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      Meditation - Rev. James D. Slopsema
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                                                  Becoming as Little
Meditation
Rev. James Slopsema                              Children
      At the same time came the disciples        them that the more they became as            Children, for example, are trusting.
untoJesus, saying, Who is thegreatest in         little children, the greater they would      They are also very frank Jesus, how-
the kingdom of heaven?                           become in the kingdom. In that con-          ever, would focus our attention on
      And Jesus called a little child unto       text Jesus also called the disciples to      thefactthatlittlechildrenarehumble.
him, and set him in the midst of them,           conversion. For they certainly had           This is evident from the fact that after
      And said, Verily I say unto you,           not been like little children in their       Jesus called His disciples to become
Except ye be converted, and become as            dispute.                                     as little children, He added, "Whaso-
little children, ye shall not enter into the          Well do we consider thisinstruc-        ever therefore shall humble himself
kingdom  of  heaven.                             tion of our Lord.                            as a little child, the same is greatest in
      Whosoever therefore shall humble                The dispute concerning who              the kingdom of heaven."
himself as a little child, the same is great-    would be greater in the kingdom re-               Humility is the opposite of pride.
est in the kingdom of heaven.                    vealed a fatal flaw in the thinking of       Whereas pride is to have an inflated
                         Matthew 18:1-4          the disciples, a flaw which Jesus gra-       opinion of self, humility is to have a
                                                 ciously corrects.                            moderate or low opinion of self.
      From the parallel accounts in                   The error of the disciples is also           Little children are characterized
MarkandLukewelearnthatwhileon                    prevalent today in the church.               by such humility. Older children
the way to Capemaum Jesus' dis-                       We do well then to hear the in-         (teenagers) and adults often get
ciples had been reasoning among                  struction of Jesus that we must be-          caught up in an exaggerated estima-
themselves which of them should be               come as little children.                     tion of their own importance. They
greater in the kingdom of heaven.                            *******                          have an elevated opinion of them-
Having arrived in Capemaum Jesus                      In response to the disciples' ques-     selves. This is not true, however, Iof a
asked them what they had been dis-               tion, Jesus called a little child to Him-    little child. He hardly even has a
putingabout. Embarrassed and some-               self and set the child in the midst of       concept of self.
what hesitatingly the disciplines in-            the disciples.                                    This natural humility of a little
formed Jesus.                                         We do not know who this child           child also showsitselfin his behavior.
      Matthew in his account does not            was. According to Mark's gospel,             A little child does not seek his own
give us this background information              Jesus and His disciples were in              honor or boast of his own greatness as
but merely focuses in on the question            someone's home. Most likely this             adults and older children often do. A
of the disciples. Which of them would            child belonged to this home.                 little child does not consider himself
be greater (not greatest, as the KJV                  Nor do we know the age of this          to be too important to associate with
has it) in the kingdom?                          child. We are simply told that it was        others whom the world may judge to
     Much to the surprise of the dis-            a little child. On the one hand, he was      be below him. If allowed, the son of
ciples, Jesus placed a little child be-          little enough that Jesus could take          a king will gladly play with the son of
fore them. Jesus informed them that              him into His arms before placing him         a slave. Nor does a little child con-
unless they become as little children            before the disciples. This we learn          sider certain tasks too demeaning or
they would not even enter into the               from Mark's gospel. On the other             beneath him. With joy and zeal he
kingdom. Jesus proceeded to inform               hand, he was old enough to come to           will take on the lowliest of tasks.
                                                 Jesus when called.                                This childlike humility must
                                                      JesusindicatedthatHisdisciples          also characterize us.
                                                 must become as little children. Jesus             Theideaisnotthataswemature
                                                 meant that there are certain natural         we must somehow retain the natural
                                                 characteristics of a child that must         humility we had as little children.
Rev. Slopsema is pastor of Hope Protes-          characterize the disciples spiritually.      Jesus is not interested here in humil-
tant Reformed Church in Walker,                       There are several things that es-       ity on a natural level. The meaning is
Michigan.                                        pecially characterize little children.       rather that we must have and exhibit

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a higher spiritual humility, a humility                     *  *  *  *  *  *  *                ting out of all our sin, a standing
rooted in faith, a humility however                    Except ye become as little chil-        before God without sin. This righ-
that is mirrored by the natural humil-           dren, ye shall not enter into the king-       teousness is the only way into the
ity of a little child.                           dom of heaven.                                kingdom. Those who are righteous in
      Let us consider this higher, spiri-              Whosoever therefore shall               Jesus Christ daily enter into the king-
tual humility of faith.                          humble himself as a little child, the         dom in a very spiritual way to enjoy
      Faithbringsus the knowledge of             same is greatest in the kingdom of            its pleasures and riches.
our sins and misery. Faith also brings           heaven.                                            For that reason Jesus speaks of
us to the knowledge of salvation in                    Jesus speaks here of the king-          the necessity of a childlike humility to
Jesus Christ.                                    dom of heaven.                                enter in the kingdom. For a childlike
      The fruit of this faith is deep                  Many view the kingdom of                humility is the necessary fruit of faith
humility. One who possesses and                  heaven only as a future reality, some-        and thus the proof of faith.
lives by faith sees himself as he really         thing that will be established at the              Many claim to have faith but
is. Of himself he is corrupt and de-             end of the world. Fact is, the kingdom        have not humility. This lack of a
praved, guilty before God, worthy of             has existed for centuries. It was es-         child-like humility shows that either
eternal damnation. Of himself he is              tablished at the coronation of Jesus,         their claim to faith is false or they are
nothing and can do nothing worth-                when He ascended into heaven and              not walkingin their faith. Neither are
while. In things that really matter,             was seated at God's right hand. True,         they able to enter into the kingdom to
i.e., in things spiritual and eternal, he        the kingdom is not yet complete. Its          enjoy its riches, so long as they walk
is by nature no better than anyone               completion awaits theretumof Christ           in pride.
else. True, as a believer saved by               and the renewal of all things. Hence,
grace in Jesus Christ, he is a new               though the kingdom has already
creature. In the power of Jesus Christ           come, we await its final completion.                 . . . the greater one is
he is able to accomplish many mighty                   As its name suggests, the king-               in childlike humility,,
works. Nevertheless, any good qual-              dom of heaven is not earthly but heav-
ity and work worthy of praise does               enly and spiritual in nature.                              the greater he is
not arise out of him but is given to him               It is not a kingdom found here                       in the kingdom.
of God. The awareness of these basic             on the earth that rivals the other na-
spiritual realities of life destroys all         tions of the world. It is a kingdom that
pride and makes the believer very                is found in heaven.                                Only those who have the child-
humble.                                                Of special concern to us are the        like humility of faith have a place in
                                                 riches of the kingdom. Its riches do          the kingdom. They enter into the
                                                 not consist of silver and gold but of         kingdom daily to enjoy its riches and
    No task in the kingdom                       the -blessings of salvation earned at         salvation. They also enter into the
       is below the dignity            "         the cross of Jesus Christ. These fabu-        kingdom at death in a way that is
      of one who possesses                       lous riches are to be had and enjoyed         beyond our ability to comprehend.
                                                 by all who in Jesus Christ truly be-               In addition to this, Jesus teaches
      the humility of faith.                .    long to the kingdom.                          that the greater one is in childlike
                                                      The childlike humility of faith is       humility, the greater he is in the king-
                                                 extremely important with respect to           dom. Whosoever therefore shall
     This humility of faith shows it-            this kingdom.                                 humble himself as a little child, the
self in that the believer seeks not his               First, a childlike humility is nec-      same is greatest in the kingdom of
own honor but the honor and glory of             essary to enter into the kingdom.             heaven.
God. He boasts not of himself but of             Except ye become as little children, ye            The world counts greatness by
God and the work of the cross. He                shall not enter into the kingdom of           how many others one can dominate,
does not consider himself too impor-             heaven.                                       control, and influence. The more one
tant to associate with the lowliest of                We must not imagine that one             can impose his will on others, the
mankind. One may have riches, posi-              enters the kingdom only at death,             greater he is in the eyes of the world.
tion, and honor in the eyes of men.              when his soul is taken by God into                 God's standard of greatness is
But if he has the humility of faith, he          heaven. Fact is, those who have not           completely different. God counts
will gladly visit the hovel of the poor          entered the kingdom before death              truly great those who serve others.
for the sake of the poor man's salva-            lose their soul in hell.                      The more we are willing to serve
tion. No task in the kingdom is below                 We enter the kingdom already             others the greater we are in God's
the dignity of one who possesses the             in this life. We do so by faith. For faith    estimation. This Jesus makes clear in
humility of faith. Following the ex-             clings to Jesus Christ to obtain the          Matthew 20:25-30,  where He points
ample of Jesus, he will even wash the            perfect righteousness of the cross.           to Himself as the supreme example of
feet of others.                                  Thisrighteousnessconsistsoftheblot-           greatness, in that He came not to be

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served but to serve others by giving          about which of them would be greater       lief of their sinful nature had been
His life a ransom for sin.                    in the kingdom had not arisen out of       dominating their thoughts and per-
     This greatness is found only in          humility but pride. The disciples still    spective. Jesus therefore called them
the humble. The proud have no con-            had a somewhat earthly conception          to conversion. They must turn frorn
cern to serve others. The proud are           of the kingdom. They envisioned            the pride of unbelief to the childlike
self-seeking and self-serving. Only           Jesus restoring Israel to her former       humility of faith that they might not
those who possess the childlike hu-           days of glory under David and              only enter into the kingdom but be
mility of faith are concerned to serve        Solomon. In this kingdom they all          truly great in the kingdom.
others. They delight to serve the Lord        sought positions of power, riches,              The same applies to us.
their God in the name of Jesus Christ.        influence, and honor. In their argu-            How easily we get caught up in
They also serve their neighbor, doing         ment about which of them would be          the pride of unbelief, so that we be-
good to allmen but especially to those        greater in the kingdom each was striv-     come self-serving, striving for a false
of the household of faith. In this            ing for a higher position. This arose      greatness.
service, no one is too lowly for their        not out of the humility of faith that           Let us turn from all such folly to
love, no task below their dignity.            seeks to serve others but out of the       manifest the childlike humility of faith.
        These are truly great in the king-    pride of unbelief that is self-serving.         Then we will daily enter into the
dom.                                               Hence, Jesus called the disciples     kingdom to enjoy its riches and plea-
        And they shall receive a great        to conversion. They must turn from         sures.
reward in heaven.                             the pride of unbelief to the childlike          Then, too, we will be truly great
           *  *  *  *  *  *  *                humility of faith. No, the disciples       in the kingdom! 0
        Except ye be converted . . . .        were not unbelievers. Yet, neither
        The argument of the disciples         were they living their faith. The unbe-

                                              The Death of
                                              Confessional Calvinism
                                              in Scottish
                                              Presbyterianism
Editorial                                     (2)
                                              exception, and this is supposed to be        religion in human society (p. 119).
Common Grace and General                      the highest manifestation of coTon           Even specifically secular states and
                                              grace.                                       avowedlyatheisticsocietiesstillpos-
Revelation                                         Nevertheless, the Scottish theo-        sess strongethicalstructures (p. 121).
                                              logian teaches that the knowledge of
        From Scottish Presbyterian            God that unregenerated men have                 Macleod goes so far as to make a
Donald Macleod's book, Behold Yorrv           from the creation is due to a favor of     general revelation arising from the
God (BYG), we leam that "the pri-             God toward these men. He teaches           common grace of God produce a
mary instrument of common grace is            also that a result of this knowledge of    "natural theology": "If common grace
God's generalrevelation" (p. 121). In         God on the part of the unregenerate is     enables unregenerate men to `see
fact, the author does not mean this.          the presence of good in both the indi-     clearly' in the realm of natural theol-
For a little later he makes plain that he     vidual and society.                        ogy (Romans 1:20) how much more in
thinks the "primary instrument of                                                        the realm of natural science?" (p. 139)
common grace" to be God's special               Laudable qualities (are) to be found     Thus does the doctrine of common
revelation, that is, the preaching of           in the lives of those who are totally    grace bring a Presbyterian into the
the gospel. Macleodviews the preach-            alienated from God (p. 117).             murky waters of Roman Catholic the-
ing of the gospel as the expression of          Through common grace God also            ology.
the grace of God for all men without            preserves some sense of morality and          It is fundamental Roman  doc-

