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September 15,1993


     CONTENTS:                                                                                September  15,  1993                                      STANDARD
     Meditation - Rev. John A. Heys                                                                                                                            BEM!!
           That Certain and Wonderful Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483
     Editorial - Prof. David J. Engelsma
           The Church shall have DominionQ. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485       ISSN 0362-4692
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           Reconstructionism. Dominion theology. Theonomy.                                                                                            WoUdenberg.
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     Scripture does not promise it." In his usual insightful manner, the editor                                                                       EDlTORlALPOlJCY
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                              That Certain and
                                 Wonderful Gain
                                                 What we find in the text with                This also brings out the comfort-
"For me to live is Christ, and to die is     which this meditation begins is the         ing truth that we, through the work of
gain. I'                                     comfortingtruththat themoment that          Christ, become Christians. The name
                       Philippians 1:21      the child of God dies, he will by God's     ChristianwefindthreetimesinScrip-
                                             grace be brought where there is no          ture. In Acts 11:26 we read ~&that the
     Although most of mankind can-           sorrow, pain, or tears, and where he        disciples were first called Christians
not, and therefore by their actions do       willhavesweetcommunionwithGod.              in Ant&h. In Acts 26:28 we read that
not, saywithPau1  that toliveisChrist,       He will not, as Paul says, lose that        Ring Agrippa said that Paul had al-
some of them do believe and say that         which is truly good, but will gain the      most persuaded him to be a Chris-
for them to die is gain. This they           blessedness of sweet communion with         tian. And in I Peter 416 we are told
clearly manifest by committing sui-          God. For the elect child of God it is so    that if we suffer as Christians, we
cide. And there are also those who           very true that he will gain, that is,       should not be ashamed, but should
break the sixth commandment by               obtain more fully, the blessedness          glorifyGodbecauseofwhatHedidin
helping their friends commit suicide.        which Christ earned for His people.         making us become Christians.
They, and those whom they help,              We will have there no temptations.               Likewise,forus"toliveisChrist."
reveal that they believe that to die is      We will there know and enjoy the            Andthatmeansthatwe,asbornagain
gain, being convinced that death will        blessed truth that for us to live is        children of God, live in Christ. It
end all their aches and pains.               Christ. From the moment that we die,        means that we are the members of His
     That sin was clearly manifested         we will lose all of our old man of sin,     body, the church, which is presented
by Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Christ       and we will be in a realm where we          in Romans 12:5 as the body of Christ.
and afterwards hanged himself, be-           will no longer be tempted to walk in        There we read: "So we, being many,
lieving that death would be a benefit        sin. We will there with our souls gain      are one body in Christ, and every one
for him. He wanted to escape ridicule        a perfectly holy life.                      members one of another." We also
and opposition from those who loved              We will through death reach a           find that truth very richly expressed
Christ., He wanted to gain relief.           blessed life that is higher than that of    in I Corinthians 12~12.  There Paul
    But in Matthew 25:46 we find             the highest angels. In Hebrews 1:13,        writes: "For as the body is one, and
Christ Jesus our Savior declaring that       14 we read that we will be at God's         hathmanymembers,andallthemem-
the death of the unbeliever is by no         right hand, and be higher than the          bers of that onebody, being many, are
means a gain, but is a terrible loss! He     highest angels. For all the angels are      one body; so also is Christ." And then
taught the truth that death opens the        "ministering spirits sent forth to min-     inverse 27 he states: "Now ye are the
door of hell for unbelievers, bringing       ister, for them who shall be heirs of       body of Christ, and members in par-
them into everlasting punishment.            salvation."                                 ticular."
Likewise,aswereadinMatthew8:12,                  Now the important and comfort-              Note that truth! We, as the elect
those who cannot sincerely say that          ing truth here in Philippians 1:21 is       children of God, are members of the
for them to live is Christ "shall be cast    Paul's statement that for God's people      body of Christ, each in his own eter-
out into outer darkness" where for           "to live is Christ." For that living is     nally and divinely designed place.
them there will be "weeping and              enjoying that which Christ earned for       Therefore for us to live is Christ; that
gnashing of teeth."                          God's elect. The idea is that we can        is, we have a new spiritual life, being
                                             and will live a better life after we die    made to be members of Christ's body.
                                             because of what Christ did for us and       The moment we die our souls gain
                                             does in us. That comforts us, too, in       perfection. For death cuts us off com-
                                             the truth that by God's grace we gain       pletely from our sinful flesh.
Rev. Heys is a minister emeritus in the      blessed perfection for our souls the            We must therefore hold on tightly
Protestant Reformed Churches.                moment we die.                              to the truth that, basically, salvationis

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the gaining of the gift of love for God.      into the background the truth pre-         beat with the desire to serve God, and
The basic element of our salvation is         sented in Genesis 3:15. Basically, sal-    make us want to be in the Kingdom of
not a release from the punishment             vation is God's work of taking our sin     Heaven, where we can and will want
andpainwhichbynaturewedeserve.                away from us, not merely the punish-       to serve Him with all our body and
That kind of salvation all the children       ment of sin. That part of salvation is     soul, and everlastingly in love to-
of the devil want. Even their suicide         wonderful and a great blessing. But        ward Him. We do spiritually that
is an attempt to get away from pain           our God in Genesis 3:15 presents sal-      which God enables us to do. We give
and suffering. Then their suicide in-         vation as the taking away from us of       Him nothing either physically or spiri-
deed is seeking salvation. But basi-          our enmity against Him, and causing        tually. We do what He enables us to
cally salvation is that gift of God's         us to love Him, and to walk in that        do.
grace whereby we gain freedomfrom             love.                                             Let us cling to the truth which
sin! Thus in Genesis 3:15 God prom-               Disobedience manifests hatred          God gives us through Paul, as found
ises us that He will cause His elect to       against God. And every sin does that!      in Ephesians 210. We are in every
hate Satan and sin, and that He will          Paul reveals that-yes, God reveals         sense and in every detail God's work-
work into His elect love toward Him-          it through Paul -- in Ephesians 2:lO.      manship, created in Christ Jesus unto
self. Yes, in this life we will be at-        We are God's "workmanship, cre-            good works. As Paul, used by God,
tacked by Satan and have our heels            atedin  Christ unto good works, which      presented to us, the truth is: "For we
bruised. But we are promised that we          God hath before ordained that we           are His workmanship, created in
will love God, and will have in this life     should walk in them."                      Christ Jesus unto good works, which
the beginning of a walk which will                Now, that we are createdin Christ      God hath before ordained that we
become perfect for our souls the mo-          reveals how we get this blessed gift of    shouldwalkinthem." Godinnoway
ment we die.                                  walking in good works of love to-          depends upon us. We depend upon
     In verse 20 Paul declares that           ward God. Thereby for us death is a        Him for every breath of earthly life,
Christ shall be magnified in his body,        gain. Then our souls will be one           but just as surely for every breath of
whether it be in this life or after death.    hundred percent free from the love of      spiritual life. For us to die is gain,
Christ shall be magnified in Paul in          and acts of sin. And our souls will        because GodcausedChrist  to earn for
this life by His using him as His             love God perfectly.                        us, and give us through death, a spiri-
apostle. And although the day comes                                                      tual life of perfect and everlasting
when Paul will die, Christ will be                                                       love.
magnified in Paul by the complete                      We are in eve y sense                    SinceitpleasedGodtogiveusthe
deliverance of his soul from his sinful                 and in eve y detail              gift of salvation, we can and will say
flesh. Paul will begin that wonderful                                                    with David what he wrote in Psalm
and blessed life when his soul is fully            God's workmanship . . .               139:14. There we read: "I will praise
free from sin. We also, when we die,                                                     thee: for I am fearfully and wonder-
gain holiness for our souls. And when                                                    fully made; marvellous are thy works:
Christ returns, our bodies will be                To die is gain, because then we        andthatmysoulknowethrightwell."
raised; and then we will in body and          receive the spiritual perfection of our           Let us then sing that truth from
soul be saved fully. For then our             souls. That truth assures us that when     our hearts as well as from our lips. It
bodies as well as our souls will be in        Christ returns we will also get bodies     is presented so beautifully in our
a holy life which will everlastingly be       that our perfect souls will use for        Psalter, number 383:1, in this way:
ours.                                         perfect works of love toward God.
    Paul desires andlooks forward to          Then we will know that for us to live             All that I am I owe to Thee.
this blessedness. But he is in a strait,      is Christ, and we will enjoy that life.           Thy wisdom, Lord, hath fash-
because, although he does desire and          We will be equipped with bodies that                ioned me;
does eagerly look forward to that             want only to do that which serves and             I give my Maker thankful praise,
blessedness, he is also eager to serve        glorifies God in love. The awesome                Whose wondrous works my soul
God now by being His apostle. Be-             question is whether we want that                    amaze.  0
sides, he realizes the need of the            salvation, not merely relief and es-
Philippians for further instruction. He       cape from the punishment of hell.
points this out literally in Philippians          As surely as our God determined
1:22-26,  when he states that, though         everyheartbeatof ourphysicallife, so
his desire is to be with Christ, which        He determined every heartbeat of our
he calls "far better," he realizes that       spiritual life, from the first one on-
for him to abide in the flesh is now          ward, to those that will everlastingly
needful for the Philippians for their         be given us. Even as we did not cause
spiritual growth.                             our fleshly heart to begin beating, we
    By all means we should not push           do not cause our spiritual hearts to

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                    The Church shall have
                                               Dominion?

        Christ  shall have dominion.               The dominion of Christ - the            intention torebuild American society
        This was the sure promise of           present dominion of Christ - is the         and all the world according to the law
Psalm 72. That promise has now been            fundamental confession of the Chris-        of God. The movement also calls
fulfilled in the kingdom established           tian: Jesus Christ is Lord.                 itself the II theonomic movement"
by the gospel. Christ reigns in the                But, "the  church  shall have do-       ("theonomy" meaning simply "law
confessionof everytruechurch. Since            minion"? In the sense that the church       of God") because it insists that the
the church is established among all            shall have dominion in history over         coming carnal kingdom must enforce
nations, the kingdom of Christ is a            the nations? A dominion in history          upon Christians andunbelievers alike
world-kingdom. Within the church,              that is earthly? A dominion that con-       the civil laws of the Old Testament.
Christ reigns in the heart and life of         sists of exercising political, military,    Basic to this program is the hope of
every believer personally.                     social, economic, cultural might? A         the church's temporal, earthly vic-
        To this reignbelongs Christ's sub-     dominion thatbringsabout the Chris-         tory over the ungodly world in a
duing of His enemies, defeated by              tianizing  of the entire, present world?    millennium of earthly peace andpros-
His cross. Satan is overcome in the            A dominion that is due to Christians'       perity that is supposed to precede the
salvation of every elect. Sin is cruci-        being the majority, whereas the en-         second coming of Jesus Christ.
fied in the holy life of every believer.       emies of Christ are the minority? A             The church shall have dominion.
The reprobate world is judged, hard-           dominion that consists of the church's      In fact, the Reformed church shall
ened, and rendered ready for punish-           imposing her will on what wicked            have dominion.
ment by the gospel that goes forth             world is left? A dominion that is               But not, apparently, without some
from the true church.                          forcedupontheungodlybythethreat             strange assistance. Ignoring the im-
        The dominion of Christ, a glori-       of the sword - the physical, steel          portant civillawof the OldTestament
ous, present reality, will be perfected        sword-or that seduces them by the           that Israel not look to Egypt for help
shortly at His coming. Jesus Christ            prospect of money, health, social or-       in fighting Jehovah's battles, the Cal-
will destroy the Antichrist with the           der, and international peace?               vinist reconstructionists ally them-
breath of His mouth (II Thess. 2:8).               This is the message that is heard       selves with the Arminian  charis-
He will execute ti terrible vengeance . . .    in evangelical and Reformed circles         matics. Men who scruple to permit
on the wicked," banishing them from            oflate. Fittingly,it callsitself"domin-     theirtailorsandseamstressestomake
His presence into "everlasting fire"           ion theology." The church shall have        clothing out of two kinds of cloth
(Belgic Confession, Art. 37). Christ           dominion.                                   unite themselves, confessed Calvin-
the judge will exalt the innumerable               Inarecentbook,  TheNewCharis-           ists, with those who not only deny the
elect into the glory of reigning with          matics (Zondervan, 1992),  Michael          sovereignty of God in salvation (and
Him in their resurrection bodies over          G. Moriarty informs us that domin-          in all else), but also the Word of God
the renewed creation.                          ion theology is being preached and          itself, with the sacraments, as the only
        Indeed, Christ shall have domin-       pursued by such charismatics as the         means of the coming of the kingdom.
ion.                                           "Kingdom Now" movement. The                 They unite with these mystical
        Every Reformed Christian thrills       churchmustestablishthecarnalking-           charismatics in order to bring about
to sing this dominion in the grand             dom of Christ in history, here and          the coming of the kingdom of Christ.
versification  of Psalm 72:                    now.                                        They are disobedient to the law in
                                                   In Reformed and Presbyterian            Deuteronomy  2210: "Thou shalt not
        Christ shall have dominion             circles, dominion theology is aggres-       plow with an ox and an ass together."
        Over land and sea,                     sively pushed by the movement               Both Moriarty in  The New
        Earth`s remotest  regions              known as "Christian Reconstruction."        Charismatics  (pp. X0-189)  andBruce
        Shall His empire be.                   This name refers to the movement's          Barron in the just published Heaven

