Author: Rev. Martin VanderWal

Idealism (3)

Before entering into the consequences of idealism, it is worth understanding some important ramifications that Plato drew from his cave analogy.1 Philosophy alone is able

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Idealism (2)

Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?—Psalm 12:4   Introduction The words of

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Fear and Anger

Introduction It ought to be striking to the reader that an article written under the rubric of ethics is about fear and anger. Then one

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Cancel Culture

The ethics of mercy ought to lead us to form judgments regarding what we are presented with today in the form of cancel culture. So

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Settled and Binding

Why don’t they just give up? The Protestant Reformed Churches have spoken. Synods have decided. They have treated protests and appeals. According to article 31

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Heresy (2)

Solution: Love of the Truth As we have seen, there is a great deal of confusion about terms that are used to define and distinguish

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