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      trine that the revelation of God in           but awful divine justice: "in order                   Common grace is doingthe  same
      creation and history results in right,        that they be without excuse."                  ~ damage to the fundamental doctrines
      though incomplete, knowledge of                     In all of the dreadful passage,            of the inspiration of Scripture, cre-
      God in the mind of the natural man.           Romans 1:18-32, there is no grace of             ation, and the fall among Presbyteri-
      This knowledge then becomes the               God, only wrath; no blessing, only ~ ans in the British Isles that it is .doing
      meritorious stepping-stone to a sav-          curse; no goodness of men, only evil.            among the Reformed in North
      ing knowledge of God through the              He who runs may read. This is why                America.
      gospel. The basic error in Rome's             the apostle is not ashamed of the
      teaching of "natural theology" is her         gospel of Christ (vss. 16, 17) and is            Assault on the Theology of
      denial of total depravity. The natural        ready to preach it also to the Gentiles          Hoeksema
      man has some spiritual ability to re-         (v. 15). Grace, blessing life, and good-              It is when Donald Macleod con-
      spond positively to the revelation of         ness come only through the gospel.               siders Herman Hoeksema's objec-
      God in creation. The same basic error               In passing, Professor Macleod              tions to commongrace that error finds
      is found in Presbyterian Macleod, as          hints very broadly that God's "com-              allies in misrepresentation and con-
      we shall see.                                 mon grace revelation" of Himself in              fusion.
            The biblical basis put forward          creation is the reason why the Presby-
      for this is Romans 1:19,20:  "Because         terian churches should accept the
      that which                                                                                     World-Flight!
                     may be known of God is         current scientific theories of an earth
      manifest in them; for God hath                that is billions of years old and of the              Professor Macleod portrays
      showed it unto them. For the invis-           origin of all things by evolution.               Hoeksema's opposition to common
      ible things of him from the creation of            He is unhappy with those Chris-             grace as the anabaptisticandmonkish
      the world are clearly seen, being un-         tian thinkers who are guilty of "virtu-          penchant for world-flight:
      derstood by the things that are made,         ally proscribing (unregenerate sci-
      even his eternal power and Godhead;           ence) and invoking the fact of its                 A second objection to the doctrine of
                                                                                                       common grace (by Herman
      so that they are without excuse."             rmregenerateness  to justify rejection             Hoeksema - DJE) is that it is incon-
            Incredibly, Macleod ignores             of its conclusions, especially in con-             sistent with the accursedness of ae-
     verse 18, with which the passage be-           nection with the theory of evolution               ation. According to this point of
      gins. Verse 18 expressly attributes           (p. 138). He thinks that we should                 view, the world is exclusively evil
      the revelation of God to the                  repent of the folly of the 19th century            and horrible and Christians can have
      unregenerated heathen in creation,            defenders of the biblical doctrine of              no part in it. The only course open to
      not to a common grace  of God but to          creation who "blundered with little                them is to separate from it, create
      His common  wrath:  "For the wrath of         preparation into the debate on cos-                their own self-contained communi-
      God is revealed from heaven . . . . II The    mogony and geology" (p. 140). In this              ties and leave secular art, politics,
      immediate and exclusive reaction of           context, Presbyterians are exhorted                culture and commerce to the chil-
                                                                                                       dren of darkness (p. 126).
      the heathen (whether in the jungle of         "cordially" to welcome IIthe scientific
      Africa or in the jungle of the Univer-        achievementsofnaturalmen" (p. 140). ~                 To the Protestant Reformed
      sity of Chicago) to this knowledge of              The reader was alerted to this              reader, this description of the Protes-
      God as regards His eternal power              impending havoc that common grace ~ tant Reformed objection to common
      and Godhead is that they "hold the            would wreak on the inspiration of the            grace is laughable. It needs no refuta-
      truth in unrighteousness" (v. 18);            opening chapters of the Bible, on the           tion. To the Reformed and others in
      change "the glory of the uncorruptible        historicity of the first chapters of Gen-       the United States and Canada who
      God into an image . .." (v. 23); and          esis, and, thus, on the foundations of           are familiar with the history of the
      change II the truth of God into a lie" (v.    the Christian religion already in the           PRC and who know the members of
      25), not liking "to retain God in their       fourth chapter of BYG:                          these churches, this attempt to an-
      knowledge" (v. 28). The sole purpose                                                          swer the Protestant Reformed objec-
      ofGodwiththismanifestationofHim-                We should also bear in mind that              tion to common grace by rendering
      self is "that they are without excuse"          mediate creation may have involved            the objection absurd itself falls by the
      (v. 20).                                        very long processes; that certain             weight of its own absurdity.
           In this general revelation is no           records of the course of events in-                 ButMacleod'sbookcirculatesin
      grace of God but only wrath burning             volved in these processes may be
                                                      accessible to us today; and that these        the British Isles and elsewhere in Eu-
      from heaven. Its effect upon the indi-          records may be researched by spe-             rope where readers lack this first-
      vidual and society is not good, but             cialists in the various scientific disci-     hand acquaintance with the PRC and
      gross evil - the evil of their perver-          plines. There is indisputably both a          their people and may, therefore, sup-
      sion of the truth of God and the evil of        theological and a palaeontological            pose that the objection of the PRC to
      God's avenging Himself by giving                record of the sequence of creation            common grace actually is a florm of
      them up to ethical perversions. The             events and each is a legitimate sub-          anabaptism.  Reading this  descrip-
     purpose behind it is not divine favor,          ject of human research (p. 44).

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tion of the PRC, a Scot might well            tant Reformed Christians, and Prot-             ent relations and departments of life
imagine that the members of the PRC           estant Reformed Christians unto the             they are called to reveal themselves
in North America huddle together in           world (Gal. 6:14). Surely this is also          as members of thebody of Christ, the
their isolated communes like the old          true of Presbyterian Christians in the          holy church, the communion of
Mennonites or the Amish of the                British Isles.                                  saints. They must be holy in ali their
present day.                                        But the separation is spiritual,          walk and conversation. They are
                                                                                              called to be holy in the home, in the
      ProtestantReformedpeoplelive            not physical, although it can, and              education of their  children, in the
in many of the largest cities, as well as     should, take physical form, e.g., in            state, in the relation of employer and
in the country. They are found in             not marrying an unbeliever. Physi-              employee, in store and office and
every occupation, including business          cally, GodwillsNew  Testament Chris-            shop, in all of life. They represent the
and the professions. They are active          tians to live in and among the world.           cause of the Son of God and walk
in politics. There are among them             The reason is not, however, that the            according to the will of their Lord
accomplishedmusicians, poets, paint-          world is somewhat good by virtue of             Jesus Christ. This means that in the
ers, and other artists. They attend the       common grace. To suppose so, and                spiritual, ethical sense they cannever
symphony, visit the art galleries, and        teach so, is to destroy the spiritual           be unequally yoked together with
                                                                                              unbelievers (pp. 616,617; cf. also p.
even occasionally take in a ball game         antithesis that must at all costs be            7 4 3 ) .
on a weekday. Their Christian schools         maintained. Professor Macleod is
educatetheirchildrenineverybranch             fyilty of this: uCommon grace pro-                 To represent this urgent call to
of human knowledge and prepare                vides us with a biblical rationale for        the saints as a plea for world-flight is
themtoliveandworkinNorthAmeri-                involvement in the world" (BYG, p.            misrepresentation.  0
can society.                                  142). But the reason is that both the                                            - DJE
      This way of life does not conflict      church and the world must develop
with their opposition to common               by means of this close contact with
grace but is in harmony with it.              each other. Also, God will be glori-
      The PRC do indeed regard the            fied by a'church that shines as light in
world as "exclusively evil and hor-           the midst of darkness. Besides, it is
rible." By "world" is meant the unbe-         not creation, the creatures, and the                         NOTICE!!!
lievers and the system of life that they      earthly ordinances that are evil (cf. I                      Attention!!
control. This is the world whose god          Tim. 4:lff.).                                         Annual RFPA meeting
is Satan (II Cor. 4:4); the `world that            Herman Hoeksema's objection                  September 24,1992,8  P.M.
lies in wickedness (I John 519); the          to common grace was not an expres-                Hope Church (Grand Rapids)
world that all Christians are forbid-         sion of anabaptism, that is, physical              After the annual meeting held in
den to love (I John 2:15). The world is       world-flight. It was an expression of         1941 (just over 50 years ago), the
"evil and horrible," spiritually and          zeal for the antithesis, thatis, spiritual    church news editor for the SB la-
ethically - exclusively "evil and hor-        world-fight. Macleod may be ex-               mented the fact that, whereas "the
rible." Itsevilisthatit doesnotknow,          cused for not having read Hoeksema's          first meeting of this kind was attended
glorify, and serve God. Its evil is           Niet Doopersch Maar Gereformeerd              by approximately 350," there were
horrible in that the world is now ex-         (Not Anabaptistic but Reformed),              only 29 on hand in 1941 to hear Rev.
posed as having crucified the Son of          with which he maybe unfamiliar. He            Marinus Schipper speak on "Jehovah
God (cf. John 12:31).                         is to be faulted, however, for ignoring       Our Banner." "Judging by the atten-
     From this world, God has sepa-           what Hoeksema wrote in explanation            dance," the news editor added, "we
rated Protestant Reformed Christians,         of the antithesis in his  Reformed Dog-       are hopelessly lost."
with all true Christians everywhere.          matics (hereafter, AD), with which                 What will our attendance be on
He has done. this by the sanctifying          Macleod is quite familiar. What               September 24 of 1992?  The cause is
call of the gospel on the basis of the        Hoeksema wrote concerning the                 worthy. The attendance, often, is
cross accordingto eternalpredestina-          church's attribute of holiness is typi-       disheartening. Men, women, young
tion (cf. I Pet. 2:9; Gal. 1:4; John 176).    cal - and crystal-clear:                      people, families-you are all encqur-
Protestant Reformedchristians, with                                                         aged to come and hear Rev. Wilbur
all true Christians everywhere, know            For these members of the body of            Bruinsma speak on the role that ttne
themselves to be called by God to live          Christ arein the world. They have nq        SB can have in strengthening do+
in separation from the world: "Be ye            calling to go out of the world and to       enant families.
not unequally yoked together with               organize a colony of saints in some              New board members will be
unbelievers . . . come out from among           secluded spot. On the contrary, they        elected from a nomination consisting
them, and be ye separate . . . fl (II Cor.      must be in the world, and live its
                                                whole life in all its relationships, in     of: John Cleveland, Jon Engelsma,
6~14-18).                                       home and school and state and soci-         Fred Hanko, Leonard Holstege Sr.,
     This separation is absolute. The           ety, in labor, in industry, in business,    Jim Huizinga, and Cornie Kamps.
world has been crucified unto Protes-           in commerce. But in all these differ-                      Cal Kalsbeek, Secretary

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All Around Us
Prof. Roberf Decker



A DECISION THAT                               report which stood somewhere in                Heidelberg Catechism, Lord's Day
SATISFIES NEITHER SIDE                        between these two positions. Synod             21, Q. &A. 55). (b) Any failure of the
                                              rejected the minority reports and              church to use women's gifts results
                                                                                             in a serious impoverishment of the
         The Synod of the Christian Re-       adopted the majority report. It is this        church's life and inhibits women's
formed Church (CRC) took just such            latter decision which satisfies neither        joyful  service in the church (I Cor.
a decision last June, a decision that         side.                                          12). (c) Women already minister in
satisfies neither side in the dispute                  What synod adopted is as fol-         thesecapacitiesonmissionfieldswith
concerning women in office raging             lows (quoted from the July20 issue of          great blessing.
across that denomination. In 1990,            Christian Renewal,  RDD):                      * Thatsynodremindcongregations
the reader will recall, the CRC synod                                                        that diversity in the denomination
decided to admit women to the spe-              * That synod attach the grounds of           will result in variations in practice.
                                                                                             * That synod urge  churches  which
cial offices of minister and elder in the       Report 31 (the report submitted by
                                                the committee appointed to gather            havealready introducedpracticesnot
church. Whether women would be                  the biblical data in support of the          authorized by the Church Order to
admitted to the office of elder or min-         1990 decision to open all offices to         bring them into agreement with the
ister was to be left to the discretion of       women, RDD) to the decision of 1990          above decisions.
the local congregations. This deci-             as a summary of the biblical data
sion was to be ratified by the synod of         gathered from previous synodical                The above quoted decision is an
1992, and the necessary changes were            study reports on this issue.               obvious attempt to keep both1  the ad-
to be made in the Church Order. The             *      That synod not ratify the change    vocates of women in church office
synod of 1991 took two decisions con-           in the Church Order, Art. 3, and that      and those who oppose women in of-
cerning this question. One was to               the current reading be retained.
                                                       Grounds: (a) Although biblical      fice in the denomination. A.clear-cut
appoint a committee to gather the               arguments have been advanced both          decision to ratify the 1990 decision
biblical data in support of the 1990            for and against ordaining women to         wouldnodoubthaveresultedtimany
decision to permit women to preach              the offices of the church, the biblical    more conservatives leaving the CRC.
and rule in the church, and the other           support for ordination presented in        Likewise a clear-cut decision not to
was to reject numerous overtures call-          Report 31 is not sufficiently persua-      permit women to preach or teach
ing for a rescinding of the 1990 deci-          sive to win the confidence and sup-        would have resulted in an exodus of
sion. Faced with all this the commit-           port of the church. (b) There is rea-      liberals from the CRC. So the decision
tee of pre-advice presented three re-           son to believe that ratification would     taken is a compromise, but oompro-
ports to the synod of 1992: a minority          aggravate the current unrest and di-
                                               visiveness in the church, and there-        mises never work. Neither side is
report recommending ratification of             fore ratification would not be pru-        satisfied. The liberals and .women
the 1990 decision, a minority report            dent in the current polarized situa-       feel patronized. The conservatives
recommending rejecting ratification             tion.                                      are convinced the CRC is still moving
of the 1990 decision, and a majority            * That synod encourage the                 in the direction of admitting women
                                                churches to use the gifts of women         to all offices of the church.
                                                members to the fullest extent pos-              As to the decisionitself, how can
                                                sible in their local churches, includ-     there be biblical arguments which are
                                               ing allowing women to teach, ex-            both for and against ordaining
                                                pound the Word of God and provide
                                               pastoral care, under the supervision        women? Does not the Bible speak
                                                of the elders.                             clearly on this issue? Does Scripture
                                                       Grounds: (a) Scripture teaches      present two opposing positions on
                                                and our confessions affirm that men        this question? If so, what is the be-
                                               and women alike have been gifted by         liever to think? How can the biblical
ProJ Decker is professor of Practical The-      the Holy Spirit for the edification of     support for ordination presented in
ology in the Protestant Reformed Semi-          the church (Acts2:17-28,  Romans 12,       Report 31 be "not sufficientlypersua-
nary.                                          I Cor. 11:5, Gal. 3:28, Eph. 41-13,