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on Earth? The Social  & Political             cute you" (John 15:20).  It is the privi-    the golden scepter of absolute domin-
Agendas  of  Dominion Theology                lege of the church "to suffer for His        ion over all the world offered to her
(Zondervan, 1992, pp. 91ff.) docu-            sake" (Phil. 1:29).                          on a silver platter, she would reject it
ment the alliances of the  recon-                 This is how the church has al-           with the words, "Get theebehind me,
structionists with the charismatics.          ways appeared in history.                    Satan." The message of dominion is
       Dominion theology makes                    The church of the cross!                 foreign to her. She knows only the
strange bedfellows. It always has in              Glorious church! Invincible              message of the cross.
the history of the church.                    church! Glorious and invincible ex-              Church history proves her right.
     Dominion theology is false theol-        actly in her powerlessness, ignominy,        Dominion theology cannot explain
%Y*                                           suffering, and dying for Christ's sake.      the past 2,000 years of church history.
       The church of Christ shall not             But the church of the cross, not a       Never has the true church possessed
have dominion. God does not will it.          church of a crown. Church of the             and exercised dominion. Has she
Scripture does not promise it. The            cross during the 200 years of persecu-       failed all these years? Has she been a
only church that will have dominion           tion by the Roman Empire. Church of          defeated and defeatist church? Has
in history before the coming of Christ        the crossin the imprisonedGottschalk         Christ her king been disappointed in
is the false church, the great whore          Church of the cross in the Reformed          her all these years? Has His kingship
that rides the beast in Revelation 17.        saints in the Netherlands and France         been frustrated in the failure of His
       The church in history is a victori-    slaughtered by the Roman Catholic            church?
ous church, but not a triumphalist            Church. Church of the cross in the               Dominion theology is being ex-
church, that is, a church lording it          detestedAfscheidi@nHollandin  the            posed as foolishness by the events
over the nations with earthly power.          19th century. Church of the cross in         that are taking place before our very
She is the church of and under the            the expulsion of the faithful from the       eyes in fulfillment of the prophecy of
cross, not the church wearing a crown.        Presbyterian Church in the USA in            the Scriptures. At the end the dragon
Genuine Protestantism learned this            the early 20th century. Church of the        will establish a world-kingdom of
from Martin Luther. We will not               cross in the deposition of ministers         blasphemy and lawlessness that will
forget it.                                    andcastingoutofmenandwomenby                 fight against the saints and overcome
     The message of the true church to        the Christian Reformed Church in             them (Rev. 13:1-7). Dominion theol-
her members and would-be members              1924/ 1925. Church of the cross today        ogy is foundering on the rocks of the
is not dominion, but taking up the            wherever the little flock of those who       gathering kingdom of the beast, as I
cross in following Christ (Mark 8:34-         confess the Word of God are hated,           write. What a disappointment to the
38). It is the message of pain, shame,        scorned, and evilly spoken of.               theologians of dominion. What con-
loss, labor, and death. Her summons                                                        fession of sin is required of them for
isnotacalltojoinindominion,but the                                                         their contempt for and harsh con-
call to suffer with Christ, the call to                The only church                     demnation of Christ's church under
die daily (Rom. 8:17,36).                         that will have dominion                  the cross.
     Suchisthechurchbyvirtueofthe                                                              For us, this temporal and tempo-
presence of Christ in her through the                      in history                      rary dominion of the beast and his
gospel that she is despised and ridi-           before the coming of Christ                whore is the clear sign of the soon
culed by all whose standard is earthly              is the false church . . .              coming of the Lord.
size, power, status, and glory. It is                                                          Then, dominion. Then, the crown.
with the church in the world just as it                                                        After the cross. 0
was with her great Head in the days               Christ's church shall not have                                           - DJE
of His earthly ministry: "If they have        dominion in history. She has no hope
persecuted me, they will also perse-          of it. She does not aspire to it. Were





Is Acting Sin?                                drama in and of itself is not pleasing       sion, and movies (and I would add
    I have really appreciated Barrett         to God, and it finally appeared in the       novels) are prolific sources of wick-
Gritters' series on "Drama, Televi-           latest issue (Aug. 1993).                    edness. The following comments are
sion, and Movies" (April 1, May 1,                I thank God that there are people        regarding Gritters' latest article.
May 15, and August, 1993 issues of            who are taking a stand for purity,               I agree that if someone acts out a
the Standard Bearer). I had much              even in the face of opposition from          sin, he is sinning by doing so. How
anticipation for the article on why           professing Christians. Drama, televi-        can a Christian in good conscience act

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like someone who jovially mocked           replicate the words and actions of a          teous God. I would challenge every-
Christ on the cross, or someone who        historical figure; therefore, anything        one reading this seriously to consider
seduced Samson, or someone who             that the actor does or says that differs      whatisbeingbroughtinto yourhouse
expresses hatred or greed or lust? In      from what the historical figure actu-         and into the minds of you and your
doing so, he is actually glorifying the    ally did or said is bearing false wit-        children, including seemingly harm-
sin that he claims to decry. I would go    ness. It follows that drama that in-          less children's books (both Christian
further to say that, in most cases,        cludes biblical characters is decep-          and secular), "Christian" novels, and
"Christian" novels that portray sin        tion.                                         evenbooks"basedonhistoricalfacts."
are also glorifying that sin if the au-        The above paragraph also speaks           Relevant examples of children's books
thor does not make a definitive judg-      to the article's contention that "acting      andmovies that may seem "okay" are
ment about the wickedness of the sin.      out the holy life of another is dread-        stories like Beauty and the Beast and
How can a writer describe the lust a       ful" (p. 448). I would submit that just       The Little Mermaid  that portray
man has for a woman without glorify-       acting out the life of another (some-         women in whorish clothing and give
ing it?                                    one who is actually living or has lived)      a worldly view of "romance"; or the
    I disagree that acting is evil be-     is dreadful. Acting the part of the           popular where's WaIdo? - a book
cause it is always a form of deception.    holy life of a fictitious person is nei-      that would disgust you if you took
As long as the audience knows that         ther deceptive nor reprehensible. It is       time to look at what is being por-
the person is acting, no one is de-        akin to a preacher illustrating a point       trayed in the pictures; or any of a
ceived. If my son wants to pretend he      by using fictitious persons. How-             number of cartoons that glorify male-
is a fireman, everyone knows he is         ever, acting out such things as "lov-         female lust. Even the  material you
pretending; this is no sin. However,       ing" one's spouse can easily cross the        find in Christian bookstores is, for the
if my son wants to pretend he is a         border into lust and should be                mostpart,trash. FocusontheFamilys
burglar or pretends he is shooting         avoided.                                      teenmagazines,BrioandBreakaway,
with a gun, this is sin - not because          Inconclusion, you have made me            are prime examples, and the "Chris-
it is deception, but because he is act-    think seriously about the subject and         tian" romance novels are introducing
ing the part of wickedness. Acting         examine my own actions to see if they         churched youth to soft porn.
becomes deception when one of two          are pleasing to God. Oh that more                     Thank you again for taking on the
things occur: 1) the audience does not     Christians would be unafraid to chal-         church's status quo and making
know that the person is acting and is      lenge and admonish in these areas! I          people thinkaboutpurgingtheleaven
fooled into thinking that the person is    still have not come to a firm conclu-         from their homes and lives. 0
someone he really is not. This is          sion on all that is involved with me-                                Marc D. Carpenter
obviously deception. 2) the actor is       dia, but I realize that many things that                            Rutland, Vermont
portraying a historical figure. There      Christians just accept unquestionably
is no way that a person can exactly        are not pleasing to a holy and righ-





                          The Shameful Sin
                    of Homosexu,ality (3)

                                                                                       ~ For one thing, this is an evil so shame-
                                               The faithful church of Jesus Christ       ful and so repulsive that we hesitate
                                           today is called to speak out on the           even to mention it. For another thing,
                                           subject of homosexuality. She is called      to speakout against homosexuality is
                                           to bring the light of the gospel to bear      to invite being labeled as prejudiced
Rev. Cammenga is pastor of the Protes-     on this matter and be light in the           and bigoted. There are consequences
tant Reformed Church of Loveland,          darkness.                                    for those who oppose the homosexu-
Colorado.                                      We are tempted not to speak out.          als.

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    But speak out we must. And               toward another; males with males             sexuality is an especially shameful sin
speak out we will.                           working that which is unseemly..."           is that it is a sin contrary to nature
    We must speak out on homo-               (Rom. 1:26,27).                              itself. Homosexuality is contrary to
sexuality, first of all, in order to warn        In this passage the apostle de-          therevealedwillofGodinHolyScrip-
God's people from this sin, or from          scribes this sin as a very shameful evil.    ture, to be sure. But in addition, it is
taking a wrong attitude toward this          In verse 26 he speaks of it as "vile,"       contrary to the fundamental order of
sin. We must speak out against ho-           that is, shameful, disgraceful, dishon-      God in creation. That is why Paul
mosexuality in order that, if it please      orable. In verse 27 he describes it as       says in verse 26 that women change
God, He may use this testimony to            uunseemly,l something indecent,              the "natural" use into that which is
bring to repentance those who have           ugly, and altogether filthy. In verse        against "nature." And in verse 27 he
fallen into this sin or have entertained     28 he says that the homosexuals "do          speaks of men leaving the "natural"
a wrongview of this sin. And, finally,       thosethingswhicharenotconvenifznt,"          use of the woman. Homosexuality is
we must speak out on the subject of          that is, they practice those things          against nature, is unnatural, defies
homosexuality because God Himself            which are not befitting a human be-          the very order and makeup of God's
speaks on this subject.                      ing, not proper.                             original creation. Even the physical
    The most complete treatment of               The sin of homosexuality is not          anatomy  of men and women indi-
this evil in Holy Scripture is to be         one shameful sin among many; it is           cates that homosexuality is against
found in Romans 1. In Romans 1 we            the sin that most fully reveals and          nature.
have a very full description of the sin      most fully works out the shame of sin.           One thing is plain. Homosexual-
of homosexuality, its cause, and its         This is the apostle's point in Romans        ity is not a normal lifestyle, a natural
judgment by God. We do well to               1. Thatisplainfromthefact,first,that         sexual preference. Homosexuality is
examine this passage carefully.              the apostle is here describing the very      unnatural, hideous, and a perversion.
                                             end, the fullest development of the
An Especially Shameful Sin                   unrighteousness and ungodliness of           But What About Homosexual
    The sin spoken of in Romans 1 is         men apart from the gospel. That is           Desire?
the sin of homosexuality- the sexual                                                          Granted that the apostle Paul in
desire of a person for a member of his                                                    Romans 1 roundly condemns homo-
own sex, whether of a woman for a                        Homosexuality                    sexual practice, must this condemna-
woman or of a man for a man, and the               defies the ve y order                  tion be extended to homosexual de-
carrying out of that desire in a sexual                                                   sire? There are many today who are
relationship. The apdstle Paul speaks                    and makeup of                    willing (albeit reluctantly) to admit
in verse 26 of U . ..women (who) did             God's original creation.                 that the Scriptures condemn homo-
change the naturaluseinto that which                                                      sexual practice, but they argue that
is against nature." And in verse 27,                                                      this condemnation does not extend to
"And likewise also. the men, leaving         what he is doing in Romans 1. And            the desire of one for another of the
the natural use of the woman, burned         what is that fullest development of          same sex. This was the conclusion of
in their lust one toward another; men        the depravity of sinful man? It is the       the report adopted by the Christian
with men working that which is un-           sin of homosexuality. Second, this is        Reformed Church in 1973.
seemly, and receiving in themselves          the idea of the word "working" in                Supposedly, homosexual desire
that recompense of their error which         verse27: "Menwithmenzuorkingthat             is something that an individual can-
was meet."                                   which is unseemly." That word                not help and for which he cannot be
    The sin of homosexuality is a sin        u working" means II to work out fully,       held responsible. The homosexual
that has to do with the fundamental          to develop completely." That is what         nature is something that anindividual
physical differences between men and         homosexuality is, the working out            is born with. His being a homosexual
women, with the sexual nature of             fully of the sinfulness of fallen man.       is due to his being a victim of his
human beings, and with the sexual            And third, the apostle teaches the           makeup, his genes and chromosomes.
relationship and activity. For this          grossness of the sin of homosexuality            To understand Paul in Romans 1
reason the apostle does not use the          when he speaks of God giving men             to be condemning homosexual prac-
ordinary words for "men" and                 and women up to this sin. Three              tice while permitting homosexual
"women" in Romans 1, but through-            times in Romans 1 (in verses 24,26,          de&e is either careless reading of
out actually uses words that could           and 28) the apostle says that God            Romans 1 or, more likely, deliberate
better be translated "males" and "fe-        gives the homosexual up to his homo-         distortion of the apostle's teaching.
males." "For even their females did          sexuality. That indicates develop-               Clearly, he condemns homo-
change the naturaluseinto thatwhich          ment in sin, and that homosexuality is       sexual practice. As clearly he con-
is against nature; and likewise also         the fullest development of man's sin-        demns homosexual desire.
the males, leaving the natural use of        fulness.                                         The Bible throughout condemns
the females, burned in their lust one            The reason why the sin of homo-          not only sinful deeds, but the lusts out

