The Militant Pastor: Warring a Good Warfare; Gentle unto All (1)

Commencement exercises of the Protestant Reformed Seminary were held on June 16, 2011 at Grandville Protestant Reformed Church. An abbreviated version of Prof. Dykstra's address on that occasion begins here, to be concluded, D.V., in our August issue. There is a certain paradox about the ministry of the Word. We reject the notion that there are theological paradoxes -- irresolvable contradictions in theology. There are, however, characteristics and callings of the minister that seem...