Writings of Clarence Bouwman

1 01.00. Spiritual Order For the Church 2 01.0000. Key to the Church Order of the Free Reformed Churches of Australia 3 01.00000. Key to the Church Order of the Canadian Reformed Churches 4 01.000000. Introduction 5 01.01. Part I: From the Bible to the Church Order 6 01.01.01. Spiritual Order 7 01.02. Part II: The Roots of the Church Order in the Bible 8 01.02.01. The Church Order 9 01.02.02. Historical Overview of Church Government 10 01.02.02. Offices and Supervision of Doctrine Articles 2-27. 11 01.02.03. Articles 28-50 12 01.02.03. Development of Church Polity in the Netherlands 13 01.02.04. Worship, Sacraments and Ceremonies 14 01.02.05. Church Discipline 15 01.02.06. Concluding Articles 16 01.03. Appendices 17 01.03.01. Appendix 1 18 01.03.02. Appendix 2 19 01.03.03. Appendix 3 20 02.00. The Overflowing Riches of my God 21 02.000. Why Study the Belgic Confession 22 02.0000. Historical Context of the Belgic Confession 23 02.01. THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD 24 02.02. HOW GOD MAKES HIMSELF KNOWN TO US 25 02.03. THE WORD OF GOD 26 02.04. THE CANONICAL BOOKS 27 02.05. THE AUTHORITY OF HOLY SCRIPTURE 28 02.06. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CANONICAL AND APOCRYPHAL BOOKS 29 02.07. THE SUFFICIENCY OF HOLY SCRIPTURE 30 02.08. GOD IS ONE IN ESSENCE, YET DISTINGUISHED IN THREE PERSONS 31 02.10. JESUS CHRIST TRUE AND ETERNAL GOD 32 02.11. THE HOLY SPIRIT TRUE AND ETERNAL GOD 33 02.12. THE CREATION OF ALL THINGS, ESPECIALLY THE ANGELS 34 02.13. THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD 35 02.14. THE CREATION AND FALL OF MAN AND HIS INCAPABILITY OF DOING WHAT IS TRULY GOOD 36 02.15. ORIGINAL SIN 37 02.16. DIVINE ELECTION 38 02.17. THE RESCUE OF FALLEN MAN 39 02.18. THE INCARNATION OF THE SON OF GOD 40 02.19. THE TWO NATURES IN THE ONE PERSON OF CHRIST 41 02.20. THE JUSTICE AND MERCY OF GOD IN CHRIST 42 02.21. THE SATISFACTION OF CHRIST OUR HIGH PRIEST 43 02.22. OUR JUSTIFICATION THROUGH FAITH IN CHRIST 44 02.23. OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS BEFORE GOD 45 02.24. MAN’S SANCTIFICATION AND GOOD WORKS 46 02.25. CHRIST, THE FULFILMENT OF THE LAW 47 02.26. CHRIST’S INTERCESSION 48 02.27. THE CATHOLIC CHRISTIAN CHURCH 49 02.28. EVERYONE’S DUTY TO JOIN THE CHURCH 50 02.29. THE MARKS OF THE TRUE AND THE FALSE CHURCH 51 02.30. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CHURCH 52 02.31. THE OFFICERS OF THE CHURCH 53 02.32. THE ORDER AND DISCIPLINE OF THE CHURCH 54 02.33. THE SACRAMENTS 55 02.34. THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM 56 02.35. THE SACRAMENT OF THE LORD’S SUPPER 57 02.36. THE CIVIL GOVERNMENT 58 02.37. THE LAST JUDGMENT 59 03.00. Form for the Solemnisatiion of Marriage 60 03.01. WHY A COURSE ON THE MARRIAGE FORM? 61 03.02. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND TO THE SOLEMNISATION OF MARRIAGE AND THE MARRIAGE FORM 62 03.03. MARRIAGE “IN THE NAME OF THE LORD” 63 03.04. THE INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE - Genesis 2:18-24 64 03.05. GOD’S PRINCIPLES FOR MARRIAGE AS TAUGHT IN Gen_2:18 65 03.06. THE RESTORATION OF MARRIAGE - John 2:1-11 66 03.07. THE PERMANENCE OF MARRIAGE - Matthew 19:6 67 03.08. GOD: ISRAEL’S FAITHFUL HUSBAND 68 03.09. ISRAEL: GOD’S UNFAITHFUL WIFE 69 03.10. GOD’S RESPONSE TO ISRAEL’S FAITHLESSNESS 70 03.11. THIS MOTIF CONTINUED IN THE NEW TESTAMENT 71 03.12. SCRIPTURE ON DIVORCE 72 03.13. HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CHURCH’S STANCE ON DIVORCE 73 03.14. CONCLUSION 74 04.01. Deborah & Barak: Example for Women or Embarrassment for Men? 75 04.02. Who Was Deborah 76 04.03. The Norm God had revealed 77 04.04. Conclusion for Deborah's day 78 04.05. God has upheld this norm 79 04.06. Conclusion for our day 80 Calvin on the Sabbath 81 The Sabbath - A Sign of the Covenant