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of which those deeds arise. Think          searcher has been able to provide any        in "Romans Revisited: How I Came
once of Jesus' teaching in the Sermon      convincing evidence that anybody is          to See Paul's References to Homo-
on the Mount. Not only does He             born a homosexual. Most homosexu-            sexuality in a Radically New Light."
condemn murder, but He condemns            als themselves admit that at some            The CRC scholar writes:
also hatred of the brother; He forbids     point in their life they consciously
not only adultery, but also looking on     chose homosexuality. And even if it            It occurred to me that this section
a woman and lusting after her in the       can be argued that there are those             (Romans 1:18-32) might present not
heart.                                     who have a homosexual nature, have             Paul's own proclamation of God's
    So it is with homosexuality. It is     we forgotten that God holds us re-             condemnation of sin, but the Jewish
not just the practice, but the "vile       sponsible not just for our sins but also       tradition's understanding of the con-
uflectiolzs fi towards homosexuality       for our sinful natures?                        sequences of sin-the wrathof  God.
                                                                                          Paul,incontrasttotheviewexpressed
that Paul condemns in Romans  1:26.                                                       in 1:18-32,  would see sin as needing
In verse 27 he speaks of men burning       What about Monogamous Homo-                    a different approach, one based in
"in their lust" one toward another.        sexual Relationships?                          the justice of God which is mercy.
And in verse 28 the apostle speaks of          There are some who argue that
the "reprobate mind" from which the        Paul is not condemning all homo-                 Where is the proof for such a
sinful deeds of homosexuality pro-         sexuality, homosexuality per se, in          preposterous contention? Unbeliev-
ceed.                                      Romans 1. What the apostle is con-           able! Paul is made to contradict Paul!
                                           demning, they contend, is pramiscu-          Andthisissupposedtobe"newlight"!
 . . . the sin  of  the homosexual         ous homosexuality. This was what                 Romans 1 is not the Jewish
   is delibeiate  disobedience.            characterized the heathen homosexu-          tradition's condemnation of homo-
                                           als of his day. And it was this that the     sexuality, but the gospel's condem-
    For both the sin and the passion       apostle found offensive and incom-           nation of homosexuality, verse 16. It
out of which it proceeds, the homo-        patible with the faithfulness to which       isnotJewishprejudicethatcondemns
sexual is responsible. He is not a         the gospel calls the Christian. The          the homosexual, but the righteous
helpless victim of his makeup. He is       apostle's point, then, in Romans 1 is        God who forbids this shameful sin.
responsible. Strikingly, the apostle       that regardless of whether you are           Paul's conclusion says it all: "Who
emphasizes that the sin of the homo-       homosexual or heterosexual, be faith-        knowing the judgment ofGod, that they
sexual is  deliberate  disobedience. In    ful to your sexual partner.                  which commit such things are wor-
verse 26 he speaks of women who                What an absurdity! It is about as        thyofdeath,notonlydothesame,but
"change" the naturaluse, actively and      ridiculous to speak of a monogamous          have pleasure in them that do them"
deliberately "change" what they know       homosexual as it is to speak of a            (v. 32).
is the natural use. In verse 27 he         monogamous polygamist. For all
speaks of men who "leave," again,          practical purposes, there is no such         A Definite Cause
actively and deliberately "leave" the      creature. The statistics, as we saw in           Behind this sin of homosexuality,
naturaluseof thewoman. Andinthat           an earlier article, bear this out. The       bothinthelifeoftheindividualandin
same verse he says that they actively      homosexual lifestyle is a promiscu-          the life of a society, stands a definite
"work" that which is unseemly.             ous lifestyle. The average homosexual        cause.
    Even the "experts" indicate that       has hundreds of "lovers."                        The cause is that God Himself
it is a myth to suppose that one is            Even if a monogamous homo-               gives men and women up to this sin.
simply born a homosexual, with the         sexual relationship were possible, that      Three times in Romans 1 the apostle
inclination to homosexuality.. Dr.         relationship, too, is condemned by           speaks of God "giving men up."
Charles Socarides, M.D., writing in        the Word of God in Romans 1. For it              In the past, men have appealed to
the Journal of American Medicine,          is all homosexuality, monogamous,            this expressionin support of the teach-
has said, "Homosexuality is not in-        promiscuousI  or otherwise, that is          ing of common grace, the teaching
nate or inborn, but is rather a learned    condemned. Condemned are those               that there is a gracious operation of
process." Timemagazine, in a feature       who leave the natural use and burn in        the Holy Spirit in the unregenerate
article on homosexuality, stated:          their lust "one fowurd anpfher.  N Every-    restraining sin, so that there is still
"About the only thing that most ex-        one and anyone who burns in his lust         some good in them and so that they
perts (in the field of homosexual be-      for another of the same sex works that       can do some good works. The argu-
havior) agree on is that homosexual-       which is unseemly and receives from          ment is that if God gives men over to
ityisnottheresultofsomekinkygene           God the due recompense of his error.         sin, before He gives them over He
or hormone predisposition. Biologi-            Neither is Romans 1 to be under-         must be restraining them, keeping
cally homosexuals do not constitute a      stood as merely the Jewish tradition's       them from being as sinful as they
third sex; they are full men and           regard for homosexuality, not neces-         would otherwise be and enabling
women." No scientist or genetic re-        sarily Paul's or God's viewpoint.            them to do good.
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 the clear teaching of the entire pas-         just punishment of those who reject          discipline. The church will discipline
 sage. This is one of the most out-            and dishonor Him. God gives them             the homosexual, then, out of a con-
 standing passages in all of Scripture         up to dishonor themselves!                   cern for the glory of God, as well as
teaching the total depravity of the                 Why is our society threatened by        out of love for the homosexual who is
human race. The chapter speaks not             homosexuals? Because our society             in bondage to this awful sin.
of Gods love for sinners, but of His           has rejected God, refuses to honor               There is only one hope of escape
hatred and judgment of sinners. There          God, will not obey even the most             from this divine judgment, and that
is no mention of God restraining sin-          fundamental commandments of the              one hope is the gospel. That is the
ners, but of His giving over of sinners.       law of God. Does anyone seriously            message of Romans 1. The church
     God's giving up of men to sin             doubt this about modern American             that preaches the gospel is not moti-
certainly indicates development, but           society? Why are churches threat-            vated by pride. We must never sup-
it is development in  sin.  It is not          ened by homosexuals? Because what            pose that we could never fall into this
development from good to bad, but              is true of our society is true as well of    sin. People of God, this is what we are
development from bad to worse. The             the vast number of churches.                 and what we are capable of apart
example is not of someone who is                                                            from God's grace.
very sick, but still alive, who is given       God's Judgment ontheHomosexua1                   Nor does the message of the
over to death. But the example is of               Those who commit the sin of ho-          churchexclude the possibility of the
someone who has just recently died,            mosexuality and go on impenitent in          salvation of the homosexual. Not at
in contrast to a corpse of several             this sin fall under divine judgment.         all! I Corinthians 6:9-11 makes plain
months. Both are equally dead. But             The God who gives them over to this          that there were saints in the church of
there is development, degeneration.            sin also punishes them for the sin.          Corinth who had been "effeminate"
The corpse of several months stinks                That judgment is expressed in            and "abusers of themselves with
more, is more rotten, and much more            verse 27: ". ..receiving in themselves       mankind." Buttheywerenowwashed
repulsive. That is the development in          that recompense of their error which         in the blood of Jesus Christ and sanc-
sin that the apostle has in mind in            was meet." That refers to God's judg?        tifiedby the Spirit of God. Because of
Romans 1.                                      ment in their own body, the venereal         this cleansing, they were no longer
     That God gives men and women              diseases, the AIDS, the hepatitis, and       homosexuals: "such were some of
up to homosexuality indicates that             more. That includes God's recom-             you/ Paul writes in I Corinthians
homosexuality is punishment. It is             pense in their whole life, including         6:ll.
not only itself terrible sin. But it is the    the ruin of their family life and their          The gospel gives hope of deliver-
punishment of sin. God punishes sin            psychological life.                          ance to the homosexual sinner, in the
with sin. This is exactly what God is                                                       way of repentance. Only the gospel
doi.ngwhenHegivesmenandwomen                                                                gives this hope, for only the gospel is
up to homosexuality.                              The message of the church                 thepowerofGoduntosalvation.  What
     The sin for which homosexuality                    does not exclude                    a power, then, the gospel is to deliver
is punishment is man's refusal to glo-                                                      even from a sin like this!
rify and worship God. "For this                      the possibility of the                                 - to be concluded. 0
cause," verse 26 begins. For what               salvation  of  the homosexual.
cause? For man's rejection of the
truth about God. Although man
knows God,knows that thereis a God                 Ultimately the judgment of God                          Reminder
and that this God ought to be served,          is death. That is verse 32, "Who                            to college
he willfully rejects God and refuses to        knowing the judgment of God, that                           students:
worship Him. That comes out also in            they which commit such things are
verse 28: "Even as they did not like to        worthy of death . . . . I Death now and                   Send us your
retain God in their knowledge, God             death eternal hereafter. That judg-             college mailing address,
gave them over to a reprobate mind,            ment of God was vividly pictured in                   and we will send the
to do those things which are not con-          the overthrow of Sodom and                              Standard Bearer
venient." Homosexuality is God's               Gomorrah. They died under the fire
                                               and the brimstone.                                    to you, free of charge,
Acknowledgment: The expression of                  The church must reflect this di-                    as long as you are
many of the concepts set forth in this         vine judgment. The condemnation of                          a student.
installment of my series on homo-              this sin and God's judgment over                      Send your address to:
sexuality is heavily dependent on an           those who are guilty of this sin must                   The Standard Bearer
earlier series on the same subject,            be expressed in the public preaching.                      P.O. Box 603
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                                            Leaven
    Leaven is yeast, a substance made of one-celled, microscopic plants which multiply rapidly
in the Eresence of heat and moisture. When yeast reacts with flour it produces a gas (CO,) which
causes the dough to rise; when the dough is kneaded, the bubbles of gas are broken down so
that the resulting bread is of uniform texture and lightness. Leaven, given time, works through
the entire mass of dough so that no part is left untouched. "Leaven leaveneth the whole lump"
(I Cor. 5:6). In Scripture, with one exception, leaven is given a negative, sinful connotation; we
are warned against this leaven sharply.
    The one exception is the parable of Jesus (Matt. 13:33; Luke 13:21)  in which He likens the
kingdom of heaven to leaven which a woman places in three measures of flour. The invisible
power of the kingdom is the Holy Spirit working with the preached Word. As leaven, the
preaching takes time to do its work As leaven, the preaching penetrates into every part of the
church and her membership, bringing even their thoughts into captivity to Christ. We are
called to be patient in this regard. As you cannot see leaven doing its work throughout the
lump, so we do not always see fruit upon the preaching, at least not as much or as quickly as
we would like. But the work is sure and the kingdom is safe.
    For the rest, the biblical teaching.regarding leaven is of a warning nature. Jesus rages
against the leaven of the Pharisees which is hypocrisy (Luke 12:1), against the leaven of the
Pharisees and the Sadducees which is false doctrine (Matt. l&6), and against the leaven of the
Herodians which is worldly compromise (Mark 8:15). Add to this Paul's warning, "A little
leaven leaveneth the whole lump" (Gal. 5:9) and we see that false doctrine, be it ever so small
and innocent seeming, will work its way through the whole body of doctrine until it is all
thoroughly corrupted. If justification is by circumcision or any human work, Christ shall profit
you nothing. Our works are not the whole, or the smallest part, of our righteousness before
God.Not only does false doctrine work as leaven, but this is true of sin as well. The burden of
Paul in I Corinthians 5 is to show that a lack of discipline in the church will have two perilous
results: 1) Sin unconfessed and unforsaken (here fornication) will work its way through the
impenitent's life so that in time all sins are practiced and no sin is abhorred or confessed, and
2) Sin not rooted out by discipline will spread as leaven throughout the congregation, so that
the entire congregation comes under the wrath of God. Specifically, Paul calls leaven malice
and wickedness, while being unleavened spiritually is sincerity and truth (v. 8).
    The New'Testament teaching on leaven is based squarely on the Feast of Unleavened Bread
that was instituted when Israel was delivered out of Egypt (Ex. 1215-20). During the seven
days following the Passover Feast the Israelites might not eat leavenedbread or have any leaven
in their houses. One reason for this was the haste required (v. ll), and the fact that they were
thrust out of Egypt and could not tarry (v. 39). But the reason goes deeper. Unleavened bread
pointed to holiness of heart and conduct which becomes the ransomed people of God. Sincerity
and truth ought to characterize all their behavior. Symbolically, this taught what is clearly
revealed in the New Testament, that Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed to redeem unto
Himself a people who put off the old man and his sins and are made new creatures in Christ
(I Cor. 5:7). 0

Rev. Kuiper  is pastor of Southeast Protestant Reformed Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan.


