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Religionless Christianity?

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  • Pieter K. A. De Boer

It was Dietrich Bonhoeffer who envisioned a religionless Christianity. This article examines what he meant by this—all Christians are to become the living body of Christ—and how he came to such a sentiment.

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The Westminster Standards Compared to the Three Forms of Unity

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  • Pieter K. A. De Boer

After a quick overview of the history in which the Three Forms of Unity and the Westminster Standards were written, the article compares the two confessional standards and how the doctrine of election features in each one.

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Maintaining Unity among Churches

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  • Pieter K. A. De Boer

Scripture speaks in a twofold way about the church, as being the one body of Christ as well as various churches in different locations. This article sets out from this reality to discuss how churches are to relate to each other and thereby enjoy and maintain unity with one another while respecting the autonomy of each church.

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Maintaining Church Unity in a Confessional Way

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How should the church maintain unity and deal with new heresies using old confessions? Is there a need for new confessions or revised confessions? This article looks at two scenarios to show that what is more important is the need for the confessions to remain living among the members of the church.

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Knowing God from Scripture Only?

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  • Pieter K. A. De Boer

This article explains the relationship between general revelation and special revelation.

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Knowing God from His Word and through the Holy Spirit

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The only way one can come to believe what the Scriptures say is through the work of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit does not give extra revelation, but works through the Word. This is the relationship between the Holy Spirit and the Bible, which the article explains.

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How to Move Forward with International Inter-Church Relations

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How can churches relate together and have unity based on the confessions? This article proposes the adoption of Three Forms of Unity as the basis for church unity. Here focus is given to the issue of the expressions of different cultures and traditions and adhering to similar confessions.

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Attempts at Worldwide Ecclesiastical Relations

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Church unity should not only be limited to the local churches or even churches nationally. There must be a way of getting the churches to express this unity at an international level. How? This article examines some of the ways for international inter-relations within the churches.

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Accepting the Literal Meaning of Scripture, But What about Its Cultural Context?

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What is the role of the cultural context in interpreting Scripture? This article examines the question of slavery, polygamy, submission of women, and long hair in light of the literal meaning of Scripture and its cultural context.

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Pictures of the Lord Jesus May We Use Them?

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This article is about pictures of Jesus Christ in Children's Bibles. The author also looks at Scripture through pictures and the second commandment.

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Reformed Pharisees?

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  • Pieter K. A. De Boer

Are Reformed believers Pharisees? This article looks at the obedience of Christians and the place of traditions.

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Literature and the Christian

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  • Pieter K. A. De Boer

This article on the literature and the Christian, also focuses on the purpose of literature, false religion in literature and the discernment that is necessary when reading literature.

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Authority in Education

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  • Pieter K. A. De Boer

In this article about the authority in education, the fifth commandment is also discussed. It looks at the authority Jesus Christ had in his teaching, and what that means for our Christian schools.

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