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Calvin Seminary Forum: June 1996, Melvin D. Hugen, David Holwerda, James A. Dejong, Ronald J. Feenstra

Calvin Seminary Forum (1994-2001)

Contents
1 - A Revival Meeting in the Georgia Dome - Melvin D. Hugen
3 - Promises to Keep - David Holwerda
5 - Commitment - James A. DeJong
6 - Reflections on the Demoninational Mission and Vision Statement - Ronald J. Feenstra

Calvin Seminary Forum: April 1996, Jeffrey A.D. Weima, David Holwerda, Robert C. De Vries, Arie C. Leder

Calvin Seminary Forum (1994-2001)

Contents
1 - Two Challenges to our Reformed Heritage - Jeffery A.D. Weima
3 - Hermeneutics Revisited - David Holwerda
4 - Where's the Catechism - Robert C. De Vries
6 - Christian Education at the Crossroads -Arie C. Leder
8 - Knowing God - Keith Tanis

Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 31 No 1 - April 1996), Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Journal

Editorial: John Bolt – 9 / Evolution by Abraham Kuyper – 11 / In the Shadow of Mt. Kuyper: A Survey of the Field by James D. Bratt – 51 / From Covenant of Grace to Equitable Public Pluralism: The Dutch Calvinist Contribution by James W. Skillen – 67 / Abraham Kuyper and the Cult of True Womanhood: An Analysis of De Eerepositie Der Vrouw by Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen – 97 / Calvin and the "Calvinists": Assessing Continuities and Discontinuities Between the Reformation and Orthodoxy (2) by Richard A. Muller – 125 / Spiritual Knowledge According to Jonathan …

Calvin Seminary Forum: January 1996, Roger S. Greenway, David H. Englhard, Jacob D. Eppinga, James A. Dejong

Calvin Seminary Forum (1994-2001)

Contents
1 - The South Holland Event - Roger S. Greenway
2 - The Proposals Reviewed - David H. Engelhard
3 - Affirming Our Identity - Jacob D. Eppinga
5 - Our Common Convictions - James E. DeJong
6 - Make Every Effort - Joel H. Nederhood

Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 30 No 2 - November 1995), Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Journal

Editorial by John Bolt - 343 / Calvin and the "Calvinists": Assessing Continuities and Discontinuities between the Reformation and Orthodoxy by Richard A. Muller - 345 / The Use of Philosophy in the Theology of Johannes Maccovius (1578–1644) by Martin I. Klauber - 376 / "Heaven Is a World of Love": Edwards on Heaven and the Trinity by Amy Plantinga Pauw - 392 / Doctrinal Development in Scripture and Tradition: A Reformed Assessment of the Church's Theological Task by Mark W. Karlberg - 401 / Calvin Bibliography: 1995 by Peter De Klerk - 419 / Scholia: Is Homosexuality a …

Calvin Seminary Forum: October 1995, Richard A. Muller, David Holwerda, John Bolt, Wilbert Van Dyk

Calvin Seminary Forum (1994-2001)

Contents
1 - On Being Reformed - Richard Muller
3 - Honoring Consciences - David Holwerda
4 - The Church: Love It or Leave It! - John Bolt
5 - Infant Baptism: Is It Really So Important - Wilbert Van Dyke
6 - The Church: A Business? - Henry DeMoor

Calvin Seminary Forum: April 1995, David Feddes, David Holwerda, Cornelius Plantinga Jr., James V. Brownson

Calvin Seminary Forum (1994-2001)

Contents
1 - What's the Connection? - David Feddes
3 - Clear Teaching - David Holwerda
4 - Reply to Feddes - Cornelius Plantinga, Jr.
5 - Response to John Cooper's Inclusive Language for God - James V. Brownson
6 - Response to Brownson's Response - John Cooper
8 - Preach the Catechism - Wilbert M. Van Dyk

Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 30 No 1 - April 1995), Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Journal

Editorial: John Bolt - 9 / Covenant and Creation: Covenant Overload or Covenantal Deconstruction by Craig G. Bartholomew - 11 / The Relation Between Creation and Redemption in Romans 8:18–27 by John Bolt - 34 / Augustine’s Theory of Concupiscence in City of God, Book XIV by James B. Weidenaar - 52 / Searching for “Disconnected Wires”: Karl Barth’s Doctrine of Creation Revisited by Syd Hielema - 75 / General Revelation and Science: Reflections on a Remark in Report 28 by Nicolaas H. Gootjes - 94 / The Effects of the Fall on Creational Social Structures: A Comparison of …

Calvin Seminary Forum: January 1995, Harry Boonstra, David Holwerda, Craig Van Gelder, Calvin P. Van Reken

Calvin Seminary Forum (1994-2001)