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                                                             L e s s o n   8
          Officebearers in the Church
                                                    I Timothy 3:1-7

 "This is a true saying, Ifa man desire the    apostolic office of Peter. According       cations of all ethical perfections. A
office ofa bishop, he desireth a good work.    to the teaching of the Romish church,      tree can be good in that it serves the
A bishop then must be blameless...."           Peter, above all the other apostles,       needs of the hungry; but that tree can
                                               was vested with the keys of the king-      also be good in that it is all it ought to
     A few introductory remarks are            dom of heaven. However, this key-          be. Thereisaverybeautifulnuanceof
in order.                                      power was in reality vested in the         Scripture in God's account of the cre-
     We are considering now what the           words which the apostles would one         ation whichHe  made. The great God
sacred Scriptures say concerning the           and all speak (John 20:19-23).  As we      created the heavens and the earth in
office of a bishop. In the first place, we     will presently notice, this office of a    the beginning. But He also created in
notice that this office, that of abishop,      "bishop" is given to the teaching and      it a beautiful design. On each creation
is limited to men only. We need not            ruling elders, as well as to the ap-       day the Creator made a different part
repeat. See our former lessons: Chris-         pointed deacon and his helper. It is,      of the earthly creation. Read Genesis
tian women are excluded. See ITimo-            therefore, far better to understand        l:l-31. Notice how often we read:
thy 2:2-15.                                    this in the sense of the Greek word        "and God saw that it was good. fl The
     In the second place, we should            episcopus.                                 last occurrence of that expressionis in
notice that this officeinitsverynature             When the Holy Spirit writes in         fact this: "and God saw everything
is instituted for the New Testament            verse 2 that "a bishop then must be        that he had made and behold it was
church; it would never befit the church        blameless," this refers to all the com-    very good." The adjective here in the
of God in the time of the Old Testa-           mon New Testament offices as we            Hebrew is fhob. Hebrew dictionaries
ment shadows. The Old Testament                recognize them in the Reformed             give the meaning of thob to be: good,
offices were also limited to men. The          churches: ministers of the Gospel and      serving the Divine purpose.
offices in the Temple were limited to          ruling elders. Of these Paul speaks,           Now, what is worth noticing? It
the priests from the tribe of Levi.            and of none other, when he congratu-       is that the Septuagint translators write
     Thirdly, the common offices in            lates a man who desires this office.       here, not agathos  (ethically .good, al-
the New Testament were instituted              This office of "overseer" is a good        though men and angels were that) but
by Paul in the churches everywhere             work. In these offices the full and        kales. Each part of (the six-day cre-
(Tit. 1:5; I Tim. 5:17; Acts 14:23).           entire spiritual needs of the church of    ation fits in perfectly with the en-
                                               the living God are supplied.               hancement of the whole. All perfectly
The Office of an Overseer-Bishop                   Why are these denominated              accord with the beautiful world-cos-
(v* 1)                                         "good"?                                    mos of God. It did so not only the&
    We must not think here that Paul               These offices are good (kales)  be-    but also ever afterwards in the ages to
refers to the Romish perversion of the         cause they accomplished the wise and       come: a new heaven and a new earth.
office of bishop which erroneously is          good design and wisdom of God.                 Yes, the offices of minister, elder,
held to be the continuation of the             These are,no  mere inventions of men.      and deacon too fit perfectly. They
                                               They are gifts of God to the church.       accord perfectly with the image of
                                               They are gifts from the exalted Christ     Godin man: prophet, king and priest.
                                               (see Psalm 68%; Eph. 47-16).
                                                   A matter can be ethically good         The Good Office Requires a
                                               watt. 1916, 17). God is good, not          Blameless Man
Rev. Lubbers is a minister emeritus in the     merely because He is useful to a wor-          We would aim far from the mark
Protestant Reformed Churches.                  thy end. He is good also in the impli-     if we would confuse the spiritual re-

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ality and seek a sinZess  man. We say it    ever give heed to sound doctrine. He        dren, God deems. him also able to be
reverently: Christ would defeat His         `must ever be alert in the battle with      a model servant in His church.
own wise purpose were that the im-          Satan and all his hosts (I Pet. 5:8).           Finally, Paul- writes very defi-
plication of'."blameless."  The most            e.Hence, of good behavior. He           nitely, with apostolic authority, that
holy of all the saints has but a "small     must be adorned with godliness as           the above list is not applicable to a
beginning" of the new obedience. The        becometh a saint.                           "novice." A novice is one who was
truth of the matter is that to be blame-        f. "Giventohospitality." Hemust         recently gathered into the church  -
less, as intended by the Holy Spirit in     take care of the wayfaring stranger.        quite likely from heathendom. He is
I Timothy 3:2, refers to our sins and       (Compare Hebrews 13:2.) It might be         not spiritually matured, nor is he yet
faults as men and women judge of us.        that he would, be entertaining even         deeply rooted in the truth of the Gos-
It is not as God judges our hearts. To      angels unawares (Gen. 18:3; 19:2):          pel. He is unfit for the office, or at
this we will come in our next lesson.       Surely a minister must ever keep in         least not yet fit.
    We might at this point entertain        mind that he too was once a. stranger           Paul writes, very soberly about
the question why the great and glori-       from the covenants and promises,            this matter. The devil has not hood-
ous God calls weak humans, men              without hope and without God in the         winked him. He knows the sins and
with many faults and imperfections,         world (Eph. 2:19-22).                       weaknesses of young preachers. Sa-
to lofty tasks as He assigns them to            g. "Apt to teach." A bishop must        tan knows his times and opportuni-
this office of overseers. Calvin raises     not argue in word-strife, but he must       ties. He would bring into the church
this heart-searching question in his        ever teach all things which Christ has      false and unsound doctrine, through
Institutes  of  the Christian Religion.     revealed. He must not hold back to          the pulpit. He plays on the vanity of
ItisagreatandworthytokenofGod's             preach the full counsel of God. Only        a young novice. A little learning is a
wisdom. It requires a very humble           thus will he be free from the blood of      dangerous thing. If even a Timothy
heart to receive the word from men          his hearers. He is not alawyer, but he      needed the admonition not to depart
who are not without sin. God does           must have the heart of a preacher as        fromsounddoctrine(ITim.  1:18;6:20,
notcometoustospeaktousasHedid               one sent by the Ring of the church          21; 4:13-16;  II Tim. 1:5-14, etc.), how
at Sinai, does He? (See Ex. 20:18-20;       (Rom. 10:15;  IITim. 2:19-26).  Thus he     muchmore do all "matured" men not
Deut. 5:27; l&15-17.)  And does Paul        follows in the footsteps of Jesus (see      need to be reminded of being fearless
not write in II Corinthians 4:1-7  that     Matt. 423-25).                              in the battle. We all need to be able, at
God uses weak vessels in order that             h. A preacher must not be a stub-       the end of our ministry, to confess
the excellency of the power maybe of        born,  seZfwiZled  man (Tit.  1:7). He      with Paul what he writes in II Timo-
God and not of us?                          must ever remember that in God's            thy 4:6,7,7!
    Yet, preachers, elders, and dea-        church he is as a preacher, a "steward          Paul does not write for nought
cons "must" be blameless. All               of God." The church is not the prop-        the admonition which we find in I
officebearers must walk as becometh         erty of the officebearers; the,church,      Timothy 5:22! 0 the torment of the
the Gospel. They must not walkinthe         thebodyofChrist,isthelivingtemple           "novice" who comes under the same
oldness of the letter; but in the new-      of the living God. Stewards must            judgment from God that befell the
ness of the spirit they are to serve in     know their place. Mere under-row-           devil when in pride he fell from his
God's church (Rom. 7:5,6).                  ers they are. Under Christ they toil        "first estate" (Jude 6).
    a. Ministers, elders, and deacons       and labor in the Gospel of the glory of         Moreover, a novice must have a
must be the "husband of one wife" (I        the blessed God. What happens to            good report. Even if he preaches and
Tim. 3:2). See also Titus 1:6-8. Thus       unfaithful stewards Jesus teaches us        teaches good, sound doctrine, a nov-
was God's marriage ordinance from           in Luke 16:2. The conduct of stew-          ice must have a good report before
the beginning (Matt. 19:3-9).               ards is within the house of God. Yet,       unbelievers in the world. A novice
    b.Only as the husband of one            notwithstanding, he can do this be-         must not become subjected to the
wife can he be a solid father, a good       cause he has received not the spirit of     reproach and ridicule of the unbeliev-
example to his children. All polygamy       cowardliness but of power and of            ing world. Then the preaching of the
is forbidden.  .He must reflect the         love and of a sober mind (II Tim. 1:7).     Gospel is evilly spoken of. Yes, the
mystery of marriage, the eternal pic-           i. Every preacher, elder, and dea-      very name of God and his doctrine is
ture of Christ and His church (Eph.         con must know how to rule his own           blasphemed (I Tim. 6:l). Notice the
5:31-33).                                   house well. The verb "to rule" in the       jealousy of God for His Name, as this
    c. A bishop, minister, elder, and       Greek means "to be set over, to be set      is to be honored by His people, and
deacon must have faithful children.         before" (see Rom. 12:8; I Tim. 3:4,5,       how the mouth of those who speak
They must not be riotous or unruly.         12; 5:17). The minister must have a         against the Gospel must be stopped
The father must command respect as          model home in the midst of the con-         (Tit. 1:6-11).  See also Isaiah 52:5, 6;
a sober man does.                           gregation. It must be evident that, as      Romans  2:2,22-29.   R
    d.Vigilant is sober, temperate.         he is faithful in leading, guiding, lov-
Compare Titus 2:1,2. Hence, he must         ing, and protecting his wife and chil-