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sive"? Is the Bible's teaching on this          Reformed confessions. The minor             that they"mustbethehusbandofone
question an enigma, somethingwhich              confessions of the church, the Church       wife."
puzzles, baffles, a riddle?                     Order, the Forms for ordination, all             The alleged "biblical support for
      Women, according to this deci-            speakofqualifiedmenbeingordained            ordaining women" can be found only
sion, may now teach and expound the             into the special offices of the church.     by twisting the Scriptures. And twist-
Word of God and provide pastoral                Article 30 of the Belgic Confession         ing the Scriptures amounts to deny-
care under the supervision of the el-           speaks of " . . . faithful men (not         ing the pIain teachings of God's Word.
ders. What is the difference between            women, RDD) being chosen accord-                 Finally, the decision is not hav-
expounding and exhorting? Male                  ing to the rule prescribed by St. Paul      ing the desired effect. Just this morn-
seminarians are allowed to exhort in            in his Epistle to Timothy" to govern        ing (August 18) we learned that 85%
the churches. What is the difference            the church. Likewise, Article 31 of the     of the membership the Dutton CRC
between expounding and preaching?               same Confession speaks of men being         voted to leave the CRC and form an
Men are ordained to preach the Word             chosen to their respective offices by a     independent congregation, Duttonis
of God. And, is not the work of a               lawful election of the church.              asmallcommunityjustsouthofGrand
minister always under the supervi-                                                          Rapids, Michigan. 85% of Dutton's
sion of the elders? Of course! Still                                                        membership represents about 100
more, who in the Reformed tradition                 Twisting the Scriptures                 families. Eastern Avenue CRC in
denies that the Holy Spirit has blessed         amounts to denying the plain                Grand Rapids, in spite of the synod's
women with gifts to edify the church?                                                       decision, has just recently elected sev-
The questionis, may women use those                teachings  of  God's Word.               eral women to the office of elder.
gifts in the office of minister or elder?                                                        It is a decision that satisfies nei-
The clear answer of Scripture is "no                                                        ther side. What is more, it is a dfeci-
they may not." They may use their                    The inspired apostle states cat-       sion which offends Almighty God,
giftsin  the home, the Christian School,        egorically: "But I suffer not a woman       who clearly revealed His will on this
in the fellowship of the saints (Bible          to teach, nor to usurp authority  over      matterinHisinspired,infallibleWord.
Study Societies, Sunday School, etc.),          the man, but  to  be in silence" (I                                                cl
but not in the office of minister or            Timothy 212). In chapter three of the
elder or deacon.                                same Epistle the apostle speaks of "a                                   The Banner
      What is much more serious is              man desiring the office of a bishop."                          Christian Renewal
the fact that this question involves            In this same chapter one of the quali-                   The Grand  Rapids Press
our view both of Scripture and of the           fications for both elder and deacon is



                                                Think on These
From Holy Writ Things
Rev. George Lubbers


      Finally, brethren, whatsoever things      in me, do: and the God of peace shall be    things that are excellent. Yes, they
are true, whatsoever things are honest,         with you.                                   must be sincere until the day of Jesus
whatsoever things are just, whatsoever                               Philippians 4:8,9      Christ. And they will need knowl-
things are pure, whatsoever things are                                                      edge and alljudgment to approve the
lovely, whatsoever things are of good                Sometimesittakesalongtime to           things which are excellent. They must,
report; if there be any virtue, and if there    say good-bye to a dear friend or to a       finally, be a church which Christ will
be any praise, think on these things.           brother or sister whom you love very        present to God without spot, a pure
      Those things, which you have both         dearly and for whom you have a deep         bride in the glory and splendor of
learned, and received, and heard, and seen      and an abiding concern. Thus it is          heaven, made like unto the bod:y of
                                                here with Paul and the Philippian           Christ's glory, according to the work-
                                                church in this letter. Paul's great         ing whereby he is able to subdue all
                                                prayer to God to this church is that        things unto himself. Paul is fully
Rev. Lubbers is a minister emeritus in the      their love may abound yet more and          confident that God, who has begun a
Protestant Reformed Churches.                   more . . . that they may approve the        good workin  these Philippian saints,

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will also perform it till the day of Jesus    is also true in the church. The church       suggestions. A man who is pure of
Christ (Phil. 1:lO).                          too cannot ever really lie with a good       heart shall see God. Here too we
      It is noteworthy that Paul writes       conscience. John writes in I John 2:8,       cannot be "picky" and do as the Phari-
twice as if he is to conclude and finish      "Again, a new commandment I write            sees in the parable of Jesus in Luke
the letter. Once in Philippians 3:l:          unto you, which thing is true in him         18:10-14.  God forbid! We must be
"Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the         and in you: because the darkness is          perfect as our Father in heaven is
Lord...." And again in Philippians            past, and the true light now shineth."       perfect (Matt. 5:27-48).  On these in-
4:8: "Finally, brethren, whatsoever           Paul affirms that the things which the       structions of Paul we must constantly
things are true . . ..`I                      poets write concerning the people of         "think"; we must give heed to our
      It is of this exhortation and in-       Cyprus is "true," namely, that they          ways by the standard of Jesus' teach-
junction that I would briefly write a         are "alway  liars, evil beasts, slow bel-    ing in Matthew 15:16-20.
few words of interpretation.                  lies." Here we see the import of what              The next two categories of vir-
      We first call attention to verse 8.     Paul says: whatsoever things are true!       tues to be considered are whatsoever
This verse contains a brief summing           These we must consider for our very          things are "lovely" and are of "good
up of the U things" which the church of       life's sake.                                 report."
all ages must believingly and prayer-                  Secondly, we should notice that           What is the implication of the
fully consider. When we set to pon-           verycloselyassociatedwith the things         term "lovely"? This term reminds us
der these several (eight in all) matters      which are true are all the things which      of sweet-smelling ointment, of #a con-
we cannot but think of the profound           are "honest." It requires a great deal       duct which is altogether pleasant,
appreciation that the psalmist has for        of honesty always to speak what is           breathing love and good-will. Such a
the perfect law of the LORD. (Read            true! The term in the Greek text             walkis  both truthful and full of sweet
Psalm 19:7-11.)  With the psalmist we         translated "honest" is really what is        honesty, as well as of righteousness
exclaim "Who can understand his er-           fl grave," meriting serious consider-        and things well spoken of. These we
rors? Cleanse thou me from secret             ation. What is grave is of rich import.      must pursue in our Christian walk
faults . . . . Let the words of my mouth,     It must not be taken lightly, for it is      with our neighbor. And this must be
and the meditation of my heart, be            pressed down by the weight and evi-          loving mutuality. It is not a one-way
acceptable in thy sight, 0 LORD, my           dence of truth, of reality. A man who        street. It is a walk in the garden of
strength, and my redeemer."                   speaks truth with his neighbor is a          God where we bear m,uch fruit.
     For notice the first two matters.        grave man. We count such a man to                  The last of these triads of two
These are whatsoever things are true          be venerable, as "aged goodness"             each is "praise." It is not vain flattery,
and honest. Paul makes a cleansweep           spoken before the face of God and all        this praise. It is the praise which we
here. Not merely a few things, but            His angels.                                  receive from Godin a good conscience.
whatsoever things are true and honest.                 Now we notice the next two re-      The final chapter of this praise we
Sanctification is not piecemeal. It           alities mentioned by Paul. They are          read in Matthew 25:33-40.  Reald this
requires our whole being. Writes              "whatsoever things are@.&, whatso-           from your Bible!
Paul in IThessalonians  523, "And the         ever things are pure."                             However, Paul is not yet fin-
very God of peace sanctify you                    We ought to be informed that             ished. Paul was a man who beat
wholly; and I pray God your whole             the things which are just are such, not      himself with fists. To the weak he was
spirit and soul and body be presented         in themselves, but because they are          weak, that he might gain the weak.
blameless unto the coming of the Lord         both true and  honest!  In theological       He is made all things unto all men,
Jesus Christ." Hence, the sixfold             terms this means that the former are         that he might by all means save some.
"whatsoever things" in verse 8!               intrinsically true. The latter are what      He is not afraid to call the attention of
      That the virtues of what is "true"      they are morally and spiritually be-         the Corinthians to his intense dlenial
and "honest" are placed on the fore-          cause they are the very essence of           of self... "lest . . . when I have preached
groundisnoteworthy. Why that most             God's being. God is good. But when           to others, I myself should be a cast-
basic virtue ("what is true") is stated       we are just we are measured by His           away" (I Cor. 932713).
first will appear, we believe, upon a         goodness. The former are absolute in              Thus Paul in good conscience
little study of the Bible. The starting       nature (true and honest); thelatter are      can hold up before the Philippians his
point is the text in Romans 3:4: "God         relative (that is their relation to the      own walk and conduct. He calls at-
forbid: yea, let God be true and every        two former). A just man is measured          tention to four facets of his walk and
man a liar...." God is not a liar. He         by theverdict of Godinrelation to the        conduct in their midst: what they
cannot lie (Heb. 6:18). He swears by          standard that God is true and not a          have "learned" from him in his ser-
Himself to Abraham as the one for             liar!                                        mons and in his conduct in their midst
whom it is "impossible to lie." What                   Now let us proceed.                 from day to day. He dares to encour-
is "true" excludes all that is of the lie              The things which are pure are       age the Philippians to believe that in
of Satan, who is the liar from the            free from all moral and spiritual de-        this walk and preaching they find the
beginning. And what is true in Christ         filement: filthy thoughts, words, acts,      key to looking for the abiding pres-

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 ence of the "God of peace" in their         troubled,neitherletitbeafraid." And           Christ's disciples, when you havelove
 midst.                                      when Jesus came into the midst of the         for one another.
      He is not the God of confusion at      disciples in the upper room,  He.                    To have such a peaceable fruit of
 all. He works peace in Christ Jesus,        shewed them His hands and His side.           righteousness, we need that power of
who is the Prince of peace, who has          Then said He unto them, `Peace be :           God whichholdsustogether in  Chris-
come to make peace for us and in us.         unto you" (John 20:20,21).                    tianlove. Yes, thepeaceofGodwhich
He said to His disciples, in John 14:27:           And so the truth stands. The            passes all understanding shall keep
 "Peace I leave with you, my peace I         God of peace shall be with you1 for           our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus:
giveuntoyou: notastheworldgiveth,            herein shall all menknow that you are.       Amen!  0
give I unto you. Let not your heart be                                                                ,:'     .!'                ."        i



 When Thou Sittest                           The Refo~rm&l .`, . . . . .r
 In Think House                               Family:  Re%pedL
 Mrs. MaryBeth Lubbers

      Andhe[Elisha]wenf  upfrom  thence           The entire incident is one promi-             And our imaginations, too, `are,
unto  Befhel:andas  hewasgoingupbyfhe        nent illustration of God's strict re-        exceptionallyresourcefulin'excusing
way, fherecame~orfhlifflechildrenoufof       gard for a quaint, fast-becoming-out-        disrespectful behavior. No one de-
the cify, and mocked him, and said unto      dated word called respect. As schools        serves our respect. .Or, so very few in
him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou      all over this land begin, it is a passage    authority .eam our respect. The'em:,
bald head.                                   particularly appropriate for children        ployer doesn't understand the lot of "
      And he turned back, and looked on      and young people; but it is equally          the employee; the elder is not so eious
them, and cursed them in the name offhe      applicable to all members of the Re-         himself; the minister should practice
LORD. And there came forth two she           formed family.                               what he preaches; .the deacon is' too
bears out of the wood, and fare forty and         We are a generation which takes         materialistic himself to be a compas-
two children of them.                        a casual view of those in authority,         sionate distributor of funds; the
                      II Rings 2.23 & 24     from the local police officer, often         teacher is too rigid, or too lax, to be
                                             derisively referred to as a "fuzz," to       ,respected.  My mother is `inconsis-
      They were only little children.        the President of the U.S., who is ridi-      tent; my father, old-fashioned;  and:
They didn't mean what they said.             culed in the daily cartoon on the edi-       my husband is just as big a sinner as
                                                                                                                            -
Things like this happen when you get         torial page of your newspaper. The           I.
a group of kids together. They would         minister in the pulpit, the elder in the                          I  I                :  "
neverhave used such tauntingwords            pew, the employer in the market-                                                                   .I
had they foreseen the dire conse-            place, mothers, fathers, husbands,                       . . . dis&peqt a&es' .,
quences. Wasn't God a weebit harsh?          teachers in the school - no one is                 from our desire to be free
      The story described in II Rings        exempt from the gross disrespect of
223and24relates thehorrificstoryof           our age.                                             fi-om all restrictions.                       ..
                                                                                                                      `.
42 children mauled and eaten alive by             The Son of God Himself endured                 "
two ferocious mother bears. The chil-        the disrespect of his compatriots.
dren had merely mocked the. lack of          Listen to them: He is a winebibber                  Having' thoroughly excoriated '
hair of one of God's servants, Elisha,       .and a glutton - what kind of an             .all those to whom `I .owe respect,,`1 -'
and had told him where to go.                authorityfigureis that? He hangs out         have .made myself `.the ultimate ad-.
                                             with publicans and sinners L how             thority.  I defer  ti>  no  one.  "1  have'-
                                             can we respect a man who keeps               attained to the chilling words of
                                             company with folks such as these?            Judges 17:6, "Andeveryman didthat'.
                                             And, check out his background  -             which was right in his own eyes." :  i
                                                                                                 Each person legitimizes his re-'
Mrs. Lubbers is a wife and mother in the     how can anyone esteem a fellow who           bellious spirit;but, basically, disre-
Protestant Reformed Church  of  South        comes from Nazareth? We certainly            spect arises from our desire to be free'
Holland, Illinois.                           don't have to listen to Him!

