 and Be@
                                  Be@  Confes-
                                           Confes-    every man and woman, old person             the young person over-drinks or takes
 `s&z;
 `s&z; Article 
                Article 37:
                         37: Perhaps a good
                                Perhaps a good        and child, will be judged by Jesus          drugs, he may become addicted  (and
       exercise 
       exercise wouldbe
                    wouldbe to write out the
                                 to write out the     Christ. Not only those who came into        ruin his life (in addition to his health).
 shorter ones on a piece of paper,
 shorter ones on a piece of paper,                    contact with Christ while He was on         If he rebels against his parents, he will
       and summarize the longer ones
       and summarize the longer ones                  earth, and not only unbelievers, but        experience a trouble unlike he's ever
  in
  in your own words.
          your own words. Now, with.
                                    Now, with.        every single individual will appear         known. If he fails to marry "in the
 cc the `
  the  Word of God at your hand,
               `Word of God at your hand,             before Him (II Cor. 5:lO and Rom.           Lord" he may be saddled with a mis-
       read what follows.
       read what follows.   **                        14:lO). Revelation 20 says that the         erable spouse. If he fornicates,, he
                                                      great and small will be assembled           may contract some dreadful disease.
          When we stand before the great              there. It is a "great" throne. None will    All these things are the judgments of
white throne and the Lord asks us,                    escape the judgment of Christ.              God. Besides, what you and I don't
`What have you done to Me in your                          Everyone who died will be raised       see- the judgment of God in a man's
life?" what will we say? When the                     from the dead for this judgment (Rev.       cumcimce  - is a terrible judgment.
books (that is, our consciences) are                  20:12,13).  How we marvel when we           And, when a person dies he facles a
opened, what will be seen? When                       think of it! Some men eaten by lions        pre2iminar-y judgment - in the soul he
souls are laid bare, hearts opened,                   will be raised from the dead - wher-        goes to heaven or to hell.
consciences turned inside out, how                    ever they are. Some women burned                     But there is also a last judgment.
will we feel? When "every man's                       by fire will be raised from their ashes.             Why? If it is true that there has
works will be made manifest, for the                  God will scoop up from the bottom of        already been a judgment of God to
day shall declare it, because it shall be             the ocean the ashes of those cremated,      take some to heaven and send others
revealed by fire," and when the Lord                  who thought they would avoid Him.           to hell, isn't a final judgment a dupli-
will "bring to light the hidden things                None will escape the judgment of            cation of work? If God already knows
of darkness, and will make manifest                   Christ!                                     who are his sheep and who are the
the counsels of the hearts," what will                     At the judgment, God makes             goats, isn't the judgment unneces-
the Great Judge, Jesus Christ, find?                  separation between men. Matthew             sary?
          The last judgment is the final              25 uses a metaphor to describe this.                 By all means, no! God must
event before men are taken to their                   Just as sheep and goats go out into the     have His day in court!
                                                      pasture during the day for feeding                   Everyone must see and confess
                                                      and watering, so the righteous and          thatGod'scauseistherighteouscause,
                                                      the wicked live together in this life       and the judgments that He executed
                                                      (see also Matthew 13:24ff.).  And just      inthislifewerefairjudgments.  Inthis
Rev. Gritters is pastor of the Protestant             as in the evening the shepherd brings       life, it does not always appear so.
Reformed Church of Byrom Center,                      the animals back to the corrals and         Even though God judges men in their
Michigan.                                             separates the sheep from the goats, so      conscience, we cannot see what kind

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of judgment a man receives at death.               Men do not go to heaven because       ungodly who lived during Jesus' life
Sometimes it even appears that there         of their good works. We go to heaven        pnearth, how horribleit was that they
are no judgments of God on evil-             because God elected us in eternity          rejected Jesus, didn't wash His feet,
doers. Some wicked men prosper (as           and because Christ died for us in           didn't give Him a place to sleep or
Asaph complained in Psalm 73), and           time. Never forget that! But the same       food to eat, and finally did away with
some of God's people are struck down         God that chose us, the same God that        Him, hanging Him naked on the ugly
with the most dreadful diseases. So it       redeemed us, also sanctifies us by His      cross, which dripped with His pre-
seems that God's judgment is wrong.          Spiritsothatweperformgoodworks.             cious blood. And we probably think,
In the judgment day, all will be made        And judgment, now, is rendered ac-          "If anyone deserves hell, they do;
plain. That's why the Bible says that        cording to the WDyks we perform (just       they rejected Jesus Christ."
all the hidden thoughts, the secret          read a few passages, like Rom. 2:6, II           But Jesus will not allow us to
works, will be revealed for what they        Cor.  5:10, Rev.  2092).  Those that        distanceourselvesfI;omHimlikethat.
were.                                        have done good works are rewarded           In Matthew 25 He leans forward, as it
        In that day, God will be justi-      according to those good works, and          were, and comes very close to each of
fied!! Romans  2:5 speaks of that day        those that have done evil works are         us and says, "Today you have oppor-
as "the day of wrathand revelation of        rewarded according to those evil            tunity to be merciful to Me, by being
the righteous judgment of God...."           works.                                      `merciful to my people. Today you
Then, evey knee will bow and euq                 Did you ever have someone ob-           reject.and refuse and ignore me when
tongue will confess that Jesus Christ        ject to the doctrine of election because    you do so to my people, to the least of
is Lord, and all to the glory of the         it involves reprobation? He thinks          my people."
Father!                                      that if reprobation is true, men must
        What a day that will be! Picture     go to hell because they were repro-                But God's people...
it in your mind: In the middle of the        bate and that God is to blame for their        eagerly anticipate the day
earth stands a great white throne,           damnation. This is a slander against
radiating the brilliant righteousness        sovereign predestination that is older        when the works they have
of God. Seated on the throne is King         than you may realize. But it's not           done by the grace of God will
Jesus, the revelation of the righteous-      true. Men don't go to hell because                be rewarded by grace.
ness of God and the standard for             they are reprobate. They go to hell
judgment. Before Him stands every            because they have lived an unbeliev-             Will you serve Jesus with works
man and woman and child that ever            ing, ungodly, rebellious life. They         of mercy? Find the family that has a
lived. In His infinite wisdom, this          refused to worship God when He              difficult time paying their school tu-
divine Judge judges everyone, de-            showed Himself to them, refused to          ition, and write a check. Will you
claringthe sentenceandverdict. And           believe His Son when He was pro-            bless the Lord Jesus Himself? Then
then the verdict is executed: the sheep      claimed to them, refused to repent of       bless the infants of the congregation
to glory, the goats to damnation.            their evil deeds when they knew they        and see to it that they are' "brought to
        We ought to look forward to          were evil. And now they are justly          Jesus." Would you visit Christ? Go
that day. The God who saved us, the          assigned to a place in hell. They go to     down to the county jail and visit the
God who gave His only Son to die for         hell because they deserve hell. Show        church member who's been arrested
our redemption, will be justified! The       the objector the texts listed above;        for drugs or shopliftingorwho knows
Son who shed His blood so that we            read with them Matthew 25.                  what. Do good to Christ? Have you
might live, will be brought to the                Did you ever have someone ob-          no handicapped in the congregation?
pinnacle of His exaltation! No more          ject to the doctrine of electionbecause     Have you no old.people  languishing
lies about Him. No more denials of           he thinks it makes men careless with        in the nursing home, or restricted by
His Name. No more dishonor. No               regard to good works? Then show             their age or health to their home?
more scorn heaped on Him and His             him the passages that speak of a re-        How long has it been since you have
church. Christ is the righteousness of       ward according to works. And point          been merciful to Jesus' `least broth-
God!                                         him to this truth: if a man or a woman      ers"? With the love of Christ in our
               *********                     is elect, he will not be careless. And      hearts, we will have an earnest desire
        "But is this fair?" you ask. "The    tell them that if a man is careless with    to do these things.
sheep are the elect; the goats are the       regard to works, he probably is not              When the books are opened, it
reprobate; the judge must be partial         elect. Thesheep  thatgo  totheFather's      will be a revealing day, won't it?
and biased." Not true. By no means           right hand have worked.                          The sheep will have been merci-
will God take some to heaven regard-              When the judgment day comes,           ful to Jesus' people. It is very simple.
less of their evil works, or send others     there will be an inquiry regarding          They are not rewarded  because  of that;
to hell regardless of their good works.      works, especially works of mercy.           `they are rewarded because of God's
God judges accurding  to the woyks that           We probably think sometimes            grace andmercy. But those who go to
we have performed.                           about how hot hell must be for the          heaven will have been merciful to