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                                              Holy Spirit about the mission to make           The book notes the opposition to
Heaven on Earth?: The Social  b Po-           America Christian. Herb Titus at            dominion theology in evangelical
litical Agendas  of  Dominion Theol-          Regent is convinced that the Declara-       circles on the part of the pluralists.
ogy, by Bruce Barron. Grand Rapids,           tion of Independence and the United         These people, including OS Guinness
MI: Zondervan Publishing House,               States Constitution werewritten to be       and James Skillen, argue for the free-
1992. 238 pages, $12.99 (paper). [Re-         Christian documents. The effort to          dom of all religions. Their view was
viewed by the Editor.]                        Christianize the United States, there-      expressed in the Williamsburg Char-
                                              fore, has legal basis in the foundation     ter of 1988.
     Pat Robertson's try for the United       ofthenationandisonlyareturningof                Correctly,  Barron  observes that
States presidency in 1988 made many           the country to what it was originally.      the fundamental issue in all of this is
aware of a determination in Ame&                  Intriguing is the alliance between      the relationship of evangelical Chris-
can evangelicalism to Christianize this       the free-willist,charismaticPaulkand        tians to secular society. Some
nation. In this fittingly titled book,        his crowd and the Calvinistic Chris-        evangelicals  are appealing to Abra-
the author examines several distinct          tian reconstructionists. A leading          ham Kuyper's theory of common
movements that have this goal. In at          charismatic hosted a seminar'in 1984        grace to show the way.
least one instance, the purpose is to                                                         Has anyone in evangelicalism
Christianize the entire world.                  at which  leading Reconstructionists      ever noticed the biblical doctrine of
     These movements are "Christian             spoke. An estimated one thousand          the antithesis?  w
Reconstruction," ass0ciatedwithR.J.             charismatic pastors attended and re-
Rushdoony, Gary North, Greg                     sponded positively, furthering
Bahnsen, and others; the "Kingdom               North's hope that the charismatics
                                                would expand their faith in God's
Now" movement of charismatic Earl               miracle-working power to include          Saying Yes and Saying No: On Ren-
Paulk; and the movement to return               the healing of society as well as of      dering to God and Caeiar; by Robert
America to its supposedly Christian             individuals.... The interactions ex-      McAfee Brown, The Westminster
foundations centered in Pat                     panded as Peacocke  arranged con-         Press, 1986. 143pp.,  $8.99 (paper).
Robertson's Regent University.                  ferences in 1986 and 1987 and chan-       [Reviewed by Prof. Herman Hanko.]
     That which unites these other-             neled members of both groups into
wise dissimilar men and movements               his Anatole Fellowship and the                When I first picked up this book1
is theirbelief that God wills the Chris-        CPPC. North,  DeMar,  and Joe             was attracted to the subtitle: "On
tianizing of the United States. By this         Morecraft addressed conferences
                                                held by Paulk's church and by             Rendering to God and Caesar," and I
is meatit that the nation will be gov-          Maranatha Ministries... (p. 94).          hoped that, though Robert McAfee
erned by the law of God. The key                                                          Brown was a well-known liberal theo-
wordis "dominion." Christiansmust             ReconstructionistJoeMorecraftlooks          logian, he might have some useful
and will exercise earthly power that          forward to a marriage between char-         things to say about the relation be-
controls the nation, its entire life, and     ismatic Paulk's Kingdom  Now and            tween church and state. The book
all its citizens. Christian Reconstruc-       Christian Reconstruction (pp. 92,93).       had nothing to do with this question,
tion expects the Christianizing of all        In the interests of the alliance,           and was, from every point of view, a
the nations. The church will have             reconstruction& Gary North now              disappointment.
dominion over the whole world prior           concedes the basic charismatic con-             The problem which Brown tack-
to the coming of Christ.                      tention that genuine charismatic gifts      les in the book is that we want to
    Barron has researched his subject         are still being worked by the Spirit in     render to Caesar what is God's, and
well. He is helpful in pointing out the       the church (p. 95).                         Caesar always tries to be God. Caesar
theological principles of each of the             As it has always done, the dream        is synonymous with gas chambers,
groups, as well as their practical tac-       of an earthly kingdom of God makes          apartheid, neutron bombs, Reagan
tics for achieving dominion.                  strange bedfellows. Earl Paulk of           economics, the Moral Majority, anti-
    All dominion theology bases it-           Kingdom Now, in addition to em-             feminists, the manufacture of napalm,
self on the creation mandate of Gen-          bracing all the foolishness of the char-    buyingstocksinHoneywell,disaimi-
esis 1:28: "Be fruitful, and multiply,        ismatic movement and all the her-           nation against any minority includ-
and replenish the earth, and subdue           esies of dispensationalism, teaches         ing gays and lesbians. To all this we
it: and have dominion . . . . ti Christian    the restoration of New Testament            must say, No; for only in saying "No"
Reconstruction adds the argument              apostles (as part of his "five-fold min-    to Caesar are we able to say "Yes" to
from its postmillennialism. The               istry"). He also teaches that people        God.
charismatics get revelations from the         are "little gods."                              So, to say "Yes" to God means

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that we are supporters of flag burn-         look into what liberal theologians are       for the church in our day appears in
ers, feminists, Sandanistas in Nicara-       doing in our country today-m                 Ryle's condemnation of the notion
gua, those who provide sanctuary in                                                       that false doctrine should be toler-
their churches for illegal aliens, those     Warnings -to the Churches, by J.C.           ated in the church for the sake of
who engage in civil disobedience, and        Ryle. Edinburgh: The Banner of               peace.
those who support every single cause         Truth Trust, 1967; reprint 1992. 171
invented by the fuzzy-thinking liber-        pp, $4.95 (paper).. [R&iewed.by  the           I believe this is all wrong. We have
als in our land and abroad who are           Editor.]                                       no right to expect anything but the
intent on pushing their own anti-bib-                                                       pure Gospel of Christ, unmixed and
lical agenda.                                    The eight sermons and articles             unadulterated, - the same Gospel
        The book is packed with heresy.      that make up the book have this in             that was taughtby  the Apostles,- to
Brown explains Scripture to fit his                                                         do good to the souls of men. I believe
                                             common that they are warnings                  that to maintain this pure truth in the
own assumptions and contemptu-               against evils that always threaten the         Churchmenshouldbereadytomake
ouslywaves aside any Scripture which         true church. Although John Charles             any sacrifice, to hazard peace, to risk
contradicts his viewpoint  - as, e.g.,       Ryle, bishop of Liverpool (d. 1900),           dissension, and run the chance of
the imprecatory Psalms. Abraham              addressed these warnings originally            division. They should no more tolerate
Joshua Heschel  (noted Jewish liberal)       to his beloved church of England,              false doctrine than they would tolerate
is a prophet on a par with Isaiah.           they are applicable to the church in           sin (p. 105).
Brown freely uses such expressions           every age. The chapter headings are:
as: "God takes form within us" (47),         "The True Church"; "`Not Corrupt-                Peculiar emphasis is lent to these
"God needs us," ti God has placed us         ing the Word"`; "`GiveThyselfWholly          warnings by the fact that the Church
in the midst of an unfinished creation       to Them"' (a charge to preachers);           of England, disregarding them, is now
and given us the taskof  helping bring       "Pharisees and Sadducees";  "Divers          perilously close to becoming a false
it to fulfillment" (49).                     and Strange Doctrines"; "The Falli-          church.
        The book made for fascinating        bility of Ministers"; "Apostolic                 Ryle, Calvinistic in his theology,
reading, if for no other reason than         Fears"; and "Idolatry."                      has a lively style and practical con-
that one gets a clear and frightening            The urgency of these warnings            cerns. The bookis  profitable reading.
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        The readers of the "News" will       annual, was a success. Monday, Au-           day saw the day start with a late
have to forgive me if I become a little      gust 2, the young people started the         breakfast, some closing comments,
personal with regard to commenting           convention with a variety of games,          and the trip back home.
about thisyear'sYoungPeople'sCon-            followed by Rev. Spriensma's speech              A special word of thanks should
vention  held on the campus of Dordt         in the evening. There was a hayride          also go to the three congregations
College and sponsored by the young           and a bonfire to end the day. Tuesday        involved  - especially for opening
people of the PR congregations of            marked the first discussion groups,          their homes to many of the conven-
Doon and Hull, IA and the First PRC          based on the theme, "Lessons From            tioneers that first weekend in Iowa
of Edgerton, MN. This year marked            our Beginning." This was followed            before the actual start of the conven-
the first year that our sons were old        by a trip to Wild Water West in Sioux        tion. Your hospitality not only set the
enough to attend. So attend they did,        Falls for the Juniors, and a trip to Lake    tone for that week, but it doubtless
and by all accounts they had a really        Okoboji for the Seniors. Wednesday           also added to the spiritual benefit as
worthwhile and memorable stay in             started with more discussion groups          well
Iowa.                                        based on "Presenting the PR Faith to                    *******
        From all indications (and we have    Friends." In the afternoon there was             On August 6-8, the Sovereign
heard from parents and young people          an Old-Fashioned Picnic, and that            Grace Church of Spokane, WA, along
alike), this year's convention, the 53rd     evening Rev. Koole gave his speech.          with their pastor, Rev. Robert
                                             Thursday, the last full day of the con-      Hargrove, sponsored a conference on
                                             vention, started with a debate, which        the topic, "The Defense of Calvinism
                                             was followed by water fights in the          as the Gospel." Three of the speakers
                                             afternoon. The Banquet was that              at this conference were from our own
                                             evening, followed by a speech given          PR churches: Revs. Tom Miersma,
Mr. Wigger is an elder in the Protestant     by Rev.  VanOverloop.  The young             Arie denHartog,  and Carl Haak. Five
Reformed Church'of  Hudsonville,Michi-       people then went skating, after which        sessions were planned; "Calvinism
gan.                                         there was a lock-in on campus. Fri-          as the Gospel," "The Call of the Gos-

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pel,"  "Conditionality vs.  Uncon-                            prayer, there soon will be one more                  1994." This decision paves the way
ditionality, fl "CaIvinistic World and                        congregation in West Michigan.                       for much planning and work that has
Life View," and "The Hope and Duty                                  The Council of the Peace PRC of                yet to be done in the coming months.
of Missions."                                                 Lynwood, IL announced to their con-                  Let us all remember this cause with
                                                              gregation recently that they had ex-                 our prayers and, if possible, generous
Congregational Highlights                                     ceeded by some $7,000.00  the goal                   financial support.
      At its August meeting. the Coun-                        which had been set as a balance re-                        In what seems like a contradic-
cil of the Hudsonville, MIPRC passed                          quiredin order to begin building. The                tion in terms, there was a plea issued
a resolution submitted by the                                 Building Committee continues to                      to the supporters of Covenant Chris-
"Georgetown area" PR church steer-                            work on the blueprints, which are                    tian School in Lynden, WA to join
ing committee to begin holding wor-                           almost completed. Peace is also mov-                 togetherforaworkout.  Doyouhketo
ship services the first Sunday in                             ing toward the finalization of annex-                pull weeds, hammer, scrape, etc...?
September at the Bauer Elementary                             ation to the city of Lansing. Peace will             You name it. Come with rakes, shov-
School on 48th Ave., just south of                            not be able to begin building until                  els, hammers, hands, and legs, and
Bauer Road inBauer, MI. The follow-                           these two matters have been con-                     meet at the school for its annual
ing week an informational meeting                             chided.                                              cleanup. They even tried to entice the
was held at HudsonviIIe for all inter-                                                                             supporters by calling it fun-work.
ested families. At that meeting, 23                           School News
families expressed their interest and                                The PR School Society of
intent to be part of this new daughter                        Randolph, WI met recently and                        Food for Thought
church from HudsonviIIe. Many de-                             adopted their Board's proposal to                          "Learning may be usefully  em-
cisions were made that night and                              "Proceed with the remodeling of the                  ployed; but if learning ever forgets
many have yet to be made, but the                             VanBaren  building at a total cost not               that it must sit at the feet of Jesus it
process has begun and, the Lord will-                         to exceed $20,000, with a view to                    will be a curse instead of a blessing."
ing, with a lot of work and much                              starting school operations in August,                                      - R o b e r t   Halake  0





                                                                                       Text                                                            Author page
                             TEXTUAL INDEX                                           I Timothy 2:1-7 .................................................. GCL -181
   Text                                                             Author page      I Timothy 211-15 .............................................. GCL 376
Psalm 27:8 ............................................................ Fz     51    I Timothy 2:15 .................................................... GCL 395
Psalm 110:3a ....................................................... CH 315          I Timothy 2:8 ..................................................... GCL 227
Psalm 122:6-9 .................................................... GVB 411           I Timothy 2:9,10 ................................................ GCL 322
Psalm 139:23,24 ................................................. JAH 291            I Timothy 3:1-7 .................................................. GCL 492
Psalm 144:11,12,15 ......................................... WGB 339                 Philemon 15 ..................................................... WGB 2
Proverbs 30:8,9 ............................................... WGB            75    I Peter 2:9 ........................................................... JAH 219
Ecclesiastes 28-14 ............................................ WGB 195              II Peter 3:9 ........................................................ RGM 188
Isaiah 43:l ...........................................................       459
Isaiah 49:16 .........................................................hi 147
Isaiah 66:5-8 ........................................................ CH 123                                    BOOK REVIEWS
Zechariah  4:lOa ...................................................          175         Book Title                                          Author Rev page
Matthew 11:28 ...................................................JZ 363              ABC's of Assurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John H. Gerstner DJE              22
Mark 14:61,62 .....................................................           267    Call the Sabbath a Delight . . . . . . Walter Chantry RDD                        94
Romans 13:8-10 ................................................... g           99    Calvin's Ecclesiastical Advice . . . . . . . . Mary Beaty DJE 214
I Corinthians 16:15,16 .........................................              300    Case for Full Subscription to the Westminster Standards
GaIatians 5:l ........................................................ JE      27          in the Presbyterian Church
Ephesians 28-10 .................................................             171          in America ..,.. . . . . Morton Howison Smith DJE 117
Philippians  1:21 .................................................,z 483            Christian Faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Theodore Beza DJE 286
Philippians 44 .................................................... CH 387           Cloud  of  Witnesses . . . -..... AIister  E.  McGrath  DJE 119
I Timothy ........................................................... GCL      12    Commenta  y on the
I Timothy l:l-11 ................................................ GCL          82         Psalms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joseph A. Alexander DHK      95
I Timothy 1:12-20 .............................................. GCL 156             Communion with God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,. John Owen TCM           190