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from all restrictions. Our inclination       Zion's walls when he is absent from         because my employer could hinder
is to resist God's rules for authority.      church by his frequent vacations?           my advancement up the company
At least, do things my way, tit my           Respect, obedience, submission, and         ladder. Not because ministers and
time, for my seeming advantage. This         allegiance are strictures. Oddly, we        elders can exercise "key" power. But
was Eve's desire in Paradise, although       wish to be birdsin the water, or fish in    becauseinhonoringallthesewehonor
that desire made her a prisoner for-         the air.                                    our Heavenly Father and the chain of
ever, and forever shackled all her                 Why must I show respect to all        command which He has ordered
sons and daughters.                          those in authority over me? Not only        (Ephesians 5 and 6).
      The employee wants to be free of       to preserve some sort of civil and               Perhaps, like Moses, we have
the restrictions set by his employer.        social order in this lawless society,       respect unto the reward (Hebrews
No time clock. Longer coffee breaks.         although an orderly society has de-         11:26).  I am willing to set aside my
More pay. Fewer hours. The wife              cided advantages. Not only to insure        will here because I have an eye for the
bridles at the rigidity and mundanity        domestic tranquillity, although a           reward which awaits all those who
of her confinement within four walls.        peaceful home is of infinite comfort.       keep the fifth commandment. I wish
Young people say, "Why should I              Notjustbecausemyfatherandmother             to live long that is, everlastingly, in
respect my parents' decision that I          care for me and are older and bigger        the heavenly Canaan.
must not attend the theater when,            than I am, and so it's in my best                Respect all those who have au-
behind drawn drapes, we watchmov-            interest to show them respect. Not          thority over you, for disrespect will
ies at home on our VCR  ?" The               because my teacher wields a red pen         kill you.
parishioner laments, "How can I re-          and can do hideous things with my                It killed 42 children. IJ
spect my elder as a watchman on              grades if I don't show due piety. Not





Go Ye Into All the                                       Calvinism and Missions
 World                                            1. Total Depravity
Rev. Ronald VanOverloop                                                                                                   I
      A "Calvinist" is one who main-         truths, not because they were taught        in sins and incapable of believing apart
tains the truths of the Reformed faith       by a man or by men who were instru-         from God'sregeneratinggrace. These
as summarized in the creeds of the           ments of God to bring about the great       assertions, often made without even
Reformation. These truths have been          church reformation of the sixteenth         an attempt to prove them, are consid-
summarized in the Canons of                  century, but because he finds these         ered sufficient to discredit the whole
Dordrecht: total depravity, uncondi-         truths taught conclusivelyintheBible.       of the Reformed faith.
tional election, limited or definite              There have been many who have               It is the intention of this rubric to
atonement, irresistible grace, and the       denied and even hated these truths of       examine each of the five points of
perseverance of the saints. It could be      the Reformed faith. A frequently            Calvinism in light of their use in and
said that all of these truths are sum-       heard criticism is that a Calvinist can-    application to the work of the mis-
marized in the truth of the sover-           not successfully do the work of mis-        sions. Webeginwith the  truthof  total
eignty of God.                               sions. It is stated that one cannot         depravity.
      A "Calvinist" maintains these          preach eff ectively unless he proclaims             *  *  *  *  *  * *
                                             .a universal love of God and a univer-           Total depravity is an essential
                                             sal atonement of Christ. It is said that    part of the Reformed faith and it is
                                             to maintain the truth of irresistible       clearly taught in our confessions. The
                                             grace makes mission work virtually          HeidelbergCatechismstates  that"our
                                             unnecessary. And it is said that to         nature is so corrupt, that we are all
                                             maintain the truth of total depravity       conceived and born in sin" and that
Rev. VanOverloop  is pastor  of Befhel       results in the missionary beating his       we are "so corrupt that we are wholly
Protestant Reformed Church in ElkGrove       head against a wall, that it is folly to    incapable of any good, andinclined to
Village, Illinois.                           tell theunconvertedthat they are dead       all wickedness" (q. 7,8). Man's willis

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 active and free to desire, but it is able     tually discerned" (I Cor.  214). The         not see the kingdom of God (John 3:6,
 to desire only evil. TheBelgic Confes-        knowledge that he was facing such            3).
 sion-declares that "through the dis-          alienation to the truth didnot stop the                 *x-s+****
 obedience of Adam original sin is             apostle from obedience to the com-                   In spite of charges to the con-
 extended to all mankind; which is a           mission of his Lord to go into all the      trary, the missionary who believes in
 corruption of the whole nature, and           world and teach all nations that they       the Reformed truth of total depravity
 an hereditary disease, wherewith in-          must do everything Jesus com-               is not unable to do the work of mis-
fants themselves are infected even in          manded. Paul and all the apostles of        sions. He is not stymied in his work.
their mother's womb, and which                 Christ knew that by nature every one        Nor is he doomed to failure before he
produceth in man all sorts of sin,             to whom they brought the gospel was         begins.
being in him as a root thereof; and            totally depraved. He tells the Ephesian             Much to the contrary, the truths
therefore is so vile and abominable in        and Colossian believers that they            of Calvinism, including that of total
the sight of God, that it is sufficient to    "were dead in trespasses and sins"           depravity, properly equip one for
condemn all mankind" (Art. 15). The           and that they "were sometimes alien-         being a missionary.
statement of the Canons of Dordrecht          ated, and enemies in your mind by                    The first main area in which the
is that "all men are conceived in sin,        wicked works" (Eph. 2:l; Col. 1:21).         Reformed missionary is equipped for
and by nature children of wrath, inca-        Concretely this meant for the apostles,      his labors is the all-important one of
pable of saving good, prone to evil,          and it means for every missionary            perspective.
dead in sin, and in bondage thereto,          today, that those to whom the Gospel                 First, the truth of total depravity
and without the regenerating grace of         is brought will not want to hear what        prepares the Reformed missionary
the Holy Spirit, they are neither able        is preached.                                 for what he will face as he brings the
nor willing to return to God, to re-                                                       Gospel of Jesus Christ to the
form the depravity of their nature,                                                        unconverted in this "present evil
nor to dispose themselves to reforma-                      The truth of                    world" (Gal. 1:4). He is not surprised
tion" (III-IV, 3). The Westminster                      total depravity                    that the truth is not understood and
standards are equally articulate in                                                        readily accepted. This truth spares
their description of man's total de-                          prepares                     him much personal frustration and
pravity (Confession, chapter VI;                  the Reformed missiona y                  disappointment. As he strives faith-
Larger Catechism, Q. 21-29; Shorter                 for what he will face                  fully to obey his Lord's commission,
Catechism, Q. 13-19).                              as he brings the Gospel                 he does not count successby the num-
      The truth .of total depravity is                   of' Jesus Christ                  ber of conversions, or by the size of
also biblical. "God saw that the wick-                                                     his audience and of largess of the
edness of man was great in the earth,               to the unconverted . . .               offering. He knows that his Lord
and that every imagination of the                                                          knows personally the difficulty of the
thoughts of his heart was only evil                                                        labors, and that in his Lord's ju'dg-
continually. N "There is `none righ-               Further, the objects of mission         ment success is measured byfaithful-
teous, no, not one.U fl All have sinned,      work would not even be able to re-           ness irilabors rather thanby the great-
and come short of the glory of God."          ceive spiritual things. The natural          ness of visible results.
Wherefore, as by one man sin en-              man doesnotbelieve the Gospel, does                  Secondly, theReformedmission-
teredinto the world, and deathby sin;         not love it, and therefore refuses to        ary sees no need to be ashamed in the
and so death passed upon all men, for         conform his life to it. Spiritual truths     proclamation of the message of the
that all have sinned." "If we say that        are foolishness to him. And the rea-         Gospel when he faces those who con-
we have no sin, we deceive ourselves,         son these spiritual truths are foolish-      sider it folly. He sees no need tat be
and the truth is not in us. If we say         ness to all men, as they are by nature,      hesitant or afraid to bring the Gospel,
that we have not sinned, we make              can be found in man's natural condi-         becausehismotivationtogoandteach
him a liar, and his word is not in us"        tion: natural man is not able to know        is derived not from seeing positive
(Gen. 5:6; Rom. 3:10, 23; 5:12; I John        them; he cannot know them. The               results on his work, but from grati-
118, 10).                                     reason for this helplessness of natural      tude for the gracious wonder of the
     When the apostle Paul preached           man with regard to spiritual things is       salvation of rebellious sinners, of
on the mission field he was very con-         that the things of the Spirit are "spiri-    whom he is chief.
scious of the fact that those to whom         tually discerned" (I Cor.  2:14). The                The second main area in which
he was preaching were totally de-             truths of the Gospel require a spiri-        the truth of total depravity equips the
praved. He told the Corinthians that          tual faculty to understand them,             Reformedmissionaryis that of meth-
"the natural man receiveth not the            which faculty the natural man lacks.         odology.
things of the Spirit of God: for they         This faculty is a gift of God's regener-             First, this truth teaches the Re-
are foolishness unto him: neither can         ating grace. He that is born of the          formed church that conversions will
he know them, because they are spiri-         flesh is flesh, and, therefore, he can-      not come because of the charisma of

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the missionary or because of the na-        sinner that the Reformed missionary           come to Jesus in sorrow and repen-
ture of the advertising used. The total     considers beyond hope.                        tance seeking forgiveness and rest for
depravity of those who are the objects           Secondly, theReformedandbib-             their souls.
of mission work is such an obstacle         lical truth of total depravity gives the           Finally, the truth of total deprav-
that it cannot be overcome by the wit       Christian the tool to show the                ity puts the Reformed missionary on
or power of man. It can only be             unconverted his need. The unsaved             his knees. The Reformed missionary
overcome by the power of the sover-         are of the opinion that the Gospel is         is greatly aware of his dependence
eign God. He alone can and does             foolishness. They are convinced that          upon the work of the Holy Spirit. He
open hearts (Acts 16:14). Before the        it is foolishness because they are of a       prays that the sovereign Lord will use
omnipotence of the almighty Spirit,         superior mind. The reality of the             his efforts as instruments which God
the natural man's hatred of the truth       matter is that they are blind. Total          may be pleased to use for the conver-
is like wax before the sun. When God        depravity shows them that their mind          sionand edification of those for whom
works in the elect true conversion,         is darkened. This truth puts them on          Christ died. His hope in preaching
then He "powerfully illumines their         their knees and fills their mouth with        and witnessing is that as he does his
                                            the petition, "Lord, that I may be able       work the Holy Spirit will change the
                                            to see!"                                      natural heart into a spiritual heart.
            There is no sinner                   Along with the apostle Paul,             The emphasis of his labor is not on
that the Reformed missiona y                every sincere minister of the gospel          finding the most effective method,
                                                                                          but on "simply" being faithful in his
    considers beyond hope.                  must proclaim "the whole counsel of
                                            God." The bookof Acts (which records          calling and in cultivating the spirit of
                                            the missionary labors of the church,          prayer. A prayerful attitude is a monu-
                                            including a record of many of the             ment to the truth of total depravity.
minds by his Holy Spirit, that they         sermons first preached in various             Simply to say that one believes in the
may rightly understand and discern          mission fields) does not use the word         truth of total depravity is not suffi-
the things of the Spirit of God." It is     "love," while it proclaims the Gospel         cient unless one prays God to convert
the sovereign God who "by the effi-         of Jesus Christ. The Scriptures were          and edify. The consciousness that if
cacy of the same regenerating Spirit,       used to speakof sin, of righteousness,        God does not give a new heart it will
pervades the inmost recesses of the         and of judgment. Paul called each of          never be done must live strongly in
man; he opens the closed, and softens       hisaudiences torepentance.  Theproc-          his heart. Then -the Reformed mis-
the hardened.`heart,  . . . infuses new     lamation of man's natural depravity           sionary will preach and witness with
qualities into the will" (Canons of         harmonizes with the gospel call,              the same disposition that framed his
Dordrecht, III-IV, 11). The Reformed        "Come unto me, all ye that labor and          prayers. Then he is looking unto God,
missionary may not have trust and           are heavy laden, and I will give you          that God may be pleased to bless his
confidence in himself and in his abili-     rest." Although many will hear the            preaching and witnessing. and make
ties, but he does have trust and confi-     proclamation of the gospel, only those        it effectual in the hearts of men and
dence in the sovereignLordof  heaven        who are convicted of sin will "labor          women and children. 0
and earth to be able to convert the         and.be  heavy laden." They will know
most hardened sinner. There is no           the voice calling them and they will


Book Review

Evangelical Theology: A Course of           basic Presbyterian doctrines. Hodge           professor of systematic theology at
Popular Lectures, by A.A. Hodge.            followed the standard Presbyterian            Princeton Seminary from 1877 to 1886,
Edinburgh: The Banner of Truth              format, beginning with the doctrine           when he died. The reader of this
Trust, 1990. 402 pages plus index.          of God and concluding with the doc-           volume, therefore, will catch some-
Hardcover. $20.95. [Reviewedby the          trine of thelast  things. Subjects treated    thing of the flavor of the Princeton
Editor.]                                    included the doctrines of Holy Scrip-         theology in the time of its glory.
                                            ture; of the Trinity; of predestination;            Added to the original volume in
     Evangelical  Theology is a reprint     of the covenants; of the offices of           this reprint is the memorial discourse
of the book originally published in         Christ; of sanctification; and more.          of Francis L. Patton uponDr. Hodge's
1887 as Popular Lectures on Theo-                 Archibald Alexander Hodge               death. This is a valuable, brief biogra-
ZogicaZ Themes. As the original title       was the illustrious son of the re-            phy of Dr. Hodge. Since Dr. Patton
indicated, the book consists of popu-       nowned Presbyterian theologian                was himself a professor of theology
lar lectures given by A.A. Hodge on         Charles Hodge. A.A. Hodge was                 (also at Princeton Theological Semi-