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Jesus' people. Think about it.               of God, we persuade men.                    to look to Him in faith and say, "He is
     Ttwillnotbeenoughinthejudg-                  But God's people are not fearful       my righteousness. All my good works
ment day to say, "But I haven't put          of the coming judgment.                     were done because He empowered
anyone in jail, `haven't stolen from              They look forward to the day           me to do them by His Spirit. All my
them to make them poor, haven't              when God will be justified. They            shortcomings and failures are cov-
done this or haven't done that." The         eagerly anticipate the day when the         ered by His blood. No boast have I in
important question will be, `What            works they have done by the grace of        myself. I love my God who chose me,
have you done?" And, `What have              God will be rewarded by grace. They         who redeemed me with His own
you done to the least of these my            donotevenfeartherevelationoftheir           blood, and sanctified me to do these
brethren?"                                   sins, because also then they will be        works. All praise is His. Forever." Cl
     Knowing, therefore, the terror          united to JesusChrist,andwill.beable


Book Reviews

As Rich As Job, by Rev. C. Bijl.             help to those who have a difficult            wealthinmercyand tenderness.  Ev-
Kampen,        The      Netherlands:         road to travel and who have ques-             ery glad and sad day.
VanDenBerg,  1989,91pp.,  $10.95 pa-         tions about God's intention with it."            How do we know that for sure?
per. Translated from the Dutch by F.              Briefly and simply, Rev. Bijl            Even after Auschwitz? Because we
Vogelzang. [Reviewed by Lois                 traces the history of Job: he tells how       live after Golgotha. There God's love
                                                                                           was personified in Jesus Christ on
Kregel. I                                    he had great wealth, walked before            the cross, which towers above the
                                             his God with a perfect heart, and, in         horrors of this time like an
     It is a.rare  thing to find a book      spite of his godliness, lost everything       unshakeable monument.
that deals with the problem of the           when Satan came to God and ques-                 But read the book yourself; then
suffering of God's people as biblically      tioned Job's motives. With startling        pass it on to a friend who needs com-
as this one does. One grows accus-           insight he exposes the error of the         fort. And who does not? n
tomed to reading that God sends what         three friends who came to comfort
we call "good" things, but the devil         him, and, not surprisingly, it turns        The Covenantal Gospel, by C. van
controls the "bad." This author, how-        out to be the same old error of salva-      der Waal. Neerlandia, Alberta: In-
ever, looks at the question of why the       tion by works: If Job would only go         heritance Publications, 1990. 192 pp.
Christian must suffer from the view-         back to good behavior, he would again       Paper. Can. $17.95/  U.S. $16.20. [Re-
point of the book of Job, and, because       have good things from God. On the           viewed by the Editor. I
of this, comes up with a solution that       other hand, Bijl finds the gospel in the
is both thoroughly scriptural and            words that Elihu utters after the oth-           It is the contention of Reformed
deeply comforting.                           ers have finished: deliverance, not by      theologian C. van der Waal that the
     Rev. Bijl is no stranger to suffer-     our own works, but through the One          one gospel of the Scriptures is thor-
ing, although he brushes aside his           who paid the ransom (Job 33:23,24).         oughly covenantal. Sound interpre-
own experiences as if they were noth-             Finally the author points out that     tation and preaching of the Scriptures
ing. However, he was born in the             when God spoke to Job out of the            depend upon recognizing this. Promi-
Netherlands in 1931, and he did live         whirlwind, Hedid not, even then, tell       nent, popular errors of our day are
through the horrors of the Nazi occu-        him why he had to suffer; rather,           due to ignorance of the one cov'enant
pation of his country. Against the           through many beautiful word pic-            that stands at the heart of the Bible,
background of the fact that many, in         tures He showed him that His power          e.g., dispensationalism and  neo-
speech and writing, rejected the idea        and wisdom are boundless.                   Pentecostalism. van der Waalis sharp
that a loving God would send such                 Bijl turns at the end to James,        and strong. He concludes the book
disasters, thisbook was written; how-        who, in commenting on the history of        with these words:
ever, it limits itself to a discussion of    Job, says that theLord is richinmercy         The Gospel  is covenantal in every
the suffering of God's people, rather        and tenderness. Is merciful, he says,         respect. If things go wrong in the
than of the world in general.                not will become merciful if we are only       churches, ask whether the covenant
     The author is minister of the           patient.                                      is indeed preached and understood.
Reformed Church  (Gerefcmzeerd,                   The writer concludes with these          If missionary work is superficial, ask
"Vrzjgemz&") in Zwolle, The Neth-            words:                                        whether the covenant is taken into
                                                                                           account.... It is impossible to preach
erlands. He writes in the preface,             This  is a reliable and joyful message      a gospel from which the covenant
"This book would like to offer a little        for us: we are carried by a divine          has been removed.... There is there-
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   fore no gospel  except  the covenantal                                No double standard may be used in                   children of promise according to elec-
   gospel. -Lei this be proclaimed from                                  educatingtheheathenwhohavecome                      tion.
   the pulpits. Let this show in the life                                to the faith. No half gospel must be                         Striking too isthe author's insis-
   in society Let this be heard in the                                   preached to them. They are entitled                 tence that, in the covenant, obedience
   mission fields. Let this be under-                                    to be instructed in the full truth.... It
   stood in the families. And let no-'                                   must be frankly admitted that a lack                to the LORD is based uponelection. It
   body be ashamed of it. It must be                                     of sound education has often resulted               is not the other way round, namely,
   proclaimed: Evangelical = Covenan-                                    from a desire for increased numbers                 that election is based upon the stipu-
   tal (pp. 175,176).                                                    andplainlaziness....(Theremustbe)                   lation to obey. "The promise that the
        In developing this contention,                                   serious church establishment.... The                LORD will not forsake His people is,
Dr. van der Waal makes a brief, but                                      full doctrine must be preached: ev-                 therefore, the foundation of the coyldi-
careful,studyof  thebiblicalcovenants,                                   erythingthatChristhascommanded                      tins that the electing God lays down"
not only the manifestations of the                                       mustbekeptalsobyyoungchurches.                      (p. 45). Apart now from the question
covenant of God withHis people,but                                       There is no place for a double stan-               whether one may speak of the de-
also the covenants between men.                                          dard no more demanding require-
                                                                    `ments for the established churches                     mands in the covenant as "condi-
        In the light of the biblical cov-                                than for the mission field (pp. 158,                tions," this insistence of Dr. van der
enant, he offers incisive criticism ,of                                  159).                                              Waal conflicts with his view of the
such contemporary religious phe-                                            A weakness of the book is that it               covenant as a conditional treaty be-
nomena as the charismatic movement;                              never clearlydefines the covenant. It                      `tween God and men. If the coven.ant
pietismand methodism's withdrawal                                becomes abundantly plain from the                           is indeed a conditional treaty, cov-
from any cultural and political calling                          overall treatment, however, that van                        enant and election do, in fact, depend
because of their quest for heaven; and                           der Waal understands the covenant                          upon the stipulated  obedience.
the "political sermon" that character-                           as a conditional treaty consisting of                                Another area of disagreement is
izes liberation theology.                                        promise, demand, and threat. For                           Dr. van der Waal's explanation of
        The covenant also has urgent                             this reason, he. inveighs against a                        Matthew 24, Mark 13, IIThessalonians
practicalimplications which The Con-                             "covenant doctrine that identifie(s)                       2, and almost the entire book of Rev-
enanta2 Gospel exhorts upon the                                  the elect and the members of the cov-                      elation as fulfilled completely in the
reader: singing the Psalms; Christian                            enant people as one and the same" (p.                      destruction of Jerusalem in A. D. 70.
schools; Christian publications; and a                           164). Significantly, although he con-                                Remarking these important dif-
distinctive way of conducting mis-                               siders the teaching on the covenant of                     ferences is not at all intended to dero
sions, among others. The challenging                             Romans 9-l 1, van der Waal says noth-                      gate from the worth of the book, not
                                                                                                                                                                   .'
nature of these practical implications                           ing about the apostle's doctrine that                      only for those who have lost almost
of the covenant comes out in what                                the covenant promise to Abraham's                          all sense of and regard for the cov-
van der Waal has to say about cov-                               -children referred, not to all the physi-                  enant, but also for those who read the
enantal missions:                                                cal children, but exclusively to the                       Bible as the book of the covenant. 0