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      Book Title                                                 Author Rev page                       Title                                                               Author page
Confessions and Catechisms                                                                           Christian and Sickness ..................................... AdH 67
      of the Reformation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark A. NOB DJE 142                              (2) ................................................................... AdH       104
Encyclopedia  of the                                                                                 Christ's Ascension .............................................. CH 315
      Reformed Faith . . . . . . . . . . . . Donald K.  McKim  DJE 237                               Church in India Struggles................................ RDD 176
Exegetical Dictiona  y of the                                                                        Church Membership Declining in Germany.. RDD 299
      NewTestament   ,..,..................... Horst  BaIz HH 191                                    Church Shall Have Dominion? .........................DJE 485
First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous                                                     Churches Must Register .................................. RDD 176
      Regiment of Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Knox DJE 454                          Circumcision .................................................... DHK  3 0 3
Gospels and Tradition: Studies on Redaction Criticism                                                Classis Meeting of the ERCS ............................. JLK 329
   of the Synoptic Gospels . . . . . . . . Robert H. Stein HH 237                                    Clear Calvinism ..................................................... JF 418
Heaven on Earth? The Social and Political Agendas                                                    Clear Teaching on Total Depravity...................JR0 296
   of Dominion Theology . . . . . . . . . . . . Bruce Barron DJE 494                                 Clearing the OPC .............................................. SDF 344
Introduction to the New TestamentD.A.  Carson HH 166                                                 Come Over and Help Us ...................................... JS 478
Israel's Hope and ExpectationRudolph  VanReest  LK 235                                               Comforting Shadow of God's Grace ...............JAH 134
Liberty of Conscience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L. John VanTiI             HI-I        95      Coming of Antichrist .......................................... SW 296
Men, Women and Order in the Church: Three Sermons by                                                 Concerned Presbyterians ................................. ECC 345
  ]ohn Calvin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seth  Skolnitsky  DJE 236          Consistory .......................................................... RLC 225
Mormons Answered                                                                                     Contentment ....................................................... CH 435
   Verse by Verse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David A. Reed       AL 405             Conviction of Sin .............................................. AdH 304
Power of Prayer: The New York Revival                                                                Could Christ Come in 1994?. ............................... JH 199
   of 1858 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..I....... SamuelPrime   H H   1 1 7    Counseling Hopelessness, the Heart Sin
Presbyterian Conflict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Edwin H. Rian DJE 358                             of Spiritual Suicide ............................................ JS 470
Prophets of Psychoheresy II . . ..M. &D. Bobgen HH 381                                               Counseling Those Who Lack the Assurance
Saying Yes & Saying No: On Rendering                                                                    of Salvation.. .................................................. RDD 472
   to God 8 Caesar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert M. Brown HI-I 494                              Covenant Conference in Ulster: A Report ......W 0                                      8
Shepherd Psalm *...........*.................F.B. Meyer RGM                                  22      Credentials, Instructions, and Voting..............RLC                                14
Suffering Savior: Meditations on the Last Days                                                       Current Issues in Church and State Law ............JL 400
   of Christ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F.W. Krummacher RDD 214               Date is 1924 ......................................................... DJE 365
Warnings to the Churches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.C.Ryle DJE 495                      Day in the U.S.A............................................... RDD 463
We  and Our Children: The Reformed Doctrine                                                          Dealing with the Depressed ............................. CJH 249
   of  Infant Baptism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Herman Hanko HPK 140                           Death of Confessional Calvinism
                                                                                                        in Scottish Presbyterian&m (3) ......................DJE                            5
                                   TITLE INDEX                                                          g; ..................................................................... DJE       54
   Title                                                                       Author page                   ..................................................................... DJE     77
A.D. 1993: The Lord Is Coming....................... DJE 149                                            (6) ..................................................................... DJE 101
   (2) ..................................................................... DJE 173                    (7) ..................................................................... DJE 125
Addicted to the Ministry of the Saints.. ............. JM 300                                        Decision that Satisfies Neither Side ................ RDD 348
Age of the Earth ................................................... AS 418                          Declaration of Principles and Its Work ............ BW 136
AIDS: A Teen Nightmare ................................RDD 79                                        Declaration's Final Adoption ............................ BW 326
AII Within Us ....................................................RDD 62                             Departed to be Received ................................. WGB 2
Aloof from the Alliance .................................... DJE 389                                 Discipline of a Church Member
Angels ............................................................... DHK 211                          After Resignation ............................................... JL 231
Anglicans Defect to Rome ...............................RDD 464                                      Doctrine ........................................................... DHK 130
As For Me and My House ................................. CH 233                                      Doctrine of the Trinity (1) ................................TCM 229
Authority of Broader Assemblies ................... RLC 161                                             ;; ........................................................::::::::::: ;;: g;
Baptism by Rome ................................................ Ml'  3 9 2                                  ........................................................
Beautiful Transition Between                                                                         Does Psychiatry Have a Place in the
   Chapters 1 & 2 (I Tim.) ................................. GCL 181                                    Pastoral Ministry? ........................................... RJD 251
Bible and Your Faith (1) .................................... SRK 11                                 Dutton Pastor Banned from CRC Pulpits ...... RDD 299
   (2) ..................................................................... SRK 63                  Ecclesiastical Freedom Vs. Papal Tyranny....... HH                                    33
Brief Overview of I Timothy ........................... GCL 12                                       Ecclesiastical Functionaries .............................. RLC                       80
Caging the Wild Dog ............................................ JK 274                              Faithful Word Worthy of Reception by Faith GCL 156
Called to be a Separate People ........................AdH 397                                       Family Devotions ............................................... CH 209
Called to Be Pastors......................................... RHH 243                                Family Values ................................................... AdH  1 5 8
Children of Polished Stone ............................. WGB 339                                     Fasting .............................................................. D H K   1 7
Chosen to Show Forth God's Praise ................JAH 219                                            Favorite Publication ......................................... BCD 391
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   Title                                                                       Author Page       Title                                                            Author page
Female Veiling .......................................................JF 367                  Newsletter from New Zealand....................... RGM 420
Foretaste of Eternal Joy ...................................... CH 387                        1994  - "Maybe Wrong"? ................................. DJE 269
Free Christian School  - Edgerton, MN ...........HH                                     59    1994?  Maybe Wrong? .......................................... ES 271
Freedom from Fear of Death and the                                                            1994 Reformed Conference in Scotland........... DJE 437
   Future State .................................................... ATS                36    No "Must" in the Covenant of Grace ................ PC 200
Freedom from the Bondage of                                                                   Nonsensical, Simplistic, Paranoid,
   Works-Righteousness ................................... RDD                          46       Theologically Biased, Rationalistic .................. JT 417
Freedom in Submission .....................................                             31    Not Commanded, Not Forbidden................... BLG                                 39
Freedom Re the Things of this Life ....................KK                               41    Not Willing That Any Should Perish ............. RGM 188
GKN Admits Children to the                                                                    Officebearers in the Church ............................. GCL 492
   Lords Supper ................................................ RDD 224                      Office of the President...................................... RLC 111
GKN Votes to Remain in REC .........................RDD 202                                   Order ................................................................ DHK 350
Has the Emphasis on Pastoral                                                                  Organizing New Congregations ..................... RLC 324
   Counseling Gone Too Far? ............................RLC 245                               Orthodox Paradox .............................................. CH 171
Head Coverings and Tongues Speaking .......... PW 297                                         Our Constant and Certain Safety .....................JAH 147
Heinrich Bullinger: Covenant Theologian....... HH 443                                         Our Day of Prayer ............................................. ATS 281
Hiring of Lesbian Pastor Nullified..................RDD 176                                   Pastoral Care Among Teenagers ...................... SRK 260
History of the PRC: Learning to Live                                                          Patience ............................................................ D H K   8 9
   with Caricature ................................................JJH 113                    Patient in Adversity ........................................ WGB 195
Hodge,  The Harbinger,  and the                                                               PCA General Assembly Rebukes CRC
  Hope of Presbyterianism ................................D JE 341                               for "Departure from the Scriptures" ...........RDD 441
Holy Nation ........................................................DJE 461                   Perpetual Debt of Love ...................................... J-DS 99
Hugh Latimer: Reformer and Martyr..............HH 109                                         Persecution in Pakistan .................................... RDD 202
Hull's Congregation in New Church............. RGM 442                                        Peter Martyr Vermigli: Italian Reformer .........HH 202
Ichabod .............................................................. RDD            223     Power of the Preaching .................................... SRH 356
Important Book for the PRC ..............................DJE 294                                 (2). ................................................................... SRH 375
Instrumental Accompaniment in Worship ........ CC                                       56    Prayer for Divine Searching .............................JAH 291
Involved with the Alliance ................................ TLR 438                           Prayer for Jerusalem's Peace ........................... GVB 411
Is a New Reformed Denomination                                                                Praying in Every Place ..................................... GCL 227
  to be Formed? ................................................ RDD 155                      PRC Synod of Hudsonville, 1993 ..................... DJE 413
Is Acting a Sin? ................................................ MDC 486                     PRC Truth ......................................................... VPA 417
Is He Coming Soon? ......................................... GVB                        69    Preaching the Catechism ..................................... GF 319
Is the Pope Antichrist? ........................................TH 276                        Precursor of Things to Come ...........................RDD 348
Jesus, the Son of Nathan and the                                                              President and the Homosexual
  Son of Solomon ............................................... DD 208                          commurlity .................................................... RDD 202
John Knox: The Reformer of Scotland .............HH                                    64     President Clinton and Abortion ......................RDD 300
Joy and Profit from the SB in Spain ...................AR 223                                 Problem of Viewpoint ........................................ BW                   20
Joy of Membership in a Small Congregation ... VH 175                                          Procedure for Admission of Ministers
Kingdom Has Come (1) .....................................DJE 197                                from Other Denominations ..................................                   416
  (2) .....................................................................     DJE 221       Proper Christian Self-Esteem............................ SRK 107
Leakage or Hemorrhage? ................................RDD 177                                   (2) ..................................................................... sR.K 133
Leaven .............................................................. DHK 491                        ..................................................................... SRK  1 5 3
Limited Atonement .......................................... RVO 424                             ii; ..................................................................... SIX  1 8 7
March Sunday .................................................. RDD 394                          (5) ..................................................................... SRK  2 1 2
Material on Rebaptism ........................................ AS 392                         Proper Spiritual Conduct of
Michigan Home Schoolers  Lose                                                                    Christian Women (1) ..................................... GCL 322
  Teacher Certification Battle ...............................JL 468                             (4 .................................................................... GCL 322
Mid-America Preparing to Move.. ..................RDD                                  62        (3) .................................................................... GCL 395
Ministering to the Terminally Ill ..................... MJD 257                               Protestant Reformed Seminary .......................RDD 186
More Leakage or Hemorrhage? ......................RDD                                  61     R.F.P.A ................................................................... JK 334
Must the Minister Preside?................................HN 345                              Reaping Your Carnal Things ............................ DJE 101
Neither Poverty Nor Riches ........................... WGB                             75     Rebaptism ........................................................... DJS 298
New Editor for the  Banner .............................. RDD 299                             Recent Developments in Church-State Law ....... JL 328
New Facilities for Faith Church .........................KK 205                               Reckless Perceptions .......................................... HA 439
News from the Contact Committee ..................HH 139                                      Redeemed Souls Freed From Fear ................... CJH 459
News from the Domestic Mission Committee. DD 371                                              Reflections from the Bible about Tornadoes .....: JH                               59