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   nary), it is permitted to him to jibe at          He does not think that the doc-                  Hodge's doctrine of the church
   the-preaching of professors of theol-       trine of predestination as set forth in        is very broad. Arminians are the
   ogy: "(they) preach old sermons full        the Westminster Standards is funda-            spiritual brothers of .Presbyterians
~ of the bones of theology which, like         mental to the Christian faith. In his          inasmuch as the  prminian party
   those of Ezekiel's valley of vision, are    treatment of predestination, he does           "holds all essential truth" (p. 136).
   very many and very dry" (p. xxviii).        not even mention reprobation. The              The better class of Arminians comple-
        Unfortunately omitted in this          explanation of Jesus' priestly office ~ ments Calvinism and is necessary to
   reprint is the entire last section on       emphatically teaches universal atone-          "restrain, correct, and supply the one-
   prayer that appeared in the original        ment in important respects, although           Sided strain" of Calvinism (pp. 136,
   work. Pages 107-116 of the original         Hodge alsolikes to salvage particular          137). "Romanists" are also the broth-
   work were a refutation of  "prayer-         redemption. When he comes to the               ers of Presbyterians since they prac-
   cure," or as we would say, "faith-          issue of the freedom or bondage of the         tice the one baptism with Calvinists
   healing." In the course of this refuta-     will, he vigorously defends freedom            (p. 338). Hodge disparages the insti-
   tion, Hodge stated excellently the          of the human will as the position of           tute of the church; advocates the
   Presbyterian position on the chris-         Calvinism. What he has in mind is              pluriformity  of the church; and mini-
   m&, or extraordinary gifts of the           "psychological" free will, not spiri-          mizes doctrinal differences. He de-
   Spirit. At a time when notions of           tual and moral free will. But the latter       nies that Christ ordained a specific
   "prayer-cure," faith-healing, and the       is the real issue in the conflict; and this    form of church government and
   presence in the church of the charis-       is what Hodge ought to be addressing           church organization.
   mata  are gaining popularity among          by a vigorous defense of the bondage                   This is latitudinarianism with a
   Presbyterian and Reformed people, it        of the will.                                   vengeance. It gives support to the
   would have been useful to have in-                Fallen man retains the image of          ecumenical efforts of the World Coun-
   cluded Hodge's criticism of them.           God, we are told, inasmuch as Hodge            cil of Churches. It has difficulty justi-
        Hodge gives sound explanation          identifies the  image  with man's intel-       fying the separation of the churches
   and good defense of certain of the          ligence and will. Not averse to draw-          of the Reformation from Rome. It
   fundamental biblical truths covered         ing out the astounding implication of          conflicts with Article 29 of the Belgic
   in the book. The reader will learn          this doctrine, Hodge assures us that           Confession on the marks of the true
   something about Presbyterianism             "the devil is in the image of God,             and of the false church. It differs with
   and, therefore, about biblical Christi-     because he is an intelligent spirit" (p.       the judgment of the Canons of Dordt
   anity. There is also incisive comment       155). This is to reduce the concept of         on Arminianism as the heresy of
  on contemporary issues. Hodge gives          the image of God to meaninglessness,           Pelagius  out of hell (II, Rejection of
  a damning indictment of irreligious          if not to absurdity. The implication           Errors/3).  It cannot be reconciled
  public education (p. 245) and passes a       ought to have sent Hodge back to the           with the Heidelberg Catechism's
  devastatingjudgmentuponChristian             theological drawing-board regarding            teaching that those who look to the
  parents who send their children to           the content of the image of God.               saints for part of their salvation are
  public schools:                                    Thelectureon"God'sCovenants              unbelievers and that the church that
    Who is responsible for the new doc-        with Man" is completely unsatisfac-            practices the mass is guilty of ac-
     trines of secular education which         tory. It is Arminian to the core. The          cursed idolatry and a denial of the
    hand over the very baptized children       essence of the covenant is supposed            one sacrifice of Christ (Questions 30,
     of the Church to a monstrous
    propagandism of naturalism and             to be a conditional promise (p. 166).          80).
    atheism? (p. 247).                         Accordingly, in the covenant with                      If this was the theology of old
        Nevertheless, the evangelical          Adam-a covenant of works accord-               Princeton in the days of its glory, the
  theology of A.A. Hodge is weak and           ing to Hodge - "God offered to man             refusal of hundreds of Presbyterian
  erroneous in basic areas of the Re-          in this gracious covenant of works afi         ministers to condemn fundamental
  formedfaith-astonishinglyso. Like            opportunity of accepting his grace             departures from the faith and to take
  the Princeton men in general, Hodge          and receiving his covenant gift of a           a stand for the truth in the early 1900s
  is concessive toward evolutionary            confirmed, holy character, secured             becomes understandable. Indeed, it
  science; He is open not only to a very       on the condition of personal choice.           is understandable that the Fresbyte-
  old earth but also to the evolutionary       God gave Adam and Eve the best                 rian Church apostatized into mod-
  origin of all things, including man,         chance he could ,.." (p. 168). In the          ernism. And if this theology is the
  although he insists on the creation of       covenant of grace, "which makes hu-            theology of evangelicalism at the end
  man's soul. He virtually concedes            manredemptionpossible,"  Godgives              of the20thcentury-and  the sounder
  that Genesis  l-11 is pre-history, thus      salvation through the gospel "upon             evangelicalism at that  -  evan-
  calling into question, if he does not        the condition of faith" (p. 172). This is      gelicalism today is in no better shape.
  outightly deny, the historicity of these     to make the covenant of grace in real-         Nor is its future any brighter.
  chapters.                                    ity another covenant of works. The
                                               work now is faith.

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News From Our Churches
ML Benjamin Wigger

Mission Activities                               After careful consideration, the       geted for next year's convention in
        The Covenant ReformedFellow-        Council of South Holland, IL PRC has        Iowa. These young people worked at
ship of Larne, Northern Ireland de-         decided to discontinue theirlabors in       the Foreign Candy Company, pack-
cided to purchase a market stall for        Fort Wayne, IN at the end of August.        ing candy into boxes for about three
use in the open air market in               The members of this group have been         hours. The money raised, about
Ballymena, which is held each Satur-        attending our Kalamazoo, MI church          $750.00, will go for next year's con-
day. The stall will be manned each          and are being encouraged to seek            vention. Incidentally, it appears that
week by two members of the Fellow-          membership in one of our churches.          this project will continue for some
ship and will contain all their books            South Holland's Council also           time, with the young people doing
and pamphlets along with a selection        received notice from the group in           the work whenever the need arises.
of Bibles and sermons on tape. The          Boise, ID, the Sovereign Redeemer
evangelistic tract, "Do You Know the        Fellowship, that they voted unani-          Congregational Activities
True God?" written by Rev. Houck,           mously to seek affiliation with our              A new Doctrinal Review Class
will also be given out to passers-by.       churches. The Council has begun to          was started this summer in our
Apart from the objective of getting         consider the steps necessary for them       Kalamazoo, MI PRC. This was in-
good literature into the hands of the       to become organized as a home mis-          tended to be an approximately eight-
people, the Fellowship is also hopeful      sion field. In the meantime, South          week course, which was to cover the
that this endeavor will be a means of       Holland will continue to supply them        overall field of Reformed doctrine.
making contact with people and will         with twice a month preaching from           The openingweek's discussionlooked
give the Fellowship an opportunity to       men in Classis West.                        at the question of how, with all the
invite them to their services.                   South Holland's Evangelism             various claims of different denomi-
        ProfessorsEngelsmaandHanko,         Committee also shared with their            nations, we canknow whichinterpre-
along with their wives, were also in        congregation the following letter from      tation of Scripture is correct. And the
Larne the week of August 16th,  to          an inmate at the Arizona State Prison.      following week the discussion began
participate in the "Conference on the       "There are a group of inmates here . . .    with a consideration of the difference
Family," sponsored by the British           whomeet  dailyforseriousBiblestudy.         between time and eternity.
Reformed Fellowship.                        We go by the name of Reformed Fel-               Sunday afternoon, August 23,
                                            lowship with our goal being to pro-         the Sunday School of the Hudsonville,
Evangelism Highlights                       mote the truth of the Reformed faith        MI PRC sponsored a "Children's
        The month of August also saw        throughout the prison system. Our           Singspiration" in theirchurchaudito-
Rev. Terpstra, pastor of the South          goal is somewhat hindered because           rium. Songs and special numbers
Holland, IL PRC preaching in                of the lack of proper tools. I have the     were focused on children. Children
Hamilton, OH to a sovereign grace           urgent need for the following, whichif      of all ages were invited to attend.
Calvinistic church which requested,         you could supply, the fellowship                 One final item of information.
in May, that he come to preach on           would be eternally thankful.  Re-           The address of Rev. and Mrs.
common grace and the free offer of          formed Dogmatics  by H. Hoeksema,           Kortering is:
the gospel. Rev. Terpstra has been in       FaithofOurFathersbyH.Hoeksema,                       9C Happy Mansion
correspondence with two men there           and  Behold He Cometh  by H.                       Happy Avenue North
for two years. Through their reading        Hoeksema."                                             Singapore 1336
and study they have come to the Prot-                                                          Republic of Singapore.
estant Reformed position in these           Young  People's Activities                  Remember towrite to them, they very
matters, and they wanted others in               If you thought that, since this        much appreciate hearing from you.
their church to receive the same in-        year's Young People's convention in
struction.                                  Grand Rapids, MI was now history,
                                            the young people would take a break
                                            from fund-raising think again. This         Food for Thought:
                                            project by the young people from the             "Dead fish go with the stream,
Mr. WiggerisamemberoftheProtestant          Hull, IA PRC and a few from the             living ones against it." 0
Reformed Church of Hudsonville, Michi-      Doon, IA PRC actually began before
gan.                                        this year's convention and was tar-