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                              T E X T U A L   I N D E X                                        Proverbs 9:ll ...................................................... JDS.. .I171
Text                                                                      Author page          Isaiah 6:1-13 ....................................................... GCL ...a14
Genesis 32:24-31 .................................................           JLK .... 99       Isaiah 611-13 ..................................................... GCL .... 67
Exodus 15:lff .................................................... GCL .. 156                  Matthew 10:5-7 ................................................... BW. ..no 8
    ........................................................................ GCL ..203         Matthew 13:3-B, 18-23 ........................................ BW ...33 0
Deuteronomy  8:10-14 ......................................... JDS .... 75                     Matthew 2:19-23 ................................................. JDS ...123
Ruth .................................................................... CJH .. 257           Matthew 27:15-18,21 ......................................... JLK ...243
Ruth l:l-18 ......................................................... CJH .. 284               Luke 13:1-5 .......................................................... JDS. ..219
Ruth 2:1-17 ......................................................... CJH .. 306               Luke 4:16-19 ....................................................... RLC ...32 1
Ruth 2:18-3:5 ......................................................         CJH . .328        John 19:23,24 ...................................................... JDS ...2!67
Ruth 3:6-18 .........................................................       `CJH .. 429        Acts 2:1-4 ............................................................ JLK ...36 3
Ruth 4:1-10 .........................................................        CJH .. 452        II Corinthians 5:14, 15 ........................................ JDS ...315
Ruth 4:11-22 .......................................................         CJH ..468         Ephesians 6:14a .................................................. JLK ...45 9
Psalm 103:13,14 ..................................................JLK ...... 3                 Ephesians 615 .................................................... JLK ...48 3
Psalm 81:lff. ...................................................... GCL .. 261                Philippians 2:19-30 ............................................ GVB .... 61
Psalm 81:3 .......................................................... GCL .. 488               Philippians 3:1-11 .............................................. GVB ... 110

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`&ilippians  3:12-21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GVB . . 140                                                       TITLE INDEX
Philippians 4:1-9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GVB . . 181                    Title                                                                  Author page
:Ph.ilippians 4:10-23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GVB . . 231                      Accursed Idolatry, An ..................................... RDD .... 37
,Hebrews 11:3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JDS . . 339          Alcuin, Educator ................................................ HI3 .; 298
J Peter 1:3-5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .JLK . . 291     Also Yet the Canadian Reformed ("Liberated")
!I Peter 5:6,7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .JLK . . 387       Covenant View ..................................................JDJ .. 271
!Revelation 2:1-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JLK . . 195              Another Encouraging Shadow ......................... JAH .. 236
!Revel.ation 22:6,7 .*..............................................JLK . . 147                                                                Anselm of Canterbury ....................................... HH ..379
                                                                                                                                               Antichrist Foreshadowed, The ......................... JAH .. 208
                                                            B O O K                           REtrIEWS                                         Applicatory  Preaching ...................................... CJH ..205
(Book Title                                                                      Author                Reviewer page                           Appointment of Deacons .................................. RLC .. 187
jAl1 God's~Children  and Blue Suede Shoes
     ,..                                                                                                                                       Approach to Covenant Children ...................... DJE ..... 53
      T...................................Kenneth A. Myers . . . . . DJE . . 478                                                               Approach to Covenant Children (2) ................. DJE .... 76
:Alzizost Chris@an Discovered, The                                                                                                             Approach to Covenant Children (3) ................. DJE .. 101
      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..A... Matthew Mead . . . . . . . . . . DJE . . 382                              Approach to Covenant Children (4) ................. DJE .. 125
`As Rich As Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. C. Bijl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LK . . 493                                  Approach to Covenant Children (5) ................. DJE .. 149
,Cfnion  qf Sbiptire,  The                                                                                                                     Approach to Covenant Children (6) ...........;..... DJE .. 173
      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F.F. Bruce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...*. HH . . 310         Augustine, Theologian of Sovereign Grace...... HH ....58
Christian Life Classsics . . . Jay P. Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE . . 453                                                          Barabbas Preferred ............................................. JLK .. 243
;Cbtic$?pf  of God, The . . . . . . . . Ronald H. Nash . . . . . . . . DJE . . 453                                                             Behold, I Come Quickly..................................... JLK .. 147
`Covenantal Gospel . . . . . . . . . . C. VanderWaal  . . . . . . . . . . DJE . . 493                                                          Belated Contribution to the Schilder
,DaVid: His Life and Times                                                                                                                        Commemoration, A ....................................... DJK ..485
      . . . . . . . . it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ivor Powell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RLC . . 478              Bernard of Clairvaux ......................................... HH ..405
Dictionary  of  Christianity in America
         i                                                                                                                                     Bible is God's Word, The................................... MK .... 65
      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Daniel Reid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE . . 166           Bible is God's Word, The ................................... MIX.... 79
@vm?e  and Remarriage: Four Christian Views                                                                                                    Bible is the Word of God, The ........................... MK .... 15
      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .J. Carl Laney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE . . 119             Binding Decisions of a Reformed Synod.......... DJE .. 389
Doctrine of Scripture, The                                                                                                                     Blessing God and Cursing His Children .......... JDS .. 435
      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Homer C. HoeksemaRDD  . . 334                                     Boesak Resigns                                                           RDD
                                                                                                                                                                       ..................................................      .....5 7
`Gbd hnd Politics: Four Views on the Reformation of                                                                                            Boniface: Apostle to the Germans .................... HH .. 275
     Civil Government . . . . . . . . Gary Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE . . . . 46                                                Book Claims Woman Wrote Part of the Bible RDD ....94
Golden Sceptre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Preston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE . . 382                                            Book of Ruth, The.. ............................................ CJH .. 257
:Great  Leaders of the Christian Church                                                                                                        Book of Ruth:- Lesson 1 .................................... CJH . . 284
      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John Woodbridge . . . . . . HH . . . . 22                         By What Authority? ........................................... I-m .... 30
,Heart Treasure ..,., . . . . . . . ...+ Oliver Heywood . . . . . . . DJE . . 382                                                              Calvin Con!gress ............................................... RDD .... 57
,Jones' Dictiuna y of Old Testament Proper Names                                                                                               Can We Talk? Can We Listen to Each Other ..R JD . . 138
      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Alfred  Jones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE . . 309            Casting Your Cares Upon God ......................... JLK .. 387
`Moody Handbook  of  Theology, The                                                                                                             Chaste Conversation Coupled With Fear........ CJH ..429
      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Paul Enns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE . . 190       Church Membership in an Evil Age ................ SRK .. 400
Pu.titan  Christianity in America: Religion and Life in                                                                                  .     Church Membership in an Evil Age (2) ........... SRK .. 425
    Seventee&  Centu~ Massachusetts                                                                                                            Church Membership in an Evil Age (3) ........... SRK .; 440
      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
                                                                    A l l e n   Carden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HH . . 118                  Church Membership in an Evil Age (4)........... SRK .. 466
Quest for Godliness: The Puritan Vision of the                                                                                                 Church Organist, The .....................................................70
    Christian Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.I. Packer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE . . 381                                 Church Relations .................................................. IK .. 127
Repent or Perish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John H. Gerstner . . . . . . . DJE . . 214                                                        Church, "The" .................................................. TCM .... 35
Sermons  of  Thomas Watson                                                                                                                     Collapse of Communism ................................... DJE .. 198
      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Thomas Watson . . . . . . . . DJE . . 382                         Columba: Missionary to Scotland .................... HH .. 153
Sources of Secession . . . . . . . . Gerrit tenZythoff . . . . . . DJE . . 309                                                                 Concerning Laying on of Hands ........................ EC .. 129
Theonomy:  A Refwmed  Critique                                                                                                                 Constraining Love .............................................. JDS .. 315
      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .William S. Barker . . . . . . . HH . . 142                        Contentment .................................................... DHK .. 156
Thousand Generation Covenant: Dutch Rt+rmed                                                                                                    Continuing Controversy with Rome .............. GVB .... 41
    Covenant Theology... . . . Jonathan Gerstner . . . . . DJE . . 475                                                                         Continuing Decline of the GKN, The ............. RDD .... 94
Today's Evangelism: Counterfeit or Genuine                                                                                                     Correction from the NRC ..................................... JB .... 55
      . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gordon H. Clark . . . . . . RVO . . 454                           Created in the Image of God ........................... AdH ..355
View of the Covenant of Grace, A                                                                                                               Creation and Redemption .............................. DHK ..357
     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Thomas Boston . . . . . . . . . DJE . . 476                        Creation and Science ... and Common Grace ... DJE ..221
                                                                                                                                                 (2) ..................................................................... DJE .. 245

