In spite of two influential groups of Churches in the Netherlands, both originating in a secession from the Established Church, the one in 1834, the other in 1886, being brought together and holding their “First General Synod of the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands”, the model of reformation remained in contention.
The centuries preceding the French Revolution (1789) are in many ways different from the epoch that followed. The radical change of direction introduced into the life and thought of the nations by this tremendous event shattered the continuity of history and impacted the matter of our faith.
When a person looks at the world round about him for the first time, a multitude of questions throng in upon him from all sides. For the questions that we are concerned with in our lives are innumerable and most of them are so insoluble that, after once having come to grips with them, we seem to feel unable to withdraw from the contest.
Relentless consumerism characterizes the First World today. If Jesus is right that we cannot serve both God and mammon (Luke 16:13), it follows that Jesus’ followers today simply must examine their priorities in life lest we unwittingly take on the spirit of our age.
Often we face the dilemma of having to choose between the privatism of those who do not see why they should apply their faith to social and political questions and the radical views of others who are certain they ought to apply faith to society in socialistic ways. Harry Antonides finds fault with both these perspectives.
For anyone who has ever taken part in the battle to preserve something of a meaningful social structure in Canada, who has tried to live up to the promise of our history, there is no lack of awareness of how great the odds are against winning such a battle.
This collection of essays is a sequel to A Christian Union in Labour’s Wasteland published by Wedge in 1978, and considers the issue of labour in the wider context of western society.
La Fuente, the Iberoamerican Journal for Christian Worldview, is an educational resource intended to equip the church with a biblical understanding of the world and her place in it.
La Fuente, the Iberoamerican Journal for Christian Worldview, is an educational resource intended to equip the church with a biblical understanding of the world and her place in it.