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 Index to Volume 68

                            TEXTUAL INDEX                                               Book Title                                                            Author                                            Reviewer Page
Text                                                            Author Page             Mysticism: An Evangelical Option?
Genesis 6:8,18 ................................................... GCL ...40 2                . . . . . . . . . . . ..o......................Winfried  Corduam . . . . HH . . . 118
Exodus 32:31,32 ................................................. WB ...29 1            New Testament Criticism  b Interpretation
Deuteronomy 6:6,7 ............................................JDS ...... 3                    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D.Black&D.Dockery  . . HH . . . 1260
II Kings 2:23,24                                                                        No Condemnation in Christ ]esus: As Unfolded in the
Psalm 1:6 ............................................................. JDS ...43 5          Eighth chap. of the Epist. to the Romans
Psalm 119:77 ........................................................ JDS ...26 7             . . . . . . . . . . . ..-...................... Octavius Winslow . . . . . HH . . . 1260
Psalm 243-5 ........................................................ JLK .... 99        Plan  of  Salvation . . . . . . . . . . . . Benjamin B. Warfield DJE . . . :237
Psalm 77: 13 .......................................................... W-B ...45 9     Preaching With Freshness Bruce Mawhinney . . . RDD . . . 160
Proverbs 129 ..................................................... BLG ...19 5          Reading Scripture in Public: a Guide  for  Preachers
Malachi ............................................................... CJH ..... 84        and Lay Readers . . . . . . . . . . T.E. McComiskey . . . . RDD . . . :237
Malachi l:l-5 ...................................................... CJH ...112         Return to Reason: A Critique  of  Enlightenment Evidentialism,
Malachi 1:6-14 .................................................... CJH ...159              and a Defense of Reason and Belief in God
Malachi 2:1-10 .................................................... CJH ...18 9               . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .K.J. Clark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JL . . . . . 70
Malachi 2:11-17 .................................................. CJH ...20 7          Satan, His Motives and Methods
Malachi 3:1-6 ...................................................... CJH ...23 2              . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .L.S. Chafer .,............. AdH . . . 142
Malachi 3:7-17 .................................................... CJH ...25 8         Scandal of the Incarnation: Irenaeus Against the
Malachi 3:13-18 .................................................. CJH ...35 6              Heresies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H. Urs von Balthasar . D JE . . . 237
Malachi 4 ............................................................ CJH ...40 1      Secret  of  Communion With God
Matthew 18:1-4 ................................................... JDS ...48 3                . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Matthew Henry . . . . . . . . JAH . . . 1285
Matthew 21:28-32 ...............................................JDS ...36 3             Seven Men Who Rule the Worldfrom the Grave
Matthew 28:4-6 ...................................................JLK ...33 9                 . . . . . . . . . . . ..*...................... Dave Breese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE . . . . . 93
Luke 2:17,18 ....................................................... JDS ...12 3        Thoughts on Family Worship
John 3:18 .............................................................. JDS ...219           . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .J.W. Alexander . . . . . . . . . . DJE . . . . . 92
John 15:13 .......................................................... BLG ...14 7                                                                   TITLE INDEX
John 18:36 ............................................................ JDS .... 27     Title                                                                                                                         Author Page
John 19:25-27 ..................................................... RDD ...24 3         All is Well . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .BW . . . 473
I Corinthians 14:33,40 ........................................ JDS. ..315              All Things Decently and in Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JDS . . . 315
I Corinthians 8:lff. ............................................ GCL ...115            Anabaptism and the Means of Grace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WB . . . . . 41
I Corinthians 8:lff. ............................................ GCL ...16 1           Anabaptism and the Means of Grace (2) . . . . . . . . . . WB . . . . . 82
II Corinthians 7:l ................................................JDS ...17 1          Anabaptist View of Church and State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GK . . . . . 33
Ephesians 4:25.. ................................................... BW ...354          Analyzing the Disciples' Mistaken Kingdom Notion
Ephesians 617b ...................................................JLK .... 51                 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .KK . ..283
Philippians 1:27 ................................................... CJT ...411         Analyzing the Disciples' Mistaken Kingdom Notion (2)
Philippians 4:8,9 ............................................... GCL ...48 9                . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .KK...376
II Timothy 47 ....................................................MBL ...42 3           "And he gave some, ... pastors". ....................... DD ...446
                            BOOK REVIEWS                                                Anno Domini 1991 ........................................... RDD ... 154
Book Title                         Author                   Reviewer Page               Annual Report, 1990-1991 .................................. PK.....6 8
Book of the Revelation ..... Philip E. Hughes ........ CJT ...213                       Answer .............................................................. RVO ... 184
Catholicity and Secession  Henry Zwaanstra ..... ..HH ...26 1                           Answer to a Growing Worldliness ................... BW ...113
Chosen People .................WiIIiam W. Klein ....... HH ...40 6                      Approaching the Unbeliever ........................... RVO ...230
Church History.. ............. P.K. Keizer.. ................HH .... 70                 As Another Sees Us ............................................ CM.. .343
D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones: The Fight of Faith, 1939-1981                                    As Others See Us ................................................ DJE .. .269
   .................................... Iain H. Murray.........RDD .... 91              Aussie Appreciation .......................................... DH ...223
Epistle of James ...............Joseph B. Mayor.. ..... RDD .... 92                     Authority of Broader Ecclesiastical Assemblies
Escape, The ..................... A. VanDerJagt.. ............ JK ...26 2                    ........................................................................ RVO ...323
First Corinthians............. Gordon H. Clark.. ...... HH ...191                       Back to God Hour in the Soviet Union.. .........RDD ...155
God's Wedding Band: Reflections on the Creation-Evolution                               Ban the Book ......................................................... EL ...200
  Controversy ................. Norman DeJong ........ DJE .... 92                      Banner Editor Resigns ..................................... RDD ...423
Grace and Glory Days ..... Thomas Boslooper .... DJE ...28 6                            Becoming as Little Children .............................. JDS ...483
Judy's Own Pet Kitten .... An Rook.. ................... DJE ...26 2                    Behold the Day Cometh .................................... CJH ...401
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Title                                                                  Author Page             T i t l e                                                                    Author Page
Blessed by Divine Decree .................................JAH....42  6                         Election Theology of Covenant: Beautiful
Brief Report on the Visit to Ghana ................... RJD ...372                                 and Comforting ............................................ DHK ..... 55
Brotherly Request that the RCUS Prove Its Charge                                               Encouragement ............................................... IvlWB ... 176
  against the PRC ...............................................DJE. ..46 2                   Encouragements ............................;.................. RVO ..... 17
Calls for Unity Among Reformed Denominations.                                                  Enemy on the Left .............................................. DJE ..... 29
   .............i .......................................................... RDD .....63       Erasure of Baptized Members
                                                                                                                                               ...............i        *
                                                                                                                                                                   ........... CJT ... 246
Catherine of Siena: Mystic ................................ HI-I .:.:. 15                      Evangelical Church in Spain ........................... RDD. ... 297
Causes of AIDS ...................................................Nl?J ...367                  Example .............................................................DHK ... 248
Charismatic Reformed?...... ..............................RDD ...22 5                          Experimental Religion                                                  ..
                                                                                                                                   ....................................... NPJ ..... 78
Choice: Tuition Vouchers, Christian Schools, and the                                           Family Conference in Northern Ireland ........... DJE ... 270
  1st Amendment ..................................................JL ...22 8                   Fastest Growing Religion in America............. RDD ... 273
Christ in Hollywood ........................................ RDD ...29 6                       Fear Not - He is Risen ..................................... JLK ... 339
Christian Reformed Alliance ...........................RDD ...17 6                             Financing Our Christian Schools .............;A.. ....... JE ....... 7
Christmas and World Peace ............................ RDD ...14d                              Fragmenting of the Churches ............................ BW ... 424
Church Calls Homosexual Minister ...............RDD ...296                                     Francis of Assisi: Medieval Saint ..................... HH ... 102
Church Government in the Presbyterian Tradition                                                From the Seminary ........................................i.. RDD ..... 66
   ......................................................................... c s c ...319      Fruit ................................................................... DHK....44 8
Church Order and Spontaneity ........................ CRS ...440                               Genealogy of Jesus (or, Jesus the Son of Nathan)
Church Split? .................................................... RDD ...20 3                    ...........................................................................DJE ... 128
Church Unity, Reformed Synods,  and.                                                           Genealogy of Jesus: A Reply to Prof. David
  Independency (1) ............................................DJE ...197                     . Engelsma .......................................................... Hv ... ioo
         .....................................................................DJE ...22 1      GKN and the Reformed Ecumenical Council RDD ... 203
  ;; .....................................................................DJE .2245            GKN Turns, 100 in 1992 .................................... RDD ... 274
Church's Observance of Christmas .................RLC ...130                                   Global Communion of the Saints .;................. RGM ... 374
Claiming State Protection .................................RLC .....6 7                        God-Fearing Remnant in the,Midst  of a Hardened
Coming of the Messenger of the Covenant..... CJH ...23 2 .                                        People ............................................................. CJH ... 356
Committed to Exposing Old Wolves in                                                            God's Covenant of Life and Peace ................... CJH ... 189
  New Wool ......................................................... KK. ..20 9                God's Love: Questioned, Proven,
Communion of Saints ...................................... MBL ..... 19                           Confessed ....................................................... CJH ... 112
Comparison of the Church Order of Continental Dordt                                            Gods-Name is Holy! ........................................RDD...45  3
  and Westminster Scotland .............................. c c ...351                           Gospel-Truth about AIDS ............................A... DJE ...293
Conditional Theology ...................................+ .. BW ...182                         Gracious Revelation of Divine Mercy ............. JAH ... 475
Conduct Becoming the Gospel of Christ .......... CJT ...411                                    Grades and Report Cards ................................... FH ... 467
Conference on Holy Scripture ......................... RDD ;.. 105                             Greatest Gift of All ...................i......................... VDB ... 135
Conflict with Anabaptists, Infant Baptism..... RVO .....36                                     Hated By, Yet Elevated Above  `;. ................;.: ..1 JAH ... 235
Conservatives in Mainline Churches Getting Vocal                                               He Came for Friendship
                                                                                                                                      ..........................................DJ E ... 125
   .........................................................................RDD ...27 4        Help for Newcomers to the Faith ............... ;.:..... SJS ... 439
Consistorial Promotion of Christian.Schools . AdH ...330                                       History of Anabaptism ...................................... HH ..... 31
Constrained to Live unto Christ ........................ JLK ... 387                           Holding the Traditions ...................................... DJE ..... 53
Continuing Dialog on Mysticism ......................WC ...464                                         .............................................................. :;;.... DJE ..... 77
Covenant, Election, and-Article  31 of the Church Order                                           ;; ..................................................................... DJE ... 101
   .......................................................................... HG .....5 5         (4) ..................................................................... DJE.. . 149
Covenantal Instruction ...................................... HH ...3 90                       %diness  of God (4) ............................................ CJT ... 304
CRC Losing Churches ...................................... RDD 1.. 105                         Holy Rollers: Bigger, Richer .than Ever ......... RDD ... 224
Cults in Eastern Europe ...................................RDD. ..20 2                         Homosexuals and the Church......................`... RDD ... 177
Death of Confessional Calvinism in Scottish                                                    Hope and Disappointment .................................BW...35 4
  Presbyterianism (1) .........................................DJE. ..43 7                     Importance of Christian Scholarship ............... AdH ... 163
  (2) ......................................................................DJE . ..48 5       In Defense of Schlissel ....................................... JTK...43 9
Decision that Satisfies Neither Side ................RDD ...488                                In Defense of the Psalms and Article 69 .:. ........ HH ...439
Declaration of Principles and its Results ..........`BW ...47 3                                Infant Baptism and Sovereign Grace                                           ..;.;
                                                                                                                                                          ........... .. RH .....39
Developments in the Covenant Reformed Fellowship of                                            Interest in the T.B.S............................................. JRS.. .247
  Northern Ireland
                               ............................................... JC ...181       Introduction to I Corinthians  8:l .....................GCL ... 115
Did It Happen? As Revealed? ..........................DJE. ..36 5                              Jamaica Seminar, 1992 ...................................... BLG v . . 370
Does God Take Care of Oxen? .............. ........ ;.;..DJ E ...461                           Jehovah's Faithful Covenant With Noah ...... ..GC L ... 402
Education Game                                                              -.FH
                           ..................................................       ...204     Jimmy Swaggart Still in Trouble ..................:... RDD ... 297
Education in the Post-Christian Era .................. FH ...306                               John Hus ............................................................. HH ... 280

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T i t l e                                                         Author Page
                                                                              v              Title                                                                  Author Page
John Wycliffe: Morning Star of the                                                           Recent Federal Legislation on Church/State
   Reformation (1) ............................................... HH ...152                    Issues ................................................................... JL ...404
   (4 ...................................................................... HH ...177       Recommended Works on Eschatology ...... ..........JP .....55
Judah's Treachery Against the Marriage Bond                                                  Reflections on the Training of our Future
    ......................................................................... CJH ...20 7       Ministers ........................................................... JM...27 5
Jurisdiction of Assemblies ....*.......................... RLC ...25 3                       Reformed Church Order: Law of Christ .........DJE ...317
Kingdom Not of This World..............................JDS .... 27                           Reformed Controversy with Anabaptism over
Laughter ........................................................... Do..... 86                 Church Government ...................................... RLC .....43
Leakage or Hemorrhage?....................................RDD...42 2                         Reformed Ecumenical Council Meets in May RDD ...393
Legacy of Good Christian Schools .................... DJE ...... 5                           Reformed Family: Friends ....d......................... MBL ...249
Letter from the Seminary .................................RDD ...30 2                        Reformed Family: Respect .............................. MBL ...491
Letter from the Seminary .................................RDD ...419                         Reformed Synods and Independency .............. DJS ...199
Love's Covering of Sins ................................... BLG ...19 5                      Reformed, World and Life View ......................... KK.....4  5
Lutheran Reformed Unity ...........i...................RDD ...45 4                           Rejoice in the Lord Always ............................... JDS ..... 75
M.A.R.S. Decides to Relocate ..........................RDD ...22 5                           Report from the Contact Committee ................ HH ...180
Maintaining Our Christian Schools....................FH ...... 9                             Report of Classis East .........................................JJH ..1..9 5
Maintaining Sound Doctrine ...........................AdH .... 57 , Report of Classis East .........................................JJH...214
Marking the Christmas Season ...........................KK ...13 2 . Report of Classis East .........................................JJH. ..42 9
May Major Assemblies Depose? ............; ..:....... PW ...27 1                             Report of. Classis West ........................................ RI-3 ...336
Methods ............................................................ RVO .... 79
                                                                ,'                           Report of Classis West ........................................ RH...45  4
Mind Games ....................................................... SRK ...27 8 Report on. Jamaica'............................................ AdH ....lO 7
More on "Experimental Religion" .......................BS ...12 7                            Right of Appeal ................................................. RLC ...395
More on the "Regulative Principle" ..................HD ...417                               Rightly Dividing the Word ............................... SRH ...307
Musings at the Close of the Year ....................... CH ...15 5                          Saved By Grace .................................................. JAH ...300
Mutual Censure - Article 81:of  the Church                                                   Schlissel Deposed ............................................. RDD ...422
   Order ................................................................ WB ...32 8         Schlissel Suspended ......................................... RDD .:. 391
Near... Nigh .................................................... DHK ...165                 School Choice Gains Momentum .........................JL...47 1
Never Condemned Before God ..........i..............JDS ...219                               School Graduation Prayer Case: Supreme Court Poised
New Law on Religion Passed in Singapore .... RDD ...224                                         in Issue ILandmark  Decision .............................JL ...256
News from the Domestic Mission Committee. DD ...36 8                                         Seas ...................................................i............... DHK.....65
News of the Dutch Churches ..........................RDD ;..39 2                             Separate Meetings of Elders and Deacons.... RGM ...333
No Greater Love .............................i................. BLG ...14 7                  Severing His'Earthly  Ties ................................ RDD ...243
No More Women Preaching ..........ii................RDD ...154                               Simpson Publishing Company ..........................DJE ...295
Officebearers' Conference................................... lx. ..319                       Some Reflections on "Presupposed
On a Report of Classis East ......................i.i........ KK ...150                         Regeneration" ................................................ BW .....61
Orthodox Presbyterian Church Considers                                                       Son of David Through...? .................................. RLC ...272
  `Breaking Ties with CRC ................................ RDD ...453.                       Southern "Other" Asks about Organs ........... CHG ... ,415
Our Father's Chastisement ................i.i...........AdH ...22 5                          Sovereignty of God (3) ....................................... CJT .....89
 . (2) ....................................................................AdH ...25 0       Special Meeting of Classis West ...................... RVO ... .
Our Great God .................................................... WB ...45 9                Spiritual Olympics or Olympia's ABC's ........ MBL ... ,423
Overview of Malachi ......................................... CJH .... 84                    Spiritual Perception and Discernment ...........AdH ... :393
Paul K. Jewett .................................................... RDD ...lO 6              Standing in God's Holy Place ........................... JLK.. ...99
Peace m-the Church .......................................... RVO ...138                     Synod of South Holland 1992 ............................DJE ...413
Peace Through Our Lord Jesus Christ .............. CH ...136                                 Take the Sword of the Spirit                                     -.
                                                                                                                                        ........................ ..... JLK ..... 51
Perfecting Holiness ..............................................JDS ..;17 1                Teaching Children the Covenant ......&............... JDS .......3
Persecution in Singapore .................................RDD ...45 3                        Term "Conscience" Investigated-. ................... GCL ...161
Place of Doctrine in the Christian School.. ........HH.... 11                                Term of Office .................................................... RLC.. .221
Prayer at the Assemblies .................................. RLC ...46 9                      That Awesome and Important Calling............JAH .....87
Prayer for God's Mercy ......i..............................JDS ..;26 7                      That Blessed Gain that Cometh ........................ JAH ...165
Prayer of Intercession ......................................... WB ...29 1                  Think on These Things ..................................... GCL ...489
PRC Synod 1992 . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .
                                         ................................. DJE ...38 9       Thomas Becket .................................................... HH .... ,59
Preaching .......................................................... DHK i..39 8             Total Depravity ................................................ RVO ...492
Promoting the Reformed Faith in Australia.... DJE ...173                                     Tradition .......................................................... DHK ... 117
Questions of Article 41                 .-
                                   ...................................... RJD....32 6        Training of Our Own Ministers ..l................... LCK ...297
Questions of Article 41 (2) ..............................;.. RJD .. .344                    Troubles Escalate in CRC ................................ RDD ...273
                                                                                             True.Thinking .................................................... SRK...37 8