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Creation in Our Schools ...................................... LL . . 351               Infant Baptism  - Theological Detour............... PC ...... 7
Creationism - Vs. the Testimony of "Science" GL . .349                                  Interdenominational Conference ti;.i.. ............;. RDD...46 6
Creche and the Constitution: May Municipalities                                         Interest in Amillennialism .................................. RC ...298
   Sponsor Nativity Scenes? ..................................JL ..136                  Jealous Love of God, The ................................ AdH .... 81
Death of the Wicked and the Pleasure of God.. GS . .295                                 Jesus Came Preaching ....................................... RLC. ..32 1
Diaconal Cooperation .......................................Rl$ . .473                  Jesus is Coming Soon.. ..................................... RDD ...158
Doctrine of Creation ......................................................337          John Calvin and Women Deacons .................... RJD...28 2
Doctrine of Creation According to the                                  ,                John Calvin Taught That?.................................. RJD .... 85
   Reformed Creeds ..........................................RDD .. 344                 Joyful Princes in God's Kingdom .................... JAH . ..37 3
Dutch Dominies Disco .....................................RDD .. 186                    Justified By Faith Alone ..................................... JDS .... 27
Earnestly Contending for the Faith.. ...............RDD ...... 8                        Kansas City Prophets ....................................... RDD ....201
Evaluating Sermon Criticism .......................... RVO ..325                        Korean CR Churches Disturbed ..................... RDD ..... 94
Every Work Made Public .................................BLG ..491                       Last Battle, The .................................................. BLG ... 259
"Evolution Theology" of Covenant (1) .............DJE .. 269                            Last Battle (2) ..................................................... BLG ... 332
"Evolution Theology" of Covenant (2) .............DJE .. 293                            Lawless Generation, The .................................. BLG .... 162
"Evolution Theology" of Covenant-(3) .............DJE .. 317                            Love That Reconciles ......................................... JLK .... 51
"Evolution Theology" of Covenant (4) .............DJE .. 365                            Made to be Christ's Royal Bride ...................... JAH ...47 1
"Evolution Theology" of Covenant (5) .............DJE .. 437                            Majesty of God (2) .............................................. CJT. ..46 9
"Evolution Theology" of Covenant (6) .............DJE .. 461                            Millennium, The ................................................ BLG. ..22 5
Exposition of Isaiah 6 (5) ................................. GCL .... 67                Mind of a Monk ................................................... JH ...46 3
Exposition of Isaiah 6:1=13 (6) ......................... GCL .. 114                    Mission News ................................................... RDD.. .. 57
Exposition of Psalm 81:lff. .............................. GCL .. 261                   Mission Principles: The Executor .................. RVO ...376
Exposition of Psalm 81:3 .................................. GCL .. 488                  Mission Principles: The Motives .................... RVO ...227
Exposition of the Song of Moses ..................... GCL .. 156                        Mission Principles: The Objects ...................... RVO ...164
Exposition of the Song of Moses (2). ............... GCL .. 203                         Mission Principles: The Task.. ........................ RVO ...2 77
Extent of the Atonement, The .............................BS .. 367                     Muslims Torture Christians ............................ RDD ...30 3
Faithfully Interpreting the Creation - Only with                                        My Redeemer .................................................... CJH. ..45 2
   theBible ...........................................................SRK ..346        Naomi-Mara: Jehovah - Plenteous in Mercy CJH ...306
Family Visitation ...............................................RLC .... 87            New Seminary .................................................. RDD .... 58
Family Visitation (2) ..........................................RLC ..151               News From the Contact Committee .................. HH .... 92
Famine Again ....................................................RDD ..302              News From the D,omestic  Mission Committee DD ...179
Famine and Children .......................................RDD ..422                    News From the Foreign Mission Committee MDV ...230
Father's Pity, A ................................................... JLK ...... 3, .    1991 Synod of the PRC ...................................... DJE ...414
Final Farewell ................................................... GVB .. 231           Officebearers' Conference .................................... JS ...320
Fishermen Eishers of Men............................... RCM .. 444                      Papacy, The ........................................................... JC .... 33
Forget Not the Lord Thy God ...........................JDS .... 75                      Parting of His Garments .................................... JDS ....26 7
Foxhole Christians ............................................RDD ..247                Patrick, Missionary to Ireland ........................... HH ... 112
From Tasmania Home - a Report ................... BW .. 212                             Paul's Personal Interest in the Philippian Church
Gays and the Church .......................................RDD .. 399                      ......................................................................... GVB .... 61
God's Continuing Controversy with                                                       Pentecost Fully Come ........................................ JLK ...363
  Unchanged Rome ............................................DJE .... 28                Perspicuity .......................................................... MK ...183
God's Covenant and Missions .......................... WB ..177                         Pilgrims and Strangers on our Way to ... Earth?RJD .403
God's Work in our Grief .................................... WB .. 105                  Playgrounds and Battlegrounds ..................... MBL ...30 7
Gotteschalk ......................................................... HH ..234          Pleasure Madness, ,Sign of the End .................. BLG ...116
Grand Rapids Church Funds Abortions ........ RDD ..202                                  Pleasure of God, The .......................................... BW ...130
His Name Shall Endure Forever ...................... CJH .. 468                         Poignant Betweenness ..................................... RDD ...248
Home  Schoolers  Appeal Certification Requirement                                       PR Churches in Good Company, The .................SS ...36 7
  to Michigan Supreme Court.. ............................JL .. 446                     Praying: To Mary or to Christ? ........................ RJD.. .. 38
Hope ................................................................. DHK .. 258       PRC Synod 1991 ................................................. DJE ...39 2
Hope Through the Resurrection .......................JLK .. 291                         Pre-Synodical Sermon.. ..................................... GVB ...411
Horror Out of Hell ...............................................NJ .. 274             Preciousness of Knowing God .......................... CJT ...44 7
How Many Americans Are Christians? .........RDD ..422                                   Pressing On to Perfection ................................. GVB ...140
Hypocrite ......................................................... DHK ..398           Presumptive Regeneration? .............................. PW.... 78
Importance of a Doctrinal Christianity........... AdH .. 395                            Puritans on Common Grace ............................... GF ...295
Importance of a Doctrinal Christianity (2) ..... AdH ..441                              Purpose of Sacred Scripture, The ..................... MK ...36 8
Infallible Inspiration ...........................................MK .. 160             Purpose of Sacred Scripture (2) ........................ MK ...393
Infant Baptism - "Unbiblical Tradition" ........ TM ...... 6                            Pursuing Righteousness Unto Life ................... JDS ...171

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IiRebellious Young People and Children Dying                                             To Whom Shall We Go? ..................................... BW .. 108
/ in Infancy ...........................................................NJ .. 223        U.S. Supreme Court Overturns Tax Protester's
:Recent  Developments in Church/State Law...... JL ..233                                   Convictions ......................................................... JL..3 00
/Reconciliation ................................................... DHK .... 14          Unity of Scripture, The ...................................... MK ..254
;Reformed  Alliance ............................................RDD ..159                Unsaved Professing Christians? ........................SW .. 439
,Reformed  Conflict with Rome .......................................25                  Wearing the Girdle of Truth.............................. JLK .. 459
iReformed  Doctrine of Creation and the Reformed                                         Weird and Scandalous Views ......................... RDD .. 247
i Christian's View of Environment .................. TN .. 352                           Westminster May Lose Accreditation ............ RDD .. .. 94
iReformed  Doctrine of Salvation by Grace vs. Rome's                                     What to do About the Second Service ............RDD .. 248
   Salvation by Work ...........................................CJT ....43               What's Happening at 4949 Ivanrest? .............. RDD .. 132
!Reformed Eschatology ........................................CC .. 200                  Woman to Head the NCC ............................... RDD .. 202
;Reformed  Family: Grandparents ...................MBL .. 210                            Women in Church Office ................................. RDD ..399
,Reformed  Family: Women in the Church...... MBL ....89                                  Work of Deacons, The ....................................... RLC ..249
iReformed  Journal Will Be No More................RDD .. 186                             Work of Elders, The .......................................... RLC .... 17
.Reforming Reformed Church, A .......................I-II-I .. 419                       Working Out Your Salvation.. ......................... GVB .... 11
:Reminiscences on the Early SB .......................... CH .... 14                     World Calamities, Signs of the End ................. BLG .... 20
:Repent  or Perish .................................................JDS .. 219           World Council of Churches ............................. RDD .. 302
,Report  of Classis East.. ....................................... JJH .... 23           Worlds Framed by the Word of God................ JDS .. 339
,Report of Classis East......................................... JJH .. 214              Wrestling with God.. .......................................... JLK .... 99
iReport of Classis East......................................... JJH .. 430
IReport of Classis West ....................................... RH ... .45
`Report of Classis West ....................................... RH ..334                                           SUBJECT INDEX
{Reprobation ......................................................... HB ..127          Subject                           Title                       Author page
,Respect of Persons ........................................... DHK .. 328               ABORTION
Responsibilities Towards Children (2) ..............KK .. 134                              Grand Rapids Church Funds Abortions..... RDD ..202
Responsibilities Towards Children (3) ..............KK .. 279                            ALCUIN
Responsibilities Towards Children (4) ..............KK .. 427                              Alcuin, Educator ............................................. HH ..298
Retaining Our First Love ...................................JLK ..195                    AMILLENNIALISM
Return of Christ, The........................................ BLG .. 449                   Interest in Amillennialism............................... RC .. 297
Returning to Nazareth .......................................JDS .. 123                  ANSELM
:Returning to the Lord ......................................AdH .. 371                    Anselm of Canterbury .................................... HI3 .. 379
,RFPA Secretary's Annual Report ....................... PK .... 69                       ANTICHRIST
Salt .................................................................... DHK .. 202       Antichrist Foreshadowed, The ..................... JAH .. 208
`Scandal ............................................................. DHK ..375         ARMOR OF GOD
,Seeking  Rest ....................................................... CJH ..328           Soldier's Proper Footwear, A ........................ JLK .. 483
Self Evaluation .................................................. GVB .. 110              Wearing the Girdle of Truth .......................... JLK .. 459
Seminary Library ..............................................RDD . . 418               AUGUSTINE
Shift in Protestant Reformed Thinking ........... AvZ . .463                               Augustine, Theologian of Sovereign Grace.. HH ....58
Soldier's Proper Footwear .................................JLK ..483                     BAPTISM, INFANT
Soviets Grant Religious Freedom ....................RDD .. 186                             Infant Baptism  - "Unbiblical Tradition" ..... TM ...... 6
Sower of Seed, The ............................................. BW .. 330                 Infant Baptism  - Theological Detour .............. PC ...... 7
,Specific Instruction to the Beloved.................. GVB . . 181                       BARABBAS
Spiritual Decline ...............................................AdH .. 175                Barabbas Preferred ......................................... JLK ..243
Spiritual Decline (2) ..........................................AdH .. 252               BERNARD
Sponsors for Covenant Children .......................DJS .. 127                           Bernard of Clairvaux ...................................... HH . . 405
Stewardship ..................................................... DHK .. 107               Mind of a Monk ................................................ JH ..463
istressed-Out  Pastors ........................................RDD .. 422                BIBLE
Sufficiency of Scripture ......................................MK .. 303                   Bible is God's Word, The ............................... MK .... 65
Supreme Court Discovers a Constitutional Right                                             Bible is God's Word, The ............................... MIX.... 79
:  toDie .................................................................. JL ....83      Bible is the Word of God, The ....................... MK .... 15
`Synods and General Assemblies .....................RDD . . 464                            Book Claims Woman Wrote Part of the BibleRDD  . .94
!That Gracious Gift of Steadfast Faith...............JAH .. 423                            Infallible Inspiration ........................................MK .. 160
That Proper Weeping and Laughing ...............JAH .. 285                                 Perspicuity ....................................................... MK . . 183
;That Wonderful Covenant (3) ..........................JAH ....63                          Purpose of Sacred ScriptureThe ................... MK .. 368
That Wonderful Covenant (4) ..........................JAH .. 103                           Purpose of Sacred Scripture (2) ..................... MK .. 393
iTheistic  Evolution's War Against Christianity DJE . .341                                 Sufficiency of Scripture .................................. MK .. 303
/Thoughts Worth Pondering .............................RDD .... 94                         Unity of Scripture, The ................................... MIX.. 254