Contents
1 - You Call that CRC Worship? - Harry Boonstra
3 - How Shall We Worship? - David Holwerda
4 - Seeking the Lost Through the Seeker Service - Craig Van Gelder
6 - Worship and the Second Commandment - Calvin P. Van Reken

Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 29 No 2 - November 1994), Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Journal

Articles: Remembering John Kromminga by Henry Zwaanstra - 340 / Apology of John Calvin, to Messrs. the Nicodemites upon the Complaint That They Make of His Too Great Rigor (1544) translated by Eric Kayayan - 346 / Within Proper Limits: Basic Features of John Calvin's Theological Epistemology by Cornelis van der Kooi - 364 / Calvin (and Zwingli) on Divine Providence by Paul Helm - 388 / Not "Hidden and Far Off": The Bodily Aspect of Salvation and Its Implications for Understanding the Body in Calvin's Theology by Thomas J. Davis - 406 / John Calvin's Humanist Image of Popular …

Calvin Seminary Forum: October 1994, Craig Van Gelder, David Holwerda, Dirk Hart, Cornelius Plantinga Jr.

Calvin Seminary Forum (1994-2001)

Contents
1 - Are You Ready for the 21st Century? - Craig Van Gelder
3 - Tradition and Change - David Holwerda
5 - Has the Future Already Arrived? - Dirk Hart
4 - Schaller's Worldly Wisdom - Cornelius Plantinga,Jr
8 - Tertullian and "Church Growth" - Richard A. Muller

Calvin Seminary Forum: April 1994, Cornelius Plantinga Jr., David Holwerda, John W. Cooper, Calvin P. Van Reken

Calvin Seminary Forum (1994-2001)

Contents
1 - Ordination of Women and of Gays: Are they on Par? - Cornelius Plantinga Jr.
3 - Synods and Crisis - David Holwerda
5 - Inclusive Language for God: Its Time to Take a Stand - John Cooper
8 - A Parable of Grace - Calvin Van Reken

Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 29 No 1 - April 1994), Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Journal

Editorial: John Bolt - 9 / "Covenant" Overload in Reformed Theology by John H. Stek - 12 / The Continuing Conundrum: Calvin and the Conditionality of the Covenant by Peter A. Lillback - 42 / The Covenant of Works and the Stability of Divine Law in Seventeenth-Century Reformed Orthodoxy: A Study in the Theology of Herman Witsius and Wilhelmus à Brakel by Richard A. Muller - 75 / The Doctrine of the Abrogations in the Federal Theology of Johannes Cocceius (1603-1669) by W. J. Van Asselt - 101 / The Perkinsian Moment of Federal Theology by Michael McGiffert - …

Calvin Seminary Forum: January 1994, John Bolt, David Holwerda, Roger S. Greenway, Cornelius Plantinga Jr.

Calvin Seminary Forum (1994-2001)

Contents
1 - The Right to Die - John Bolt
3 - From Dream to Forum - David Holwerda
6 - Missions is Spiritual Warfare - Roger Greenway
7 - Smedes For Preachers - Cornelius Plantinga, Jr.
8 - Christ the Victor - Ronald J. Feenstra

Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 28 No 2 - November 1993), Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Journal

Editorial: The Dutch Connection by John Bolt - 263 / A History of Theology and Spirituality in the Dutch Reformed Churches (Gereformeerde Kerken), 1892-1992 by Jan Veenhof - 266 / The Dutch Second Reformation (Nadere Reformatie) by Joel R. Beeke - 298 / The Catholic Origins and Calvinist Orientation of Dutch Reformed Church Law by John Witte, Jr. - 328 / Scripture Read and Interpreted: The Development of the Doctrine of Scripture and Hermeneutics in Gereformeerde Theology in the Netherlands by H. M. Vroom - 352 / Public Theology? A Current Dutch Discussion by David Graham Murphy - 372 …

The Use Of Lament In Pastoral Care: Exploring Its Use With Those Working Through The Loss Of A Child, Cornelius J. Deboer

CTS Master of Theology (ThM) Theses

The general purpose of the thesis is to reintroduce an ancient Jewish/Christian tradition of lamenting which taps the anger and inappropriateness of death, destruction, and injustice. This ancient tradition has been lacking and has not been readily encouraged in the Christian community, even though lamenting can easily be understood as a vital part of our relationship with a covenantal God.