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Title                                                             Author Page              Subject               Title                                      Author page
Truth Proclaimed by Faith ................................JAH ...399                       CHASTISEMENT
Types of Ecclesiastical Assemblies ..................RLC ...187                             Our Father's Chastisement .......................... AdH ...225
Ulrich'Zwingli: Swiss Reformer ....................... HI-I ...449                             (2) ................................................................ AdH.. .250
   (2) ..................................................................... HH .. .465    CHRISTIAN REFORMED ALLIANCE
Unbelief's Attempt to Dismiss Sin (1) ........... RGM ... 110                                Christian Reformed Alliance ....................... RDD ... 176
   (2) .................................................................. RGM .. .157      CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH
Value of the Church Order Today ...................RLC ...320                               CRC Losing Churches .................................. RDD.. .105
   (4 .................................................................... RLC ...349       Decision that Satisfies Neither Side ............ RDD ...488
Waldensians ........................................................ HH ...380              Leakage or Hemorrhage? ............................. RDD ... 422
Way of Righteous ............................................... JDS ...435                 Orthodox Presbyterian Church Considers Breaking
What About "Free WilI"? ............................... HVD ...441                             Ties with CRC ............................................ RDD ...453
Where is My Honor? ......................................... CJH ...159                     Troubles Escalate in CRC ............................. RDD.. .273
Why Protestant Reformed? ................................ AS ...444                        CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
Will a Man Rob God?......................................... CJH .. .258                    Choice: Tuition Vouchers, Christian Schools, aad
Wilhng and Unwilling  Sons .............................. JDS ...363                           the 1st Amendment ........................................ JL ...228
Wonder in Bethlehem ........................................ JDS ...123                     Consistorial Promotion of Christian SchoolsAdH  . .330
World at War .................................................... RDD ...296                Financing Our Christian Schools ......................JE .......7
Worshiping God as He Wills .............................D JE ...341                         Legacy of Good Christian Schools ................ DJE .......5
Writings Worth Noting ......................................DJE ...175                      Maintaining Our Christian Schools ................ FH .......9
Youth in Doubt .................................................. SRK ...451                Place of Doctrine in the Christian School ..... HH..... 11
Zeal ................................................................... DHK ...234         School Graduation Prayer Case: Supreme Court
                             SUBJECT INDEX                                                     Poised to Issue Landmark Decision..............JL ...256
Subject                 T i t l e                                 Author page              CHRISTMAS
AIDS                                                                                         Christmas and World Peace ........................ RDD ... 140
   Causes of AIDS ...............................................NPJ ...367                  Church's Observance of Christmas.............. RLC ... 130
   Gospel-Truth about AIDS ..............................DJE ...29 3                        Genealogy of Jesus (or, Jesus the Son of
ANABAPTISM                                                                                     Nathan) ........................................................ DJE ... 128
   Anabaptism and the Means of Grace (1) ...... WB .....41                                  Greatest Gift of All ....................................... VDB ... 135
      (4 .................................................................. WB .....82      He Came for Friendship ................................. DJE.. .125
   Anabaptist View of Church and State............GK .....33                                Marking the Christmas Season ....................... KK ... 132
   Conflict with Anabaptists, Infant Baptism . RVO .....3 6                                 Peace in the Church ...................................... RVO ...138
   Enemy on the Left ...........................................DJE .....2 9                Peace Through Our Lord Jesus Christ ...........CH ... 136
  History of Anabaptism ................................... HH .....31                      Wonder in Bethlehem ..................................... JDS.. . 123
  Infant Baptism and Sovereign Grace ..............RH .....39                              CHURCH GOVERNMENT
  Kingdom Not of This World .......................... JDS .....2 7                          Church Government in the Presbyterian
   Reformed Controversy with Anabaptism over                                                   Tradition ..................................................... c s c ...319
      Church Government ..................................RLC .....4 3                     CHURCH HISTORY
  Reformed World and Life View .....................KK .....45                              Catherine of Siena: Mystic ............................ HH ..... 15
AUSTRALIA                                                                                   Francis of Assisi: Medieval Saint.................. HH ... 102
  Aussie Appreciation ....................................... DH ...223                     John Hus .......................................................... HH.. .280
  Promoting the Reformed Faith in Australia .DJE ...173                                     John Wycliffe: Morning Star of the
BACK TO GOD HOUR                                                                               Reformation (1) ............................................ HH.. . 152
  Back to God Hour in the Soviet Union ....... RDD ...155                                      (2) .................................................................. I33 ... 177
BECKET, THOMAS                                                                              Thomas Becket ................................................ HH ..... 59
  Thomas Becket ................................................ HH .....5 9                ,UIrich Zwingli: Swiss Reformer ................... HI-I ...449
BIBLE                                                                                          (2) .................................................................. HI-I.. .465
   Rightly Dividing the Word .......................... SRH ...307                          Waldensians .................................................... HH ... 380
CALVINISM                                                                                  CHURCH ORDER
  Death of Confessional Calvinism in Scottish                                               All Things Decently and in Order ................. JDS ...315
     Presbyterianism (1). .....................................DJE ...437                   Authority of Broader Ecclesiastical
      (4 ..................................................................DJE ...485          Assemblies ................................................. RVO ... 323
  Total Depravity ............................................. RVO ..,492                   Church Order and Spontaneity .................... CRS ...440
CATHERINE OF SIENA                                                                           Comparison of the Church Order of Continental
   Catherine of Siena: Mystic.. ...........................HH .....15                          Dordt and Westminster Scotland ............... CC.. . 351
CHARISMATICS                                                                                Erasure of Baptized Members ....................... CJT ...246
   Charismatic Reformed?................................. RDD ...225

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Subject                                 Title                                                                        Author page                               Subject                             Title                                                               Author page
CHURCH ORDER (cont.)                                                                                                                                           COVENANT (cont.
  Mutual Censure - Article 81 of the                                                                                                                             Teaching Children the Covenant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JDS . . . . . . . 3
      Church Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  WB. ..328                                    COVENANT REFORMED FELLOWSHIP
  Reformed Church Order: Law of Christ . . . . . DJE . ..317                                                                                                     Developments in the Covenant Reformed Fellowship
  Separate Meetings of Elders and Deacons . RGM . . . 333                                                                                                            of Northern Ireland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JC . . . 181
  Value of the Church Order Today . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RLC . ..320                                                                                    CREATION
      (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RLC . ..349             Did It Happen? As Revealed? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE . . . 365
CHURCH ORDER, ART. 21                                                                                                                                          CULTS
  Consistorial Promotion of Christian                                                                                                                            Cults in Eastern Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..*........ RDD . . . 202
      Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  AdH. ..330                      DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES
CHURCH ORDER, ART. 27                                                                                                                                            "Declaration of Principles" and its Results... BW . . . 473
  Term of Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..*.................. RLC . . . . 21                                                      DOCTRINE
CHURCH ORDER, ART. 28                                                                                                                                            Maintaining Sound Doctrine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AdH. . . . . 57
  Claiming State Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RLC . . . . 67                                                             Place of Doctrine in the Christian School . . . . . HH . . . . . 11
CHURCH ORDER, ART. 29 . . . . . . ..*...........................                                                                                                 Take the Sword of the Spirit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JLK . . . . . 51
  Types of Ecclesiastical Assemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RLC . ..187                                                                                   ECCLESIASTICAL ASSEMBLIES
CHURCH ORDER, ART. 30                                                                                                                                            Types of Ecclesiastical Assemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RLC . . . 187
  Jurisdiction of Assemblies ..,..........,.............. RLC . ..253                                                                                          EDUCATION
CHURCH ORDER, ART. 31                                                                                                                                            Covenant Instruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..*...................... HH . . . 390
  Right of Appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...*.. RLC . ..395                                               Education Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .FH . ..204
CHURCH ORDER, ART. 32                                                                                                                                            Education in the Post-Christian Era . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FH .,. 306
  Prayer at the Assemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RLC . ..469                                                               Grades and Report Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .FH . . . 467
CHURCH ORDER, ART. 41                                                                                                                                            Legacy of Good Christian Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE . . . . . . . 5
  Questions of Article 41 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RJD . ..326                                                        School Choice Gains Momentum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JL...471
      (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RJD . ..344         EPISCOPAL SYNOD OF AMERICA
CHURCH UNITY                                                                                                                                                     Church Split? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RDD . . . 203
  Church Unity, Reformed Synods, and                                                                                                                           EVANGELICAL CHURCH
      Independency (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE . . . 197                                             Evangelical Church in Spain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RDD . . . 297
               . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DJE . ..221    EVANGELICAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
      g; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DJE . ..245            Promoting the Reformed Faith in Australia .DJE . . . 173
CHURCH/STATE                                                                                                                                                   EVOLUTION
  Recent Federal Legislation on Church/State                                                                                                                     Did It Happen? As Revealed? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE . . . 365
     Issue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .JL . ..404           EXAMPLE
CLASSIS EAST                                                                                                                                                     Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DHK...248
  On a Report of Classis East . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KK . . . 150                                                           EXPERIMENTAL RELIGION
CLASSIS WEST                                                                                                                                                     Experimental Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NPJ . . . . . 78
  Special Meeting of Classis West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RVO . ..442                                                                              More on "Experimental Religion" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BS . . . 127
COMMUNION OF THE SAINTS                                                                                                                                        Francis of Assisi
  Communion of Saints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .MBL . . . . 19                                                        Francis of Assisi: Medieval Saint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HH . . . 102
  Global Communion of the Saints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RGM . ..374                                                                                   FREE WILL
CONDITIONAL THEOLOGY                                                                                                                                             What About "Free Will"?. . . . . . . . ..*.................. HVD . . . 441
  Conditional Theology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BW . . . 182                                                  FRIENDS
CONFERENCES                                                                                                                                                     Reformed Family: Friends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MBL . . . 249
  Conference on Holy Scripture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RDD . ..105                                                                         FRUIT
* Family Conference in Northern Ireland . . . . . . . DJE . ..270                                                                                               Fruit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..~...................................DHK...448
  Officebearers' Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . ..*................ RK...319                                                                               GENEALOGY OF JESUS
CONSCIENCE                                                                                                                                                      Genealogy of Jesus (or, Jesus the Son of
  Term "Conscience" Investigated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GCL . . . 161                                                                                     Nathan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DJE . . . 128
CONTACT COMMITTEE                                                                                                                                               Genealogy of Jesus: A Reply to Prof.
 `Report from the Contact Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . HH . . . 180                                                                                           David Engelsma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hv...200
COVENANT                                                                                                                                                        Son of David Through...? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RLC . . . 272
  Covenant, Election, and Article 31 of the                                                                                                                    GHANA
     Church Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .HG . . . . 55                                    Brief Report on the Visit to Ghana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RJD . . . 372
  Election Theology of Covenant: Beautiful                                                                                                                     GKN and the Reformed Ecumenical
     and Comforting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DHK . . . 55)                                                     Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RDD...203
 Jehovah's Faithful Covenant With Noah . . . . GCL . ..402