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BLESSING                                                                            CHURCH ORDER, Art. 23
  Blessing God and Cursing His Children....... JDS ..435                             Work of Elders, The....................................... RLC.... 17
BOESAK                                                                              CHURCH ORDER, Art. 24
  Boesak Resigns ..............................................RDD .... 57           Appointment of Deacons .............................. RLC ...187
BONIFACE                                                                            CHURCH ORDER, Art. 25
  Boniface: Apostle to the Germans ................HH .. 275                         Work of Deacons, The ................................... RLC ...249
CALVIN, JOHN                                                                        CHURCH ORDER, Art. 26
  Calvin Congress ............................................RDD .... 57            Diaconal Cooperation .................................... RLC. ..47 3
  John Calvin and Women Deacons ................ RJD .. 282                         CHURCH POLITY
  John Calvin Taught.That? ............................. RJD .... 85                 Shift in Protestant Reformed Thinking ........AvZ ...46 3
CARES                                                                               CHURCH/STATE
  Casting Your Cares Upon God ......................JLK .. 387                       Creche and the Constitution: May Municipalities
CATHOLICISM, ROMAN                                                                    Sponsor Nativity Scenes? ................................. JL ...136
  Accursed Idolatry, An ..................................RDD .... 37                Home Schoolers Appeal Certification
  By What Authority? ........................................ HH .... 30              Requirements to Michigan Supreme Court.... JL ...44 6
  Church, "The" .............................................. TCM .... 35           Recent Developments in Church/State Law... JL ...23 3
  Continuing Controversy with Rome ........... GVB .... 41                           Supreme Court Discovers a Constitutional
  God's Continuing Controversy with                                                   Right to Die ....................................................... JL .... 83
   Unchanged Rome ...........................................DJE .... 28             U.S. Supreme Court Overturns Tax Protester's
  Justified by Faith Alone ..................................JDS .... 27              Convictions ....................................................... JL ...3 00
  Papacy, The ....................................................... JC .... 33    COLUMBA
  Praying: To Mary or to Christ? .................... RJD .... 38                    Cohunba: Missionary to Scotland ................ HH ...153
  Reformed Doctrine of Salvation by Grace vs.                                       COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS
   Rome's Salvation by Works ..........................CJT .... 43                   Reforming Reformed Church, A ................... HH ...419
CHARISMATICS                                                                        COMMON GRACE
  Kansas City Prophets ....................................RDD .. 201                Puritans on Common Grace ........................... GF ...29 5
CHILDREN                                                                            COMMUNICATING
  Playgrounds and Battlegrounds ..................MBL .. 307                         Can We Talk? Can We Listen to Each Other?RJD  .138
CHILDREN, RESPONSIBILITIES TOWARD                                                   COMMUNISM
  Responsibilities Toward Children (2) ............KK .. 134                         Collapse of Communism ................................ DJE ...198
  Responsibilities Toward Children (3) ............KK .. 279                         Horror Out of Hell ............................................ NJ. ..27 4
  Responsibilities Toward Children (4) ............KK .. 427                        CONFERENCES
CHILDREN, SALVATION OF                                                               Officebearers' Conference ................................. JS ...320
  Rebellious Young People and Children Dying                                        CONTACT COMMITTEE
   in Infancy ..........................................................NJ.. 223     News From the Contact Committee ............. HH .... 92
C H R I S T I A N S                                                                 CONTENTMENT
  Foxhole Christians ........................................RDD ..247               Contentment ................................................. DHK...15  6
  How Many Americans are Christians......... RDD ..422                              COVENANT
  Unsaved Professing Christians? .................... SW .. 439                      Also Yet the Canadian Reformed ("Liberated")
CHRISTMAS                                                                            Covenant View ............................................... JDJ .. .271
  Returning to Nazareth .................................... JDS .. 123              Approach to Covenant Children ................... DJE .... 53
CHURCH                                                                               Approach to Covenant Children (2) ............. DJE ..... 76
  Made to be Christ's Royal Bride ...................JAH .. 471                      Approach to Covenant Children (3) ............. DJE ... 101
CHURCH HISTORY                                                                       Approach to. Covenant Children (4) ............. DJE .. . 125
  Alcuin, Educator ............................................. HH ..298            Approach to Covenant Children (5) ............. DJE .. . 149
  Augustine, Theologian of Sovereign Grace .. HH ....58                              Approach to Covenant Children (6) ............. DJE .... 173
  Bernard of Clairvaux ......................................HH .. 405               Correction from the NRC .................................. JB ..... 55
  Boniface: Apostle to the Germans ................HH .. 275                         "Election Theology" of Covenant, An .......... DJE ...269
  Cohunba: Missionary to Scotland ................HH .. 153                          "Election Theology" of Covenant (2) ............ DJE ...29 3
  Extent of the Atonement, The ..........................BS ..367                    "Election Theology" of Covenant (3) ............ DJE ...317
  .Gotteschalk ...................................................... HH ..234       "Election Theology" of Covenant (4) ............ DJE .... 365
  Patrick, Missionary to Ireland........................l!IH .. 112                  "Election Theology" of Covenant (5) ............ DJE ...43 7
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP                                                                    "Election Theology" of Covenant (6) ............ DJE ...46 1
  Church Membership in an Evil Age .............SRK .. 400                           God's Covenant and Missions ....................... WB ... 177
  Church Membership in an Evil Age (2) ....... SRK ..425                             PR Churches in Good Company, The .............. SS ...367
  Church Membership in an Evil Age (3) ....... SRK ..440                             That Wonderful Covenant (3) ....................... JAH .... 63
  Church Membership in an Evil Age (4) ....... SRK ..466                             That Wonderful Covenant (4) ....................... JAH ...103