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  Title                                                             Author Page             Title                                                        Author page
Reformation and Freedom ................................ D JE                       29    Unconditional Election .................................... RVO 183
Reformation's Restoration of Communion                                                    What Will You Do With Jesus? ......................... CH 267
  with God .......................................................... TM            44    When Friendship Fails ....................................... BW 368
Reformed Ecumenical Council 1992 ...............RDD                                 62    William Farel: Fiery Evangelist of the
Reformed Family: Freedom ............................MBL 419                                Reformation ..................................................... HH 279
Reformed View of the "Real Presence" ............ JES                               56      (2) ..................................................................... HH 319
Regularly Explaining the                                                                  William Tyndale: Father of the English Bible . HH 127
  Heidelberg Catechism ................................... =)J 392                        World's Largest Church Keeps Growing....... RDD 156
Renewing the Battle (1) .................................... BLG 308                      Zion Delivered of a Man Child ......................... CH 123
   (2) .................................................................... BLG    351
   (3) .................................................................... BLG 379
       .................................................................... BLG 446
   g; .................................................................... BLG 465                                   SUBJECT INDEX
Report of Classis East.. ....................................... JJH                47      Subject             Title                                   Author page
Report of Classis East.. ....................................... JJH 237                  ABORTION
Report of Classis East.. ....................................... JJH 429                    Current Issues in Church and State Law......... JL 400
Report of Classis West ....................................                         23      President Clinton and Abortion .................. RDD 300
Report of Classis West .................................... RHH 310                         Roe V. Wade....................................................... JL        92
Report of Classis West ..................................... RVO 382                      ADIAPHORA
Resistance to "Together on the Way" .............RDD 224                                    Not Commanded, Not Forbidden ................BLG                             39
Rest for the Weary .............................................JAH 363                   ADMISSION OF MINISTERS
Return to India .....................................................              178      Procedure for Admission of Ministers from
Roe V. Wade ..........................................                    J;
                                                            ...............         92         Other Denominations ...................................416
Role of the Elders and Deacons in                                                         AIDS
   Pastoral Care .................................................... RB 254                AIDS: A Teen Nightmare ............................ RDD                      79
Roman Catholic Baptism .................................... RK 417                        ALLIANCE OF REFORMED CHURCHES
Salvation's Rich and Certain Coming..............JAH                                90      Aloof from the Alliance ..................................DJE 389
Saturday Worship Services ..............................RDD 201                             Involved with the Alliance ............................. JLR 438
Saving Death of Jesus Christ ............................ DJE 317                         ANGELS
Scripture Twisting ............................................RDD 394                      Angels ........................................................... DHK 211
Secretary's Annual Report to the RFPA ............CK                                87    ANGLICANS
Seek Ye My Face .................................................. FI               51      Anglicans Defect to Rome ............................ RDD 464
Seeking a Symbol ............................................... DJE 293                  ANTICHRIST
Self-Esteem in Humility ......................................DB 206                        Coming of Antichrist ....................................... SW 296
Self-Esteem in the Lord ........................................JH 463                      Is the Pope Antichrist? .................................... TH 276
Shadow of a Coming Blessedness (2) ..............JAH                                18    ASCENSION, OF CHRIST
Shameful Sin of Homosexuality (1) ................. RLC 426                                 Christ's Ascension .......................................... CH 315
   (2) .................................................................... RLC    449    ASSURANCE OF SALVATION
   (3) .................................................................... RLC 487         Counseling Those Who Lack the
Songs of Zion .................I..................................... RL 402                   Assurance of Salvation.............................. RDD 472
Spiritual Complacency ....................................... CH 151
Split of 1953 ......................................................... BW 353            BANNER
Standard Bearer  and the Covenant Family ... WGB                                    84      New Editor for the  Banner........................... RDD 299
Standing Fast in Our Liberty .............................PS                       27     BAPTISM
Supra, Pre-Trib, Pre-Mill Friend of the  SB ..........JS 296                                Baptism by Rome ............................................ MP 392
Supreme Court: Graduation Ceremonies                                                        Rebaptism ........................................................ DJS 298
  No Longer Have a Prayer.. ............................... JL 131                          Roman Catholic Baptism ................................. RK 417
Tarring Dr. Dobson ............................................. c s 273                  BEZA, THEODORE
That Blessed Comforting Shadow.. ..................JAH 332                                  Theodore Beza: Reformed Theologian......... HH 475
That Certain and Wonderful Gain ...................JAH 483                                BIBLE
Theodore Beza: Reformed Theologian ............HH 475                                       Bible and Your Faith (1) ................................ SRK               11
Thomas Cranmer: Sinning Reformer ...............HH 163                                        (4 ................................................................. SIX 63
Travail .............................................................. DHK 451            BOOKS
Troubles Among the Netherlands Reformed                                                     R.F.P.A. .............................................................. JK 334
  Congregations ;..............................................RDD 440                    BULLINGER, HEINR.ICH
Uncomfortable with Self-Esteem.. ..................... LN 367                               Heinrich Bullinger: Covenant Theologian... HH 443

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   Subject             Title                                   Author page               Subject                                 Title                                                                           Author page
CALVINISM                                                                              CHURCH-STATE
   Caging the Wild Dog ........................................ JK 274                   Recent Developments in Church-State Law . . ..JL 328
   Clear Calvinism ................................................. JF 418            CHURCHES
  Death of Confessional Calvinism in Scottish                                            Hull's Congregation in New Church . . . . . . . . . RGM                                                                                         442
     Presbyterianism (3) ......................................DJE 5                   CIRCUMCISION
          .................................................................. DJE 54      Circumcision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DHK                              303
     ;; ..................................................................DJE 77       COMMUNION WITH GOD
     (6) .................................................................. DJE 101      Reformation's Restoration of
     (7) ..................................................................DJE 125            Communion with God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TM 44
  Limited Atonement ...................................... RVO 424                     COMPLACENCY
  Unconditional Election ................................. RVO 183                       Spiritual Complacency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CH                                                151
CANADIAN REFORMED                                                                      CONFERENCES
  Is a New Reformed Denomination                                                         1994 Reformed Conference in Scotland . . . . . . . . DJE 437
     to be Formed? ............................................ RDD 155                  Covenant Conference in Ulster: A Report . . . WO                                                                                                  8
CATECHISM PREACHING                                                                    CONTACT COMMITTEE
  Preaching the Catechism ................................. GF 319                       News from the Contact Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HH 139
  Regularly Explaining the                                                             CONTENTMENT
     Heidelberg Catechism ................................ KDJ 392                       Contentment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CH                          435
CHINA                                                                                  CONVICTION OF SIN
  World's Largest Church Keeps Growing.... RDD 156                                       Conviction of Sin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .AdH 304
CHRIST, DEATH OF                                                                       COUNSELING (see Shepherding God's Flock)
  Saving Death of Jesus Christ ..........................DJE 317                       COVENANT OF GRACE
  What Will You Do With Jesus? ...................... CH 267                           ' No "Must" in the Covenant of Grace . . . . . . . . . . . . . PC                                                                                 200
C H R I S T I A N S                                                                    CRANMER, THOMAS
  Called to be a Separate People ..................... AdH 397                           Thomas Cranmer: Sinning Reformer . . . . . . . . . . . HI-I 163
CHRISTMAS                                                                              C R C   R E B U K E D
  Zion Delivered of a Man Child ...................... CH 123                            PCA General Assembly Rebukes CRC
CHURCH DISCIPLINE                                                                             for "Departure from the Scriptures" . . . . . . . RDD 441
  Discipline of a Church Member After                                                  CRC SYNOD
     Resignation ......................................................JL 231            Decision that Satisfies Neither Side . . . . . . . . . . . . RDD 348
CHURCH HISTORY                                                                         CRC, LOSSES
  Heir&h Bullinger: Covenant Theologian ... HH 443                                      Dutton Pastor Banned from CRC Pulpits . . . RDD 299
  Hugh Latimer: Reformer and Martyr ..........HH 109                                     Leakage or Hemorrhage? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RDD 177
  John Knox: The Reformer of Scotland..........HH                              64       More Leakage or Hemorrhage? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RDD                                                                             61
  Peter Martyr Vermigli: Italian Reformer...... HH 202                                 CREATION
  Theodore Beza: Reformed Theologian......... HH 475                                     Age of the Earth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .AS 418
  Thomas Cranmer: Sinning Reformer ........... HH 163                                  DEATH
  William Farel: Fiery Evangelist of the                                                Freedom from Fear of Death and the
     Reformation ................................................. HI3  2 7 9                Future State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ATS                            36
     (2) .................................................................. HH 319     DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES
  William Tyndale: Father of the                                                        Declaration of Principles and Its Work . . . . . . . . . BW 136
     English Bible ................................................ HH 127             DEVOTIONS
CHURCH ORDER, ART. 33                                                                   Family Devotions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CH                                    209
  Credentials, Instructions, and Voting ..........RLC                          14      DISCRIMINATION
CHURCH ORDER, ART 34                                                                    Recent Developments in Church-State Law . . ..JL 328
  Ecclesiastical Functionaries ...........................RLC 80                       DOCTRINE
CHURCH ORDER, ART. 35                                                                   Doctrine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DHK                   130
  Office of the President ...................................RLC 111                   DOMINION, OF CHURCH
CHURCH ORDER, ART. 36                                                                   Church Shall Have Dominion? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE                                                                      485
  Authority of Broader Assemblies .................RLC 161                             DRAMA
CHURCH ORDER, ART. 37                                                                   Is Acting a Sin? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...*.. MDC 486
  Consistory ...................................................... RLC 225             Renewing the Battle (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .BLG 308
  Must the Minister Preside?............................. HN 345                             (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .BLG    351
CHURCH ORDER, ART. 38                                                                                . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .BLG 379
  Organizing New Congregations ...................RLC 324                                    i-i; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .BLG 446
                                                                                             (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .BLG 465
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ECCLESIASTICAL FREEDOM                                                                                                                               HEAD COVERINGS
 Ecclesiastical Freedom Vs.                                                                                                                           Female Veiling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JF 367
    Papal Tyranny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . HH                            33         Head Coverings and Tongues Speaking . . . . . . . PW 297
ELDER                                                                                                                                                HOME SCHOOLS
 Officebearers in the Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GCL                                                      492           Michigan Home Schoolers  Lose
ELECTION                                                                                                                                                  Teacher Certification Battle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JL 466
 Unconditional Election . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RVO 183                                                    HOMOSEXUALS
EQUAL PAY                                                                                                                                             Hiring of Lesbian Pastor Nullified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RDD 176
 Recent Developments in                                                                                                                               President and the Homosexual CommunityRDD                                                                                               202
    Church-State Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JL 328                                        Shameful Sin of Homosexuality (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RLC                                                                       426
ESCHATOLOGY                                                                                                                                                (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RLC 449
 Coming of Antichrist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..*...*...* SW 296                                                             (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RLC 487
 Is He Coming Soon? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GVB 69
 Kingdom Has Come (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE 197                                                      INDIA
    (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE 221     Church in India Struggles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RDD 176
                                                                                                                                                      Return to India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .JM 178
FAITH                                                                                                                                                INSTRUMENTS OF MUSIC
 Bible and Your Faith (1) ................................. SRK                                                                            11         Instrumental Accompaniment in Worship . . . . CC                                                                                           56
    (2) ................................................................. SRK                                                              63
 Orthodox Paradox .......................................... CH 171                                                                                  KNOX, JOHN
FAMILY                                                                                                                                                John Knox: The Reformer of Scotland . . . . . . . . . . HH                                                                                 64
 Family Values ................................................AdH 158
FAREL, WILLIAM                                                                                                                                       LATIMER, HUGH
 William Farel: Fiery Evangelist of the                                                                                                               Hugh Latimer: Reformer and Martyr . . . . . . . . . . HH 109
    Reformation .................................................                                                                       279          LEAVEN
    (2) ..................................................................                                                              319           Leaven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DHK  4 9 1
FASTING                                                                                                                                              L O G O
 Fasting ........................................................... DHK                                                                   17         Seeking a Symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DJE 293
FREEDOM                                                                                                                                              LORD'S SUPPER
 Ecclesiastical Freedom Vs. Papal Tyranny.... HH                                                                                           33         GKN Admits Children to the
 Freedom from the Bondage of                                                                                                                               Lord's Supper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RDD 224
    Works-Righteousness ................................RDD                                                                                46         Reformed View of the "Real Presence" . . . . . . . . . . JES                                                                               56
 Freedom from Fear of Death and the                                                                                                                  LOVE
    Future State ................................................. ATS                                                                     36         Perpetual Debt of Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JDS                                             99
 Freedom is Submission ...................................                                                                                 31
 Freedom Re the Things of This Life................KK                                                                                      41        MAHTANI, JAIKISHIN
 Not Commanded, Not Forbidden ............... BLG                                                                                          39         Come Over and Help Us . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .JS 478
 Reformation and Freedom ............................ DJE                                                                                  29        MARS
 Reformation's'Restoration  of                                                                                                                        Mid-America Preparing to Move . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RDD                                                                          62
    Communion With God ............................. TCM                                                                                   44        MISSIONS
 Reformed Family: Freedom.........................MBL 419                                                                                             Limited Atonement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . RVO 424
 Standing Fast in our Liberty ...........................PS                                                                                27         News from the Domestic
FUTURE STATE                                                                                                                                              Mission Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DD 371
 Freedom from Fear of Death and the                                                                                                                   Unconditional Election . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RVO 183
    Future State ................................................. ATS                                                                     36        MOVIES (see DRAMA)
GENEALOGY OF JESUS
 Jesus, the Son of Nathan and the                                                                                                                    NETHERLANDS REFORMED CHURCHES
    Son of Solomon ............................................ DD 208                                                                                Trouble Among the Netherlands
GERMANY                                                                                                                                                   Reformed Congregations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RDD 440
 Church Membership Declining in                                                                                                                      NEW ZEALAND
 Germany ........................................................ RDD 299                                                                             Newsletter from New Zealand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RGM 420
GHANA
 Churches Must Register ...............................RDD 176                                                                                       OPC
GKN                                                                                                                                                   Clearing the OPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SDF 344
 GKN Admits Children to the Lords SupperRDD 224                                                                                                      ORDER
 GKN Votes to Remain in REC .....................RDD 202                                                                                              Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DHK  3 5 0