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Subject                 Title                                      Author page              Subject               Title                                      Authlor page
GKN                                                                                         LETTERS (cont.)
  GKN Turns 100 in 1992 ................................RDD ...274                           Interest in the T.B.S. ......................................... JRS ...247
  News of the Dutch Churches .......................RDD ...392                               Letter from the Seminary ............................. EEE ... iyi
GOVERNMENT                                                                                                                                                           1
                                                                                                    ....................................................................
  Claiming State Protection ..............................RLC .....67                        More on "Experimental Religion" ................... BS ...127
HOLINESS OF GOD                                                                              Recommended Works on  Eschatology ............ JP .....55
  Holiness of God (4) ......................................... CJT ...304                   Reformed Synods and Independency ........... DJS ...199
HOLY ROLLERS                                                                                LOVE
  Holy Rollers: Bigger, Richer than Ever ...... RDD ...224                                   Love's Covering of Sins ................................ BL,G.. . 195
HOMOSEXUALS                                                                                 LUTHERAN REFORMED
  Church Calls Homosexual Minister ............RDD ...296                                    Lutheran Reformed Unity ............................ RDD ...454
  Homosexuals and the Church .....................RDD ...177                                MALACHI, BOOK OF
HUS, JOHN                                                                                    Behold the Day Cometh ................................ CJH.. .401
  John Hus .......................................................... HH ...280               Coming of the Messenger of the Covenant . CJH ...232
HYI'ER-CALVINISM                                                                              God-Fearing Remnant in the Midst of a
  Brotherly Request that the RCUS Prove Its Charge                                              Hardened People.. ...................................... CJH ... 356
     Against the PRC ..........................................DJE ...462                     God's Covenant of Life and Peace ............... CJH ...189
INDEPENDENCY                                                                                  God's Love: Questioned, Proven,
  Church Unity, Reformed Synods, and                                                            Confessed .................................................... CJH.. .112
    Independency (1) .........................................DJE ...197                     Judah's Treachery Against the Marriage
           ..................................................................DJE ...22 1        Bond ............................................................ CJH.. .207
     I;; ..................................................................DJE ...24 5        Overview of Malachi ..................................... CJH.....84
  Reformed Synods and Independency ........... DJS ...199                                    Where is My Honor? ..................................... CJH... 159
INFANT BAPTISM                                                                               Will a Man Rob God?..................................... CJH.. .258
  Conflict with Anabaptists, Infant Baptism . RVO .!... 36                                  MERCY
  Infant Baptism and Sovereign Grace ..............RH .....39                                Prayer for God's Mercy.. ................................ JDS ...267
INTERCESSION                                                                                MID-AMERICA REFORMED SEMINARY
  Prayer of Intercession ..................................... WB ...29 1                    M.A.R.S. Decides to Relocate ...................... RDD ...225
ISLAM                                                                                       MISSION PRINCIPLES
  Fastest Growing Religion in America .........RDD ...27 3                                    Answer .......................................................... RVO.. .184
JAMAICA                                                                                       Approaching the Unbeliever ....................... RVO ...230
  Jamaica Seminar, 1992 ...................................BLG ...370                        Encouragements ........................................... RVO ..... 17
  Report on Jamaica ......................................... AdH ...107                     Methods ......................................................... RVO .....79
JESUS KINGDOM                                                                                Total Depravity ............................................. RVO ...492
  Analyzing the Disciples' Mistaken Kingdom                                                 MISSIONS
    Notion (1) ...................................................... KK. ..28 3             Brief Report on the Visit to Ghana ................RJD ...372
     (4 ...................................................................KK .. .376        Jamaica Seminar, 1992 ................................... BLG ...370
JEWETT, PAUL K.                                                                              Ne'ws  from the Domestic Mission
  Paul K. Jewett ................................................ RDD ...106                    Committee ................................................... DD ...368
LAUGHTER                                                                                    MOVIES
  Laughter ....................................................... DHK .....86                Christ in Hollywood ..................................... RDD.. .296
LETTERS                                                                                     MUTUAL CENSURE
  As Another Sees Us ........................................ CM ...343                      Mutual Censure - Article 81 of the
  Aussie Appreciation ....................................... CH ...223                         Church Order .............................................. WB ...328
  Ban the Book .................................................... EL ...200               NAME OF GOD
  Continuing Dialog on Mysticism ...................WC ...464                                God's Name is Holy'..................................... RDD.. .453
  Covenant, Election, and Article 31 of the                                                 NEW YEAR
    Church Order ............................................... HG .....5 5                 Anno Domini  1991 ........................................ RDD.. .154
  Election Theology of Covenant: Beautiful                                                   Musings at the Close of the Year ....................CH ... 155
    and Comforting ........................................ DHK.. ...5 5                    NEW ZEALAND
  Encouragement ........................................... MWB...17 6                       Global Communion of the Saints ............... RGM ... 374
  Experimental Religion ....................................NPJ .....7 8                    NORTHERN IRELAND
  From the Seminary ....................................... RDD .....6 6                     Family Conference in Northern Ireland .......DJE ...270
  Genealogy of Jesus: A Reply to Prof. David                                                OFFICES IN THE CHURCH
    Engelsma ...................................................... I--Iv...20 0             Term of Office ................................................ RLC.....21
  In Defense of Schlissel ....................................JTK ...439

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Subject                                 Title                                                                     Author page                              Subject                                  Title                                                                       Author page
ORTHODOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH                                                                                                                               SIN
  Orthodox Presbyterian Church Considers Breaking                                                                                                            Love's Covering of Sins................................. BLG ... 195
       Ties with CRC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RDD . ..453                                      Unbelief's Attempt to Dismiss Sin (1) ........ RGM ...llO
PRAYER                                                                                                                                                            (4 ............................................................... RGM.. .157
 Prayer at the Assemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RLC . ..469                                                          SINGAPORE
 Prayer of Intercession . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WB . ..291                                                  New Law on Religion Passed in Singapore RDD ...224
 School Graduation Prayer Case: Supreme Court                                                                                                                Persecution in Singapore .............................. RDD ....453
       Poised to Issue Landmark Decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . JL . ..256                                                                                Reflections on the Training of our Future
PREACHING                                                                                                                                                         Ministers ....................................................... JM ...275
 Preaching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DHK . ..398                            Training of Our Own Ministers ................... LCK ...297
PRESBYTERIANISM                                                                                                                                            SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD
 Death of Confessional Calvinism in Scottish                                                                                                                 Sovereignty of God (3) ................................... CJT .....89 '
       Presbyterianism (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE . ..437                                           STANDARD BEARER
       (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DJE . ..485      Committed to Exposing Old Wolves in
PRESUPPOSED REGENERATION                                                                                                                                          New Wool ..................................................... KK...20 9
 Some Reflections on "Presupposed                                                                                                                            Help for Newcomers to the Faith ................... SJS ... ,439
       Regeneration" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .BW ,... 61                                   Holding the Traditions ................................... DJE .....53'
PROTESTANT REFORMED CHURCHES                                                                                                                                               .................................................................. DJE ..... 77
 As Others See Us . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DJE . ..269                                              g; .................................................................. DJE.. .lOl
 Brotherly Request that the RCUS Prove Its Charge                                                                                                                 (4) ..................................................................DJE ... 149
       Against the PRC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE . ..462                                     SUl%`ORT  OF MINISTERS
 "Declaration of Principles" and its                                                                                                                         Does God Take Care of Oxen?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE...461
       Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .BW . ..473               SYNOD
 Fragmenting of the Churches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BW . ..424                                                                    Church Unity, Reformed Synods, and
 Why Protestant Reformed?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AS . ..444                                                                   Independency (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE .:. 197
PSALM-SINGING                                                                                                                                                     (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DJE . ..221
 In Defense of the Psalms and Article 69 . . . . . . . . HH . ..439                                                                                               (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DJE . . . 245
PUBLICATIONS                                                                                                                                                 Conduct Becoming the Gospel of Christ . . . . . . CJT . ..411
 Writings Worth Noting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE . ..175                                                         May Major Assemblies Depose? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PW . . . 1271
REFORMED ECUMENICAL COUNCIL                                                                                                                                  PRC Synod 1992 . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..I.............................. DJE . . . 389
 GKN and the Reformed Ecumenical                                                                                                                             Reformed Synods and Independency . . . . . . . . . . . DJS . . . 199
       Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RDD . ..203                      Synod of South Holland 1992 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE . ..413
 Reformed Ecumenical Council Meets in                                                                                                                      THANKSGIVING
       May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RDD . ..393             Rejoice in the Lord Always . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JDS . . . . . 75
REGULATIVE PRINCIPLE                                                                                                                                       T U I T I O N   V O U C H E R S
 More on the "Regulative Principle" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HD . ..417                                                                                   Choice: Tuition Vouchers, Christian Schools, and
REPORTS                                                                                                                                                           the 1st Amendment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .JL . ..228
 Annual RFPA Report, 1990-1991 .................... PK .... 68                                                                                             UNITED METHODISTS
 Developments in the Covenant Reformed Fellowship                                                                                                            Conservatives in Mainline Churches Getting
       of Northern Ireland ....................................... JC .:. 181                                                                                     Vocal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RDD . . . 274
 Report from the Contact Committee .............HH ...180                                                                                                  UNITY
 Report of Classis East ..................................... JJH .... 95                                                                                    Calls for Unity Among Reformed
             ................................................................... JJH ...214                                                                      Denomination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RDD . . . . . 63
              ................................................................... JJH ...42 9                                                              WALDENSIANS
 Report of Classis West .................................... RH ...33 6                                                                                     Waldensians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .HH . . . 380
             ................................................................... RH ...45 4                                                                WAR
 Report on Jamaica .........................................AdH ...lO 7                                                                                     World at War . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RDD . . . 296
 Special Meeting of Classis West...................RVO ....                                                                                                WOMEN IN OFFICE
RESPECT                                                                                                                                                     No More Women Preaching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RDD . . . l54
 Reformed Family: Respect ..........................MBL ...49 1                                                                                            WORD STUDIES
RUSSIA                                                                                                                                                      Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DHK . . . 248
 Back to God Hour in the Soviet Union.. ...... RDD ...15 5                                                                                                  Fruit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DHK . . . 448
SCHOLARSHIP                                                                                                                                                 Laughter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DHK.....86
 Importance of Christian Scholarship ...........AdH ...163                                                                                                  Near . . . Nigh . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..~.................................DHK . . . 3165
SEA                                                                                                                                                         Preaching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DHK . . . 398
 Seas ................................................................ DHK .... 65                                                                          Seas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DHK . . ...65

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WdRD STUDIES (cont.)                                                                                                                                    WYCLIFFE, JOHN
     Tradition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DHK . . . 117               John Wycliffe: Morning Star of the
     Zeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DHK . . . 234        Reformation (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I-II-I . . . 152
WORLDLINESS                                                                                                                                                 (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .HH . . . 177
     Answer to a Growing Worldliness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BW . . . 113                                                                       ZWINGLI, TJLRICH
WORSHIP                                                                                                                                                  Uh-ich Zwingli: Swiss Reformer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HH . . . 449
     Southern "Other" Asks About Organs . . . . . . CHG . ..415                                                                                             (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .l3.H . . . 465



           WEDDING ANNIVERSARY                                                                                  RESOLUTION OF SYMPATHY                                                                                                        NOTICE!!!
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        The Eastern League of Men's and
             The Lord willing, on September 25,                                                                        The Ladies' Society of the
                                                                                                          Hudsonville Protestant Reformed Church                                                          Ladies' Societies will meet September 29
1992, our parents and grandparents,                                                                       wish to express our Christian sympathy to                                                       at 8 P.M. at First Church.
                 MR. and MRS. JAMES                                                                       our member, Mrs. Florence Bouwkamp,                                                                           Rev. Dale Kuper will speak on the
                        BLANKESPOOR,                                                                      in the sudden passing to glory of her                                                          topic"Liberal,  Conservative, or Refatrmed?"
will celebrate their 50th wedding anniver-                                                                brother,                                                                                                      The public is invited to attend.
sary. We thank God for them, and for the                                                                                MR. DONALD KNOPER.
love, care, and covenant upbringing they                                                                  May she be comforted knowing that he is
give us. We pray that God will care for                                                                                                                                                                         RESOLUTION OF SYMPATHY
                                                                                                          one of that great multitude which no man
them and bless them as they enjoy their                                                                                                                                                                                 The Ladies' Society of the
remaining years.                                                                                          can number, saying before the throne,                                                           Hudsonville Protestant ReformedlChurch
                                                                                                          "Amen: Blessing and glory and wisdom
             "Know therefore that the Lord thy                                                                                                                                                            wish to express our Christian sympathy to
                                                                                                          and thanksgiving and honor and power
God, he is God, the faithful God, which                                                                                                                                                                   our member, Mrs. Freda   Zwak, in the
                                                                                                          and might be unto our God for ever and
keepeth covenant and mercy with them                                                                                                                                                                      passing to her heavenly home of her
that love him and keep his command-                                                                       ever, Amen" (Revelation  7:lO).                                                                 stepmother,
                                                                                                                                     Rev. G. VanBaren, president
ments to a thousand generations"                                                                                                                                                                                           MRS. ANNE MIEDEMA.
                                                                                                                          Mrs. Gertrude Lubbers, secretary
( D e u t e r o n o m y   7:9).                                                                                                                                                                           "Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall
0             Pete and Jan Poortenga                                                                                                                                                                      return and come with singing unto Zion
d            Todd and Val Terpstra                                                                                   WEDDING ANNIVERSARY                                                                  and everlasting joy shall be upon their
                Gordon                                                                                                 On September 19, 1992, our dear                                                    head; and they shall obtain gladness and
0            Jerry and Judy Fynaardt                                                                      parents and grandparents,                                                                       joy, and sorrow and mourning shall flee
                Mitchell                                                                                        MR. and MRS. JOHN WIGGER,                                                                 away" (Isaiah 5:ll).
0             George and Ranae Vroom                                                                      will celebrate their 45th wedding anniver-                                                                                   Rev. G. VanBaren, president
                Danielle, Nickolas                                                                        sary.                                                                                                            Mrs. Gertrude Lubbers, secretary
0            Joanne and Deanna Poortenga                                                                               We rejoice with them, and are thank-
                                                                             Lynwcod, IL                  ful to our covenant God for the years they                                                             RESOLUTION OF SYMPATHY
                                                                                                          have shared, and for the love and godly                                                                       The Council of Grandville  (Church
      RESOLUTION OF SYMPATHY                                                                              instruction we have received from them.                                                         expresses its sincerest sympathy to our
             The Junior Mr. and Mrs. Society of                                                            It is our prayer and hope that the Lord will                                                   members, Mr. and Mrs. KurtVanOverloop,
Southwest Church expresses its sincere                                                                    continue to keep and bless them in the                                                          in the loss of Mrs. VanOverloop's  father,
Christian sympathy to fellow members                                                                      years that He may give them.                                                                                           MR. DON KNOPER.
Tom and Laurie Buiter and their family on                                                                               "The Lord taketh pleasure in them                                                 May our gracious God comfort them by
the sudden, unexpected death of Tom's                                                                     that fear him, in those that hope in his                                                        His Word. "And I heard a voice from
stepfather,                                                                                                mercy" (Psalm 147:ll).                                                                         heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed
               MR. DONALD KNOPER.                                                                         0             Bern and Kaye Wigger                                                              are the dead which die in the Lord from
May the family find comfort from John                                                                     d             Ben and Judy Wigger                                                                henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, thatthey
11:25,  "I am the resurrection, and the life:                                                             Ct            Chuck and Barb Ensink                                                             may rest from their labours;  and their
he that believeth in me, though he were                                                                   0             Dave and Linda Wigger                                                             works dofollowthem" (Revelation  14:13).
dead, yet shall he live."                                                                                                  12 grandchildren                                                                            Mr. John VanderWoude,  Vice-pres.
                       Rev. Marvin Kamps, President                                                                          3 great-grandchildren                                                                                               Mr. David Harbach, Clerk
                                Nancy Schipper,  Secretary                                                                                                          Hudsonvllle, MI


504 /Standard Bearer I September 15,1992