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     j CREATION                                                                                                                      Last Battle, The ............................................... BLG .. 259
     i Created in the Image of God.........................Adh .. 355                                                                Last Battle (2) ................................................. BLG .. 332
     . Creation and Redemption ........................... DHK . . 357                                                               Lawless Generation, The ............................... BLG ... 162
     I Creation and Science...an d Common Grace . DJE ..221                                                                          Millennium, The ............................................. BLG ... 225
     I  (2) ....................................................................DJE ..245                                            Pleasure Madness, Sign of the End .............. BLG .. 116
     j Creation in Our Schools ...................................LL .. 351                                                          Reformed Eschatology .................................... c c .. 200
     I Creationism  - vs. the Testimony of                                                                                           Return of Christ, The ..................................... BLG .. 449
     1 "Science" .......................................................... GL ..349                                                 World Calamities, Signs of the End .............BLG .... 20
     : Doctrine of Creation ................................................. 337                                                   EVANGELISM
     j Doctrine of Creation According to the                                                                                         Sower of Seed, The ... BW ............................... 330
     ! Reformed Creeds .........................................RDD ..344                                                            To Whom Shall We God'................................ BW .. 108
         Faithfully Interpreting the Creation  - only with                                                                          FAITH
,        the Bible ......................................................... SRK ..346                                               Earnestly Contending for the Faith ............. RDD . ..... 8
        Reformed Doctrine of Creation and the Reformed                                                                               Justified By Faith Alone .................................. JDS ..... 27
         Christian's View of Environment ..................TN .. 352                                                                 That Gracious Gift of Steadfast Faith ...........JAH ... 423
         Theistic Evolution's War Against ChristianityDJE  341                                                                      FAMILY
: Worlds Framed by the Word of God ............JDS .. 339                                                                            Playgrounds and Battlegrounds .................. MBL .. 307
: CURSING                                                                                                                            Reformed Family: Grandparents ................ MBL .. 210
        Blessing God and Cursing His Children....... JDS ..435                                                                       Reformed Family: Women in the Church.. MBL ....89
I DEACONS                                                                                                                            Responsibilities Towards Children (2)........... KK .. 134
; Appointment of Deacons ..............................RLC .. 187                                                                    Responsibilities Towards Children (3) ........... KK .. 279
; Diaconal  Cooperation ....................................RLC ..473                                                                Responsibilities Towards Children (4) ........... KK .. 427
        John Calvin and Women Deacons ................ RJD .. 282                                                                   FAMILY VISITATION
        Work of Deacons, The ...................................RLC ..249                                                            Family Visitation ............................................ RLC .... 87
DEATH OF CHRIST                                                                                                                      Family Visitation (2) ...................................... RLC.. 151
j Barabbas Preferred .........................................JLK ..243                                                             FAMINE
        Parting of His Garments .................................JDS . .267                                                          Famine Again ................".............................. RDD ..302
' DECLINE, SPIRITUAL                                                                                                                 Famine and Children .................................... RDD ..422
        Returning to the Lord ...................................AdH .. 371                                                         GAYS
j Spiritual Decline............................................AdH .. 175                                                            Gays and the Church .................................... RDD ..399
DECLINE, SPIRITUAL (cont.)                                                                                                          GKN
        Spiritual Decline (2) ......................................AdH .. 252                                                       Continuing Decline of the GKN, The ..........RDD .... 94
; DISCIPLINE                                                                                                                         Dutch Dominies Disco ................................. RDD .. 186
        Rebellious Young People and Children                                                                                        GOD
         Dying in Infancy ..............................................NJ.. 223                                                     Majesty of God (2) .......................................... CJT ..469
:  DOCTRINE                                                                                                                          Preciousness of Knowing God ....................... CJT .. 447
! Importance of a Doctrinal Christianity ....... AdH ..395                                                                          GOTTESCHALK
        Importance of a Doctrinal Christianity (2). . AdH . .441                                                                     Extent of the Atonement, The.. ........................ BS .. 367
j ELDERS                                                                                                                             Gotteschalk ...................................................... HI-I.. 234
        Work of Elders, The .......................................RLC .... 17                                                      GRACE
     ELECTION                                                                                                                        Reformed Doctrine of Salvation by Grace vs.
        "Election Theology" of Covenant, An........... DJE .. 269                                                                     Rome's Salvation by Work .............................CJT .... 43
        "Election Theology" of Covenant (2) ............DJE .. 293                                                                  GRANDPARENTS . .
        "Election Theology" of Covenant (3) ............DJE .. 317                                                                   Grandparents .................................................... CF.. 297
        "Election Theology" of Covenant (4) ............DJE .. 365                                                                   Reformed Family: Grandparents ................ MBL .. 210
        "Election Theology" of Covenant (5) ............DJE .. 437                                                                  GRIEF
        "Election Theology" of Covenant (6) ............DJE .. 461                                                                   God's Work in Our Grief ............................... WB .. 105
     ENVIRONMENT --                                                                                                                 HOME SCHOOLING
        Reformed Doctrine of Creation and the Reformed                                                                               Home Schoolers Appeal Certification Requirement
         Christian's View of Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TN . . 352                                              to Michigan Supreme Court ............................JL..44  6
     ESCHATOLOGY                                                                                                                    HOPE
        Antichrist Foreshadowed, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JAH . . 208                                           Hope ............................................................. DHK ..258
        Behold, I Come Quickly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JLK . . 147                         Hope Through the Resurrection .................... JLK .. 291
        Every Work Made Public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BLG . . 491                               Pilgrims and Strangers on Our Way to...
        Famine Again . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RDD . . 302     Earth?............................................................... RJD ..403
        Famine and Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RDD . . 422                     HYPOCRITE
        Jesus is Coming Soon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RDD . . 158                     Hypocrite ...................................................... DHK ..398
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ISAIAH 6, STUDY OF                                                              NEW ZEALAND
  Exposition of Isaiah 6 (5) .............................. GCL .... 67.         Fishermen Fishers of Men ........................... RGM ....
  Exposition of Isaiah 6:1-13 (6) ...................... GCL .. 114             ORGANIST
LAUGHTER                                                                         Church Organist, The ................................................. 70
  Joyful Princes in God's Kingdom .................JAH .. 373                   PAPACY
  That Proper Weeping and Laughing ............JAH .. 285                        God's Continuing Controversy with Unchanged
LAWLESSNESS                                                                       Rome ............................................................... DJE .... 28
  The Lawless Generation ................................BLG ..162               Papacy, The ........................................................ JC .... 33
LAYING ON OF HANDS                                                              PASTORS
  Concerning Laying on of Hands ..................... EC .. 129                  Stressed-Out Pastors .................................... RDD ...42 2
LETTERS                                                                         PATRICK
  Also Yet the Canadian Reformed ("Liberated")                                   Patrick, Missionary to Ireland ....................... HH ...112
  Covenant View ................................................JDJ ..271       PENTECOST
  Church Relations............................................... lK .. 127      Pentecost Fully Come ..................................... JLK ...36 3
  Death of the Wicked and the Pleasure of God GS . .296                         PERFECTION
  Extent of the Atonement, The .......................... BS .. 367              Pressing on to Perfection............................... GVB ...140
  Horror Out of Hell ............................................NJ.. 274       PERSECUTION
  Infant Baptism  - "Unbiblical Tradition" ..... TM ...... 6                     Muslims Torture Christians ......................... RDD ...30 3
  Interest in Amillennialism ............................... RC ..298            Soviets Grant Religious Freedom ................ RDD ...186
  PR Churches in Good Company, The ............. SS .. 367                      PERSPICUITY
  Presumptive Regeneration? ........................... PW .... 78               Perspicuity ....................................................... MK. ..18 3
  Puritans on Common Grace ............................ GF ..295                PHILIPPIANS, BOOK OF
  Reformedl Eschatology ....................................CC .. 200            Paul's Personal Interest in the
  Reprobation ......................................................HB ..127      Philippian Church......................................... GVB .... 61
  Shift in PR Thinking ...................................... AvZ . . 463        Self Evaluation .......................................... ..... GVB ...llO
  Sponsors for Covenant Children ................... DJS .. 127                  Pressing On to Perfection .............................. GVB ...140
LOVE                                                                             Specific Instruction to the Beloved ...............GVB ...181
  Constraining Love .......................................... JDS ..315         Final Farewell ................................................. GVB. ..23 1
  Jealous Love of God, The .............................AdH .... 81             PITY
  Love That Reconciles ......................................JLK .... 51         Father's Pity, A ............................................... JLK.. .... 3
  Retaining Our First Love ................................JLK .. 195           PLEASURE, God's
MARIOLOGY                                                                        Death of the Wicked and the Pleasure of GodGS ...29 5
  Praying: To Maryor to Christ? .................... RJD .... 38                 Pleasure of God, The ...................................... BW ...130
MASS                                                                            PREACHING
  Accursed Idolatry, An ..................................RDD .... 37            Applicatory Preaching .................................. CJH ...205
MTLLENNJUM                                                                       Evaluating Sermon Criticism ....................... RVO ...325
  Millennium, The .............................................BLG ..225         Jesus Came Preaching ................................... RLC ...32 1
MISSIONS                                                                        PROMISE OF GOD
  God's Covenant and Missions ....................... WB .. 377                  Another Encouraging Shadow ..................... JAH . .. 236
  Mission News ................................................ RDD .... 57     PSALM 81, STUDY OF
  Mission Principles: The Executor ...............RVO .. 376                     Exposition of Psalm 81:lff. ............................ GCL ...26 1
  Mission Principles: The Motives .................RVO .. 227                    Exposition of Psalm 81:3 ............................... GCL ...48 8
  Mission Principles: The Objects ..................RVO .. 164                  PURITANS
  Mission Principles: The Task ......................RVO .. 277                  Puritans on Common Grace ........................... GF ... 295
 .News From the Domestic Mission Corn. ...... DD .. 179                         REDEMPTION
  News from the Foreign Mission Corn. ....... MDV ..230                          Creation and Redemption ............................ DHK .a.357
  Sower of the Seed, The ................................... BW .. 330          REFORMATION
  To Whom Shall We Go? ................................. BW ..108                Accursed Idolatry, An.. ................................ RDD ..... 37
MONASTICISM                                                                      By What Authority? ....................................... HH .... 30
  Bernard of Clairvaux ......................................HH ..405            Church, "The" ............................................... TCM .... 35
  Mind of a Monk ................I ...............................JH .. 463      Continuing Controversy with Rome ............GVB .... 41
NATIVITY SCENES                                                                  Praying: To Mary or to Christ? ..................... RJD .... 38
  Creche and the Constitution: May Municipalities                               i.Reformed  Conflict with Rome ................................... 25
  Sponsor Nativity Scenes? .................................JL .. 136            ,-Reformed Doctrine of Salvation by Grace vs.
NETHERLANDS REFORMED                                                              Rome's Salvation by Work ............................ CJT.. .. 43
  Corn&ion  from the NRC ..................................JB .... 55


