To avoid misunderstanding, let it be said that it has been my privilege to meet and fellowship with devout Pentecostals whose sincerity as Christians is unquestionably above reproach. Meeting with them at the annual conventions of the Evangelical Press Association, we definitely did not see eye to eye about speaking in tongues, but there was […]
Report 36 on “The Nature and Extent of Biblical Authority,” which appeared in the Agenda for Synod – 1971: The Christian Reformed Church ( pp. 268–304), is a lengthy response to a letter requesting such a study that was sent by the Gereformeerde Kerken of The Netherlands to the Reformed Ecumenical Synod. which letter of […]
Ronald J. Van Putten, a dentist in Grand Rapids, Michigan, has written this article in response to a request that he provide a contribution to THE OUTLOOK’s series THE LAYMAN SPEAKS. Dr. Van Putten and his family are members are the Cascade Christian Reformed Church. Introduction – It appears that we have come a long […]
The cause of Christ and of His gospel and church are both broader and narrower than the parochial concerns of our own relatively small denomination. The prayers and precepts of our Lord and of His apostles demand that we seek to realize “the unity of the faith” with all who come to truly share it […]
DEFENDS REPORT 36 Dear Rev. Vander Ploeg: Your recent articles dealing with the report on the Nature and Extent of Biblical Authority (THE OUTLOOK , June and July 1971) call for some further comments. In the first place, sincere appreciation is due to all who within the Christian Reformed Church seek to guard the truth […]
“The Bible was not written as a textbook on Geology” is one of those cliches, true enough by itself. Today it is often used in fellowship with another: “The Bible is certainly inspired in the area of the message of salvation and in the revelation of the God of our Salvation.” When these two cliches, […]
Scripture: Genesis 1:1–3a Read also – Job 38:1-18; Psalm 104:1-9, 24–31; Hebrews 1:1–4 Crucial question of origins – Our age may well he characterized by its preoccupation with origins. Man has become a puzzle to himself. In his search for self-understanding he travels many roads. But among these he repeatedly turns hack to the past. […]