More specifically the thesis describes ministry to bereaved parents, and the important place of lament in this ministry. Although the psalms of lament are set forth as the main model, other creative avenues of lamenting are explored. Some prayers and …

Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 28 No 1 - April 1993), Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Journal

Editorial by John Bolt - 7 / The Discipline of Ethics in Early Reformed Orthodoxy by Donald Sinnema - 10 / Christ and the Law in the Ethics of Herman Bavinck by John Bolt - 45 / The Kingdom and Slavery: A Test Case for Social Ethics by Guenther Haas - 74 / Galatians 6:11-18: A Hermeneutical Key to the Galatian Letter by Jeffrey A. D. Weima - 90 / Scholia: Reformed Apologetics and the Challenge of Post-Modern Relativism by John W. Cooper - 108 / Preaching and the New Literary Studies of the Bible by Stanley Greidanus - 121 …

Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 27 No 2 - November 1992), Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Journal

Editorial: John Bolt - 217 / The Catholicity of Christianity and the Church by Herman Bavinck, translated by John Bolt - 220 / The Limits of Power and Obedience in the Later Calvin by Ralph Keen - 252 / Abraham Kuyper's Philosophy of Science by Del Ratzsch - 277 / Pannenberg's Systematic Theology, Vol. I: A Symposium: I. Introduction by Brian J. Walsh - 304 / II. The Irrelevancy of Theology: Pannenberg and the Quest for Truth by Stanley J. Grenz - 307 / III. Pannenberg on the Truth of Christian Discourse: A Logical Response by Rory A. …

Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 27 No 1 - April 1992), Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Journal

Editorial: By John Bolt - 7 / Articles: “A Kingship and Priests”: Inaugurated Eschatology in the Apocalypse by Andrew J. Bandstra - 10 / On Unity and Truth: Martin Bucer’s Sermon on John 17 by James R. Payton, Jr. - 26 / Faith and Assurance in the Heidelberg Catechism and Its Primary Composers: A Fresh Look at the Kendall Thesis by Joel R. Beeke - 39 / Humanity in Reformed and Feminist Perspectives: Collision or Correlation? by Douglas J. Schuurman - 68 / Scholia: Herman Bavinck on Scripture and Science, translated by Al Wolters - 91 / …

Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 26 No 2 - November 1991), Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Journal

A Tribute and Thanks by John Bolt - 311 / East Friesland and the Reformed Reformation by James Tanis - 313 / Hendrikus Berkhof and Theological Appeals to Experience by David Graham Murphy - 350 / Eschatological Hermeneutics, Women's Ordination, and the Reformed Tradition by John Bolt - 370 / Calvin Bibliography: 1991 by Peter De Klerk - 389 / Scholia: Postmodernism as an Emerging Worldview by Craig Van Gelder - 412 / Postscript to "Partners of the Deity" by Al Wolters - 418 / Book Reviews - Fowler, Stuart, Christian Educational Distinctives, reviewed by John Van Dyk - …

Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 26 No 1 - April 1991), Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Journal

The Immoralities of the Patriarchs in the History of Exegesis: A Reappraisal of Calvin's Position by John L. Thompson - 9 / The Missiology of Gisbertus Voetius: The First Comprehensive Protestant Theology of Missions by Jan Jongeneel - 47 / The New Revised Standard Version: A Preliminary Assessment by John H. Stek - 80 / Linearity in Calvin's Thought by Francis Higman - 100 / A Smoldering Ember: Harry Boer's Continuing Battle with the Reformed Tradition by John Bolt - 111 / Scholia: How Should Heidelberg Catechism Q / A 60 Be Translated? by Lyle D. Bierma - 125 / …

Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 25 No 2 - November 1990), Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Journal

Articles: Calvin's Doctrine of the Trinity by Thomas F. Torrance - 165 / Interpreting the Classic: The Hermeneutical Character of David Tracy's Theology in the Analogical Imagination by John A. Vissers - 194 / Fides and Cognitio in Relation to the Problem of Intellect and Will in the Theology of John Calvin by Richard A. Muller - 207 / Calvin Bibliography: 1990 by Peter De Klerk - 225 / Scholia: Paul and the Law: Some Recent Developments and an Extraordinary Book by Andrew J. Bandstra - 249 / Book Reviews: Stout, Jeffrey, The Flight from Authority: …

Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 25 No 1 - April 1990), Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Journal

Articles: Jean-Alphonse Turrettini on Biblical Accommodation: Calvinist or Socinian by Martin I. Klauber and Glenn S. Sunshine - 7 / "Partners of the Deity": A Covenantal Reading of 2 Peter 1:4 by Al Wolters - 28 / Jesus Christ as the Image of God in Calvin's Theology by Randall C. Zachman - 45 / Scholia: The Puritan Radiance in Edward Taylor by Beth Merizon - 63 / Book Reviews: Maddox, Randy L., Toward an Ecumenical Fundamental Theology, reviewed by John Bolt - 74 / Frank, Douglas W., Less Than Conquerors: How Evangelicals Entered the Twentieth Century …

Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 24 No 2 - November 1989), Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Journal