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RECO~CILIA'IION                                                                           SCIENCE
 Love That Reconciles ......................................JLK ....51                     Creation and Science...an d Common Grace . DJE .. 221
 Reconciliation ............................................... DHK .... 14                Creation and Science...an d Common Grace (2)
REFORMED CHURCH                                                                                                                                                       DJE
                                                                                            ...........................................................................      ... 245
 Reforming Reformed Church, A.. ..................HH .. 419                                Creationism - vs. the Testimony of "Science"
REFORMED JOURNAL                                                                            ........................................................................... GL .. 349
 Reformed Journal Will Be No More ............RDD .. 186                                  SELF EVALUATION
REGENERATION                                                                               Self Evaluation .............................................. GVB ... 110
 Presumptive Regeneration? ...........................PW .... 78                          SEMINARY
REPENTANCE                                                                                 New Seminary ............................................... RDD ..... 58
 Repent or Perish ..............................................JDS .. 219                 Seminary Library .......................................... RDD .. 418
REPORTS                                                                                    Westminster May Lose Accreditation ......... RDD .... 94
 From Tasmania Home  - a Report................BW .. 212                                   What's Happening at 4949 Ivanrest?........... RDD .,, 132
 News From the Contact Committee ..............HH ....92,                                 SISTER-CHURCH RELATIONS
 News From the Domestic Mission Corn. ...... DD ..179                                      Church Relations .............................................. IK .,s 127
 News From the Foreign Mission Corn. ...... MDV ..230                                     SONG OF MOSES
 Report of Classis  East ..................................... JJl3 .... 23                Exposition of the Song of Moses ................. GCL .. 156
  .......................................................................... JJH ..214     Exposition of the Song of Moses (2) ............ GCL .. 203
  .......................................................................... JJH ..430    SPECIAL ISSUES
 Report of Classis West .................................... RH ....45                     Doctrine of Creation ................................................. 337
  .......................................................................... RH..3 34      Reformed Conflict with Rome ................................... 25
 RFPA Secretary's Annual Report ................... PK ....69                             SPONSORS
REPROBATION                                                                                Sponsors for Covenant Children ................... DJS .. 127
 Death of the Wicked and the Pleasure of GodGS . .296                                     STANDARD BEARER
 Pleasure of God, The. BW .............................. 130                               Reminiscences on the Early SB ...................... CH .... 14
 Reprobation ..................................................... HB .. 127              STEADFASTNESS
RESPECT OF PERSONS                                                                         Wearing the Girdle of Truth .......................... JLK ..459
 Respect of Persons ....................................... DHK .. 328                    SYNOD
RESURRECTION                                                                               Binding Decisions of a Reformed Synod ...... DJE .. 389
 Hope Through the Resurrection ....................JLK .. 291                              1991 Synod of the PRC ................................... DJE ..414
RIGHT TO DIE                                                                               PRC Synod 1991 .............................................. DJE ..392
 Supreme Court Discovers a Constitutional                                                  Pm-Synodical  Sermon .................................. GVB.. 411
  Right to Die ....................................................... JL ....83           Synods and General Assemblies ................. RDD .. 464
RIGHTEOUSNESS                                                                             TASMANIA
 Pursuing Righteousness Unto Life ................JDS .. 171                               From Tasmania Home  - a Report................ BW . . 212
RUTH, BOOK OF                                                                             THANKFULNESS
 Book of Ruth, The .......................................... CJH ..257                    Forget Not the Lord Thy God........................ JDS .... 75
 Book of Ruth: Lesson 1 ................................. CJH .. 284                      THEISTIC EVOLUTION
 Naomi-Mara: Jehovah                                                                       Theistic Evolution's War Against ChristianityDJE  341
 -Plenteous in Mercy ..................................... CJH .. 306                     WARC
 Seeking Rest.................................................... CJH . . 328              Boesak Resigns .............................................. RDD .... 57
 Chaste Conversation Coupled With Fear .... CJH ..429                                     WCC
 My Redeemer ................................................. CJH .. 452                  World Council of Churches ......................... RDD .. 302
 His Name Shall Endure Forever ...................CJH .. 468                              WOMEN IN OFFICE
SABBATH OBSERVANCE                                                                         John Calvin and Women Deacons .................RJD .. 282
 What to do About the Second Service......... RDD ..248                                    Korean CR Churches Disturbed ................. RDD .... 94
SALT                                                                                       Poignant Betweenness .................................. RDD ..248
 Salt ................................................................. DHK .. 202         Reformed Alliance ........................................ RDD .. 159
SALVATION                                                                                  Reformed Family: Women in the Church.. MBL ....89
 Work Out Your Salvation ............................. GVB .... 11                         Woman to Head the NCC ............................ RDD .. 202
SCANDAL                                                                                    Women in Church Office ............................. RDD ..399
 Scandal .......................................................... DKH .. 375            WORD OF GOD
SCHiLDER,  KLAAS                                                                           Bible is God's Word, The ............................... MK .... 65
 Belated Contribution to the Schilder                                                      Bible is God's Word (2) .................................. MK .... 79
 Commemoration, A ...................................... D JE .. 485                       Bible is the Word of God, The ....................... MK .... 15
                                                                                           Infallible Inspiration ....................................... MEC .. 160
                                                                                           Perspicuity.. ..................................................... MK . . 183

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WORD OF GOD (cont.)                                                                                      THE PROTESTANT REFORMED
      Purpose of Sacred S&pture, The ..................MK .. 368                                                   SEMINARY
      Sufficiency of Scripture ..................................MK ..303
      Unity of Scripture, The ...................................MK .. 254                                    INVITES YOU TO AN
WORD STUDIES                                                                                               INTERDENOMINATIONAL
      Contentment ................................................. DHK ..156                            CONFERENCE
      Hope .............................................................. DHK ..258
      Hypocrite ...................................................... DHK ..398
      Reconciliation ............................................... DHK .... 14                          October 30-November  1,199l
      Respegt of Persons ....................................... DHK ..328                                        TO DISCUSS
      salt ................................................................. DHK ..202
      Scandal .......................................................... DHK ..375                                  "The
      Stewardship .................................................. DHK ..107
WORKS RIGHTEOUSNESS                                                                                          Reformed'
      Reformed Doctrine of Salvation by Grace vs.
      Rome's Salvation by Work ............................CJT ....43                                          D o c t r i n e
                                                                                                                of Holy
                                                                                                            S c r i p t u r e " .
                                                                                                                 m                             .`
                                                                                                                                                .:
                                                                                          Rev. Robert D. Decker - Professor of Practical
                                                                                          Theology, Protestant Reformed Seminary,
                                                                                          speaking on
Perfect Love has pow% to soften                                                                   "The Inspiration of Holy Scriptut&
Cares that might our peace destroy,
Nay, does more - transforms them often,                                                   Rev. Herman C. Hanko - Professor of Church History
Changing sorrow into joy.                                                                 and New Testament, Protestant Reformed  Seminary,
                                                                                                                                                .
                                                                                          speaking on "A Reformed Hermeneutic"
Sov'reign Love appoints the measure,
And the number of our pains;,                                                             Dr. Nelson D. Kloosterman - Professor of Ethics,
And is pleased when we find pleasure                                                      Mid-America Reformed Seminary, Orange City, Iowa,
In the trials He ordains.                                                                 speaking on
                                                        The Standard Bearer,                             "Holy Scripture and Ethics"
                                                               Octobr 15,1932
                                                                                          Rev. David J. Engelsma  - Professor of Dogmatics
                                                                                          and Old Testament, Protestant Reformed  SeminGy,
                                                                                          speaking on
                                                                                                   "Genesis Chapters 1 through 11:
                                                                                                              Myth or History?"

