Editorially Speaking

For our special Reformation Day issue this year we have chosen the life and work of the Dutch Reformed theologian, Abraham Kuyper. The choice may surprise some. The Standard Bearer has been sharply critical of the Abraham Kuyper of common grace. But there is more -- much more -- to Kuyper than common grace. That "more" explains the reformation of the church in the Netherlands in the late 19th century, a reformation of which many in the Reformed churches in all the world are heirs. This...