Books published by Lucerna: CRTS Publications

What position should the children of believers have in the church today? And how should this affect the ways in which we nurture them? The authors of this volume share the conviction that children of believers belong to God, and thus ought to be baptized and treated as members of the church, wherein they are called to faith and obedience along with the adults. The contributions in this volume substantiate this foundational conviction through investigations in Scripture and history, and make it clear that the matter of children in the church remains a pressing concern, worthy of our continued attention and energy.

On the occasion of its fiftieth anniversary (1969-2019), the Canadian Reformed Theological Seminary has produced this commemorative volume that chronicles its history. It also includes many historical photos and provides a description of the present functioning of the seminary.Chapters focus on the following items: an explanation of the scriptural basis for a federational seminary an historical overview from 1969 to 2019 focussing on faculty, students, staff, challenges and blessings over the years an outline of how the seminary and its library operates today, including its support from with the Canadian Reformed Churches and the Free Reformed Churches of Australia a description of the process leading to the seminary's accreditation and its prospects for the future

Common grace has generally been thought of as a doctrine developed and promoted by Abraham Kuyper. However, John Calvin also discussed the concept in some detail. In the 1930s Klaas Schilder began writing about the doctrine and was quite critical of various aspects of Kuyper's views. In his seminal dissertation, originally published in 1966, Jochem Douma first presents the ideas of Kuyper, Schilder, and Calvin, respectively, and then proceeds to compare and evaluate them. He has objections to some features of Kuyper's doctrine, but also to some elements of Schilder's critique. Ultimately he prefers the more nuanced views of Calvin. Included in this edition is a paper, first appended in 1974 to the second impression, in which Douma responds to criticisms levied at his dissertation. The English translation also contains a preface by the author in which, some fifty years after his study was first published, he expresses reservations about certain aspects of his original work.

The relation between Jesus Christ and culture should be recognized as a topic of crucial importance in every historical context. It concerns the foundational questions of Christian thought and action. In this book Dr. Klaas Schilder deals with this challenging subject in a bold and incisive manner, thus making his readers aware of the all-embracing significance of Christ for cultural endeavors. The biblical position taken by the author leads him to explore its implications with remarkable clarity and directness. In this way he makes a valuable contribution to the development of a Christian view of culture.