Articles: The Law and Angels: Antiquities 15.136 and Galatians 3:19 by Andrew J. Bandstra - 223 / Teilhard, Marx, and the Worldview of Prominent Liberation Theologians by John W. Cooper - 241 / Arminius and the Scholastic Tradition by Richard A. Muller - 263 / Calvin Bibliography 1989 by Peter De Klerk - 278 / Scholia: Some Critical Issues in Biblical Interpretation by Klaas Runia - 300 / Book Reviews - Harrison, Everett F., Interpreting Acts: The Expanding Church; Krodel, Gerhard A., Acts, reviewed by Willis P. De Boer - 316 / Barbe, Dominique, Grace and …

Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 24 No 1 - April 1989), Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Journal

Hermeneutical Issues Then and Now: The Janssen Case Revisited by David E. Holwerda - 7 / Common Grace by Herman Bavinck, translated by Raymond C. Van Leeuwen - 35 / The Dimension of Ultimacy and Theology of Culture: A Critical Discussion of Langdon Gilkey by Brian J. Walsh - 66 / Dutch Calvinist Philosophical Influences in North America by Richard J. Mouw - 93 / Scholia: The Water of Baptism and the Wine of Communion by James LaGrand - 121 / Jude and the Rhetorician: A Dialogue on the Rhetorical Nature of the Epistle of Jude by Thomas R. …

Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 23 No 2 - November 1988), Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Journal

Articles: Reassessing the Thought of Reinhold Niebuhr by Ronald J. Feenstra - 142 / The Individual and Society in the Thought of Calvin by J. Alton Templin - 161 / Calvin as Theologian and Exegete—Is There Anything New? by Richard C. Gamble - 178 / Calvin Bibliography 1988 by Peter De Klerk - 195 / Scholia: The Great Reversal: Ethics and the New Testament—A Critical Assessment by Douglas J. Schuurman - 222 / A Response to Douglas Schuurman by Allen Verhey - 231 / Book Reviews: Vorster, W. S., ed., Church and Industry, reviewed by John …

Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 23 No 1 - April 1988), Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Journal

Articles: Calvin's Exegesis of Romans 12:8—Social, Accidental, or Theological? by Elsie Anne McKee - 6 / The Identity of Resurrected Persons: Fatal Flaw of Monistic Anthropology by John W. Cooper - 19 / The Threeness/Oneness Problem of the Trinity by Cornelius Plantinga, Jr. - 37 / Scholia: Notes and Comments for the Minister. The CRC on the "Congregational Way"? by Henry De Moor - 54 / Book Reviews: Paul J. Achtemeir, ed. Harper's Bible Dictionary, reviewed by John H. Stek - 61 / Charles Bell, Calvin and Scottish Theology: The Doctrine of Assurance, reviewed by …

Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 22 No 2 - November 1987), Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Journal

Abraham Kuyper: Cultural Critic by Edward E. Ericson, Jr. - 210 / Covenant or Covenants in the Theology of Olevianus? by Lyle D. Bienna - 228 / Is "Minjung Theology" a Christian Theology? by Seyoon Kim - 251 / Calvin Bibliography 1987 by Peter De Klerk - 275 / Scholia: Testing the Spirit of the Age of Aquarius: The New Age Movement by John W. Cooper - 295 / Book Reviews - James A. De Jong, Into His Presence, reviewed by Clifford Bajema - 306 / Tad Dunne, S.J., Lonergan and Spirituality: Towards a Spiritual Integration, reviewed by …

Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 22 No 1 - April 1987), Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Journal

The Source of a Religious Error in Colossae by Randal A. Argall - 6 / Jude and Jewish Traditions by Charles Evans - 25 / Articles: Theology and Ethics in Jürgen Moltmann by Douglas J. Schuurman - 42 / Jonathan Edwards and the Scope of Gospel Ministry by Helen Westra - 68 / Scholia: The Trinity as a Unifying Theme in Reformed Thought: A Response to Dr. George Vandervelde by John Bolt - 91 / Siblings on Alien Planets? Refocussing a Discussion by George Vandervelde - 104 / Jesus on Divorce: An Assessment of a New Proposal by …

Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 21 No 2 - November 1986), Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Journal

A Commemorative Note by the Editor - 150 / Articles: Calvin Interprets What "Moses Reports": Observations on Calvin's Commentary on Exodus 1–19 by Marten H. Woudstra - 151 / "Through a Mirror Dimly": Calvin's Sermons on Job by Susan E. Schreiner - 175 / Calvin Bibliography 1986 by Peter De Klerk - 194 / Scholia: John Calvin's Views on Discipline: A Comparison of the Institution of 1536 and the Institutes of 1559 by Richard R. De Ridder - 223 / Abraham Kuyper's Edition of the Institutes by James A. De Jong - 231 / Book Reviews - Calviniana: McKim, Donald …