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     I News From Our Churches
      Mr. Benjamin Wigger


     Evangelism Activities                       our Southeast PRC in Grand Rapids,               First, weextendcongratulations
             The Reformed Witness Commit-        MI and they want to continue receiv-       to Rev. and Mrs. Heys. This month
     tee, comprised of members from our          ing taped sermons of Rev. Key,             marks the 50th anniversary of Rev.
     : Edgerton, MN and Doon and Hull,           Randolph's new pastor. High speed          Heys' becoming a pastor in. our
      IA PRC's, is again sponsoring a Bible      copying equipment has been pur-            churches. Rev. and Mrs. Heys served
     j Study at Dordt College. Plans call for    chased and the mailing of tapes has        in four of our churches:, Hope in
     ' the students to meet together Mon-        begun.                                     Walker, MI, Hull in Iowa, South Hol-
     : day evenings at 7 PM in the Dordt                We might add, in connection         land, IL, and Holland, ML During
     I College library. For Bible study this     with the foregoing, that because a         those years Rev. and Mrs. Heys were
     , year, the committee has made plans        tape recording was not made of his         also sent by our churches nine times
     ; to study the first 11 chapters of Gen-    inaugural sermon,Rev. Key took time        to labor inJamaica.  They spent eight
     I esis. Not only Protestant Reformed        afterwards to record that sermon on        months with the Orthodox Presbyte-
     ! students, but also those outside our      Jeremiah l:l-10, for the sake of those     rian Church in Christchurch, New
      churches do attend and are most            who might have an interest in hearing      Zealand. After retirement in 1980,
      welcome. If any of our readers know        it.                                        they were sent three times to work in
     StudentsatDordtwhomightbeinter-                                                        the mission field in Wellington, New
     I ested, please do take the time to in-     Congregational Highlights                  Zealand. We are also happy to report
1 form them of these meetings and en-                   In one of our past `NewsN col-      that, after a heart attack earlier this
     courage them to come. If you have           umns it was reported that our              year, Rev. Heys has again resumed
     any questions, please call Rev. Russ        Hudsonville, MI PRC began to video         preaching from many of our area
1 Dykstra at (712) 726-3382.                     record their services, with the intent     pulpits. May God continue to use
,            The Evangelism Committee of         of sending these on to the congrega-       him and his wife in the years ahead.
' our First PRC in Grand Rapids has              tion in Larne, Northern Ireland, for           And second, Rev. C. Hanko,
been sending a letter to each visitor            use there until a man accepts the call     presentlylaboringinorirmissionfield
j who signs the Guest Book in the                to serve as missionary on that field.      inVenice,FLonbehalfofourchurches,
      narthex of their church. The commit-       Hudsonville has found that several of      suffered a blood clot in one of his
; tee believes it is their calling to recog-     our own PR churches, along with            lungs and was hospitalized in
nize the attendance of these visitors,           several individuals, have also ex-         Bradenton from July 20 until July 26.
j to invite them to return, and also tell        pressed interest in receiving video        Presently Rev. Hank0 is regaining
      them.about  the particular mission of      copies. This increase in use and de-       strength and is feeling much better.
; First Church and the PR churches of            mand for more copies resulted in the       Plans call for him to leave Florida
j America. The letter contains some              Hudsonville congregationapproving          August 27 for some rest in Michigan.
: historical details of the church and           the purchase of new video equipment
; also addresses the specific calling of         to help meet this increase in demand.      Ministerial Calls
: the church.                                           To get their fall society season         Atacongregationalmeetingheld
             The Church Extension Commit-        offtoaflyingstart,theYoungPeople's         August 12, the Hudsonville; Mli PRC
      tee of our Randolph, WI PRC received       Society of the Loveland, CO PRC            extended a call to Rev. R. Hanko to
fromanon-PRdonoragiftof$l,OOO.OO                 planned an overnight camping trip to       serve as missionary pastor to the saints
      for tape copying equipment and sup-        Bull Mt. for August 23,24.                 in Larne, Northern Ireland.
1 plies. A few individuals from differ-                 Also in August the Young                 Rev. B. Gritters declined the call
      ent areas of the country had been          People's, Jr. and Sr. Mr. and Mrs., and    he had received to serve as pastor of
' receiving sermon tapes regularly from          older members of the Southeast PRC         the Southeast PRC in Grand Rapids,
                                                 in Grand Rapids, MI, were all invited      MI. Soon after, the Council of South-
                                                 for a day of fun and fellowship canoe-     east formed a new trio consisting of
                                                 ing down one of Michigan's fine            the Revs. D. Kuiper, G. VanEaren,
                                                 streams.                                   mnd R. VanOverloop.  Cl
     Mr. Wigger is a member of the Protestant           Before we look at ministerial
     Reformed Church OfHudsonville,  Michi-      calls, a couple of notes concerning
     gan.                                        two of our emeritus ministers.

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                 NOTICE!!!                                         NOTICE!!!           '                   WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
          An evening commemorating 25                    The Annual meeting of the                         On September 27, 1991, D.V.,
 years of covenant education at the                 R.F.P.A. (Standard Bearer) will be             our,beloved,  parerits,
 Northwest Iowa Protestant Reformed '               held in Grandviile Protestant Reformed         -`MR. atid MRS.*KEITH de'KLEFiK,
 School, Doon, IA, is being planned.                Church (40th St.) on Thursday, Octo-           cill celebrate their 25th wedding@ni-
 All supporters, former students, teach-            ber 3, at.8 PM.                                versary.
. et&, and friends are invit&d to attend a               Election of new board members                     ,We are grateful to our-Lord for
 shot-l program in the Doon Protestant              will take place from the following nomi-       God-fearing parents who sought to
  Reformed Church on October2,1991,                 nations: Rich Bos, Bernie Bruining,            tetidkus  theaways  of Gixl. We pray
 at 8 PM. The school will be open prior             Tom Bodbyl, Mark Engelsma, Leon                that the Lotid will continue to bless
 to the program.                                    Garvelink, and Bill Langerak.                  them in the years that He may give.
                                                         Rev. Ken Koole, pastor of our             `The Loid taketh pleasure in them that
      WEDDING ANNIVERSARY                           Faith Church, will speak on the sub-           fear him, in those that hope in -his
          On September26,1991,  ourpar-             ject "Committed to Exposing Old                mercy. Praise the Lord, 0 Jerusalem;
 ents,                                              Wolves in New Wool." Demonstrate               praisethyGodOZion"(Psalm147:11,
     ED and MARGE BRUINSMA,                         your support of the Standard Bearer            12).
 hope to celebrate 50 years of mar-                 by your attendance. Men, women,                Rik and Elisabeth vandervelde
 riage. We, their children, thank God               young people - all are warmly en-              Theo deKlerk
 forthe many years He has given them                couraged to attend.                                                           New Zealand
 together and the loving instruction He                            Peter Koole, Secretary
 has given us at their hands. `The Lord
 taketh pleasure in them that fear him,
 inthosethat hope in hismercy" (Psalm
 147:i 1).
 Bill and Dorothy Witvoet                               WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
 Jack and Irene Pfau                                     The Lord willing, on October 1,                       REMEtiER:
 Lou Musich                                         1991, our parents,
 Ed and Patty Bruinsma                              MR. and MRS. GILBERT GRIESS,                                IntroduCtory
          10 grandchildren                          will celebrate their 50th wedding anni-
          6 great-grandchildren                     versary. We are thankful to our cov-                        subsi?iptions
                                                                                                                  -iwe still
                              Loveland, Colorado    enant God for the many years they
                                                    have shared, and for the love and                             half-price
          CONGRATULATIONS!!!                        godly instruction we have received                          ($6.00 US for
          The council and congregation of           from them. It is our prayer that the                          domestic;
 Southwest church express their con-                blessing of our God may be upon
 gratulations to                                    them. "I will sing of the mercies of the                   or $7.50 US fo?
          REV. and MRS. HERMAN                      Lord forever: with my mouth will I                            foreign).
                 VELDMAN,                           make known thy faithfulness to all
 who celebrated their 59th wedding                  generations" (Psalm  89:l).
 anniversary on September 9. We also                Ileen Wrenn                                                  Do a friend
 rejoice with them as Rev. Veldman                  Ivan Griess
 enters the 60th year of service to our             Leon and Vi&i Griess                                               a
 churches as minister of the Word and               Glen and Twyla Griess                                      faver - with a
 sacraments. In commemoration of                    David and Rachel Griess                                 gift subscription to
 these milestones, we invite you to join            Dennis and Sharon Griess                                         The
 with the congregation of Southwest                 Tim Griess                                               Standard Bearer.
 as we present a short program on                        23 grandchildren
 October 11 at 8 PM. Refreshments                        5 great-grandchildren
 will be served.                                                                   Loveland, CO

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