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PAKISTAN                                                                                                                         REBAPTISM
   Persecution in Pakistan .................................RDD 202                                                                Baptism by Rome ............................................. MP 392
PATIENCE                                                                                                                           Material on Rebaptism .................................... AS 392
   Patience ......................................................... D H K   8 9                                                  Rebaptism ........................................................ D J S   298
   Patient in Adversity ..................................... WGB 195                                                              Roman Catholic Baptism................................. RK 417
PCA                                                                                                                              REDEMPTION
   PCA General Assembly Rebukes CRC for                                                                                            Redeemed Souls Freed From Fear................ CJH 459
        "Departure from the Scriptures" .............RDD 441                                                                     REFORMATION
PERSECUTION                                                                                                                        Ecclesiastical Freedom Vs. Papal Tyranny ... HH                                  33
   Precursor of Things to Come ........................ RDD 348                                                                    Reformation and Freedom ............................. DJE                        29
POSSESSIONS                                                                                                                      REFORMED ALLIANCE
   Neither Poverty Nor Riches ........................ WGB                                                               75        Resistance to "Together on the Way" ......... RDD 224
PRAYER                                                                                                                           REFORMED ECUMENICAL COUNCIL
   Prayer for Divine Searching ..........................JAH 291                                                                   Reformed Ecumenical Council 1992 ........... RDD                                 62
   Praying in Every Place.................................. GCL 227                                                              REMINISCING
PRAYER DAY                                                                                                                         As For Me and My House ............................... CH 233
   Our Day of Prayer.......................................... ATS 281                                                           REPORTS
PRAYER IN SCHOOLS                                                                                                                  Classis Meeting of the ERCS .......................... JLK 329
   Supreme Court: Graduation Ceremonies                                                                                            News from the Contact Committee .............. HH 139
       No Longer Have a Prayer ..............................JL 131                                                                News from the
PRC                                                                                                                                  Domestic Mission Committee .................... DD 371
   Declaration of Principles and Its Work......... BW 136                                                                          Newsletter from New Zealand................... RGM 420
  Nonsensical, Simplistic, Paranoid,                                                                                               Report of Classis East ...................................... JJH,               47
       Theologically Biased, Rationalistic ................JT 417                                                                  Report of Classis East ...................................... JJH 237
  PRC Truth ...................................................... VPA 417                                                         Report of Classis East                                               .JJH
                                                                                                                                                                   ......................................         4 2 9
  Reckless Perceptions ....................................... HA 439                                                              Report of Classis West ................................. RHH                     23
PRC, HISTORY OF                                                                                                                    Report of Classis West ................................. RHH 310
  Date is 1924 ......................................................DJE 365                                                       Report of Classis West ................................. RVO 382
  Declaration's Final Adoption ......................... BW 326                                                                    Return to India .................................................. JIM 178
  History of the PRC: Learning to Live                                                                                             Secretary's Annual Report to the RFPA ........ CK                                87
       with Caricature .............................................JJH 113
  Important Book for the PRC ..........................DJE 294
  Split of 1953 ..................................................... BW 353
  When Friendship Fails .................................... BW 368                                                              SCHOOLS
PRC, SYNOD ............................................................                                                            Free Christian School  - Edgerton, MN ....... HH                                 59
  PRC Synod of Hudsonville, 1993 ...................DJE 413                                                                      SCOTLAND
  Procedure for Admission of Ministers                                                                                             1994 Reformed Conference in Scotland ........ DJE 437
       from Other Denominations ..............................                                                        416        SCRIPTURE
PRE-SYNODICAL SERMON                                                                                                               Scripture Twisting ........................................ RDD 394
  Prayer for Jerusalem's Peace ........................ GVB 411                                                                  SELF-ESTEEM
PREACHING                                                                                                                         Proper Christian Self-Esteem........................ SRK 107
  Power of the Preaching................................. SRH 356                                                                        ................................................................. SRK  1 3 3
       (2) ................................................................ SRH  3 7 5                                               ;; ................................................................. SRK 153
PRESBYTERIANISM                                                                                                                          ................................................................. SIX  1 8 7
  Hodge,  The Harbinger,  and the                                                                                                    g; ................................................................. SRK  2 1 2
      Hope of Presbyterianism ............................DJE 341                                                                 Self-Esteem in Humility .................................. DB 206
PRESBYTERIANS                                                                                                                     Self-Esteem in the Lord .................................... JH 463
  Concerned Presbyterians ............................. ECC 345                                                                   Tarring Dr. Dobson .......................................... CS 273
PROPHECY                                                                                                                          Uncomfortable with Self-Esteem.................... LN 367
  A.D. 1993: The Lord Is Coming ....................DJE 149                                                                      S E M I N A R Y
      (2) ..................................................................DJE 173                                               All Within Us ................................................ RDD                62
  Could Christ Come in 19941. ............................JH 199                                                                  Protestant Reformed Seminary.................... RDD 186
  1994 - "Maybe Wrong"?................................ DTE 269                                                                  SHEPHERDING GOD'S FLOCK
  1994? Maybe Wrong?, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ES                   271          Called to Be Pastors ...................................... RHH 243
PSALTER                                                                                                                           Counseling Hopelessness, the Heart Sin
  Songs of Zion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RL 402        of Spiritual Suicide ......................................... JS 470

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 Subject                              Title                                                                     Author page                              Subject                             Title                                                                  Author page
SHEPHERDING GOD'S FLOCK (cont.)                                                                                                                         VERMIGLI,  PETER MARTYR
 Counseling Those Who Lack the                                                                                                                           Peter Martyr Vermigli:  Italian Reformer . . . . . HH 202
      Assurance of Salvation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RDD 472
 Dealing with the Depressed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ;.. CJH                                                          249          WATERED GARDEN
 Does Psychiatry Have a Place in the                                                                                                                     Important Book for the PRC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE 294
      Pastoral Ministry? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RJD 251                                          WOMEN, CONDUCT OF
 Has the Emphasis on Pastoral Counseling                                                                                                                 Proper Spiritual Conduct of
      Gone Too Far? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RLC 245                                            Christian Women (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GCL 322
 Ministering to the Terminally Ill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MJD                                                                 257                (2) ..,............................................................. GCL                                                     376
 Pastoral Care Among Teenagers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SRK 260                                                                                    i3j ,.,.................,........................................... GCL 395
 Role of the Elders and Deacons in                                                                                                                      WORD STUDIES
      Pastoral Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RB 254                              Angels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DHK 211
SICKNESS                                                                                                                                                 Circumcision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DHK 303
 Christian and Sickness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AdH                                               67         Doctrine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DHK 130
      (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .AdH  1 0 4      Fasting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DHK     17
SODOMY                                                                                                                                                   Leaven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DHK 491
 Recent Developments in Church-State Law . . . JL 328                                                                                                    Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DHK 350
Standard Bearer                                                                                                                                          Patience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DHK     89
 Favorite Publication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BCD 391                                                Travail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DHK 451
 Joy and Profit from the SB in Spain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AR                                                                      223          WORKS
 Standard Bearer and the Covenant Family WGB                                                                                                  84         Orthodox Paradox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CH 171
STATE AID-PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS                                                                                                                             WORKS-RIGHTEOUSNESS
 Current Issues in Church and State Law . . . . . . . . JL                                                                                 400           Freedom From the Bondage of
STEADFASTNESS                                                                                                                                                 Works-Righteousness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RDD                                        46
 Standing Fast in Our Liberty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JDS                                                         27        WORSHIP
SUBMISSION                                                                                                                                               Instrumental Accompaniment in Worship . . . . CC                                                                                   56
 Freedom in Submission                                                                                                                                  WORSHIP SERVICES
SUICIDE                                                                                                                                                  Saturday Worship Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RDD                                                 201
 Counseling Hopelessness, the Heart Sin of
      Spiritual Suicide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..I............................. JS 470
SWITZERLAND
 Ichabod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RDD 223

TELEVISION, see DRAMA
TONGUES SPEAKING
 Head Coverings and
      Tongues Speaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PW                                  297
TORNADOES
 Reflections from the Bible about
      Tornadoes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JH              59
TOTAL DEPRAVITY
 Clear Teaching on Total Depravity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JR0 296
 Death of Confessional Calvinism in                                                                                                                                                RESOLUTION OF SYMPATHY
     Scottish Presbyterianism (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE                                                           54                                  The Adult Bible Study Society of South-
TRAVAIL                                                                                                                                                                 east Protestant Reformed Church mourns
 Travail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DHK 451                                   the loss of one of our members,
TRINITY                                                                                                                                                                                     SIDNEY VANDER WAL.
 Doctrine of the Trinity (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 229                                                                            May his wife, Irene, and family find com-
      (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCM 306                          fort in the words of Revelation 21:4, "And
      (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCM 452                          God shall wipe away all tears from their
TYNDALE, WILLIAM                                                                                                                                                        eyes; and there shall be no more death,
 William Tyndale: Father of the                                                                                                                                         neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall
     English Bible                                                                                                    H
                                         . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H   1 2 7                    there be any more pain: for the former
                                                                                                                                                                        things are passed away."
UNITED STATES                                                                                                                                                                                            Rev. Dale Kuiper, President
 Holy Nation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DJE 461                                                                      Mrs. Christine Batts, Secretary

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      WEDDING ANNIVERSARY                                                                             RESOLUTION OF SYMPATHY
      We rejoiced with our parents,                       WEDDING ANNIVERSARY                           The Council and congregation of
    HENRY and LORNA VANDER                                On August 27, 1993, our dear              Faith Protestant Reformed Church
                 VENNEN,                           parents,                                         express Christian sympathy to our
 as they observed their 40th wedding                 RAYMOND and JEAN EZINGA,                       fellow off icebearer, Elder Arie Griff ioen
 anniversary on September 4, 1-993.                celebrated their 40th wedding anni-              and his family in the death of his
      We are thankful to our heavenly              versary.                                         mother,
 Father for providing us a covenant                       We rejoice with them and are                 MRS. HARRIET GRIFFIOEN.
 .home where we were taught to walk in             thankful to our covenant God for the                 "For we know that if our earthly
 the light.                                        godly upbringing, love, and care they            house of this tabernacle were dis-
      "I am the Light of the world: he             have given us these many years. May              solved,.we have a building of God, an
 that followeth me shall not walk in               God continue to bless and keep them              house not made with hands, eternal in
 darkness, but shall have the light of             in the years that He may give them.              the heavens" (II Corinthians 51).
 life" (John 8:12).                                       "The Lord shall bless thee out of                        Rev. K. Koole, President
 % John and Linda VanUffelen                       Zion: and thou shalt see the good of                        A. Brummel, Assistant Clerk
        Daniel, Lora, Jeffrey, Sarah               Jerusalem all the days of thy life. Yea,
 % Daryl and Sharon Kuiper                         thou shalt see thy children's children,                          NOTICE!!!
        Kristin, Katie, Jonathan, Kerrie,          and peace upon Israel" (Psalm 1285,                         Annual RFPA Meeting
                                    Karissa        6).                                                   September 30, 1993,8 p.m.
 % - Todd and Cynthia Miedema                      #r Steven and Jody Ezinga                                Hudsonville PR Church
        Melissa, Leanne, Danae                              Richard, Matthew, Andrew                             Men, women, young
 * Jeffrey and Kathy Terpstra                      %r Larry and Pam Kooienga                             people, families -the orga-
        Lindsey, Kelsey                                     Jack, Mark, Kelly, Lee, Paula,               nization responsible for the
                          &and Rapids, Mlchlgan                                          Dale            publication of the Sfandard
                                                   %r Robert and Tammy VanUffelen                        Bearer(Reformed Free Pub-
                                                            Stephanie, Derek, Ashley                     lishing Association) encour-
                                                                               Lowland, Colorado         ages you to attend its annual
   RESOLUTION OF SYMPATHY                                                                                meeting. The focal point of
     The Ladies' Aid Society, Ruth of                                                                   the evening will be a speech
 Hope (Walker, Ml) mourns the loss of                                                                    byRev.VanBarenonthesub-
 a faithful member:                                                                                     ject:     "Evangelism and the
      MISS SYBIL ENGELSMA,                                                                               Bfandard Bearer." In addi-
 who entered into eternal glory on Au-               RESOLUTION OF SYMPATHY                             tion, new members will be
 gust 20, 1993. We express sincere                        The Mary/Martha Society of the                 received, reports concerning
 Christian sympathy to her sisters and             Redlands congregation would like to                  the finances and activities of
 sisters-in-law, Mrs. J. Bomers, Mrs.              express its sincerestsympathyto Mary                 the RFPA Board during the
 G. Terpstra, Mrs. D. Engelsma, and                Gail Gaastra and her family, in the                  past year will be read, and
 Mrs. G. Engelsma. We also express                 death of her mother,                                 new board members will be
our sympathy to them in the death of                          MRS. SUE MOUW.                            elected from .a nomination
' their brother and brother-in-law,                May they find comfort in the words of                consisting of Michael Bosveld,
        MR. TED ENGELSMA.                          I Corinthians 51, "For we know that if               John Kalsbeek, Sr., Henry
     May the bereaved family be com-               our earthly house of this tabernacle                 Kamps, Cornie Kamps, Harry
forted by II Corinthians 51, "For we               were dissolved, we have a building of                Langerak, and Mark Vanden
know that if our earthly house of this             God, a house not made with hands,                    Berg. This meeting marks
tabernacle were dissolved, we have a               eternal in the heavens."                             the beginning of the 70th year
building of God, an house not made                           Pastor denHartog, President                of the publication of the Sfan-
with hands, eternal in the heavens."                       Tammy VanUffelen, Secretary                  dard Bearer. You will not
          Mr. Tom DeVries, President                                                                    want to miss the historic
           Evelyn Langerak, Secretary                                                                   event.

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