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When You Don’t Follow Through…

There once was a Reformed church federation in the Netherlands.  This federation had a long and storied history.  Its roots […]

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9 June 2015

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Peter Y. De Jong: There is No Church Insurance Against Apostasy

Today I’d like to go back again to the archives of the Association of Christian Reformed Laymen, published in A […]

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6 April 2015

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The Case of Dr. Edwin Walhout

Amongst my books is this volume published by the Association of Christian Reformed Laymen.  It was a gift to me […]

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30 March 2015

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Early printings of the Belgic Confession included this page of Scripture passage encouraging believers to profess their faith before men.
Early printings of the Belgic Confession included this page of Scripture passage encouraging believers to profess their faith before men.
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Outward Looking Church: Current Craze or Christ’s Commission? (2)

Revised from a presentation for the Spring Office Bearers Conference held March 22, 2014 in Burlington, ON.  See here for […]

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16 June 2014

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A New Cause of Division

The other day I posted the official English translation of a report going to the next synod of the Reformed […]

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7 January 2014

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Ancient Landmarks? Whatever.

Some time ago I came across this article from the official Christian Reformed magazine, The Banner.  I read it with […]

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27 August 2013

Charles Bridges Christian Reformed Church Proverbs 22:28 The Banner

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Walhout Gets It

There’s lots of buzz today on Facebook and elsewhere over an article published by The Banner.  In this article, retired CRC […]

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8 May 2013

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Fuller Seminary’s Departure from Inerrancy

A significant number of my books were gifts from a retired dairy farmer in Ontario, Gilbert Zekveld.  Following his retirement […]

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27 March 2013

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The Case That Went Nowhere: Willis De Boer in the CRC

Dr. Willis De Boer was a professor of religion and theology at Calvin College from 1962-1988.  He was also a […]

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28 February 2013

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New Articles Added on Inerrancy

In 2009, Clarion published a series of articles dealing with the doctrine of biblical inerrancy.  These have just been uploaded […]

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3 August 2012

Christian Reformed Church Inerrancy

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Liturgical Change in the Christian Reformed Church (1964-1985) — Part 8

Conclusion By Synod 1986 the Liturgical Committee seems to have been disbanded — although in the 1990s a Committee to […]

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22 November 2011

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Liturgical Change in the Christian Reformed Church (1964-1985) — Part 7

Synod 1985 — Let’s Go Dancing Acting on a request of some local churches, the 1982 CRC Synod gave the […]

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21 November 2011

Christian Reformed Church

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Liturgical Change in the Christian Reformed Church (1964-1985) — Part 6

Synods 1977-79 — A Lull in the Action Very little happened in these years.  The revision of liturgical forms was […]

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2 November 2011

Christian Reformed Church

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Liturgical Change in the Christian Reformed Church (1964-1985) — Part 5

Synod 1973 — Pushing the Boundaries In some ways the report of the Liturgical Committee to Synod 1973 was business […]

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27 October 2011

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