When today’s young people (far-out or close-in as they may be) come regularly to church, a warm glow of gratitude ought to suffuse our hearts. Hallelujah! Surely, this is not a blessing merely to be taken for granted—not at such a time as this! But let’s never get the silly notion that young people are […]
These days we hear a lot about revolutionary movements throughout the world and in our own countries. You can see the revolutionary mind in the bombing of the United States Capitol, the blowing up of a refinery, the shooting of police officers, and in mass demonstrations with such signs as: “If there is no solution […]
Timothy-Lawndale Matter – The packed visitors’ galleries gave proof of the broad and intense interest of the church in the issue being debated on the CRC 1971 Synod floor. The issue was the one known as the Timothy-Lawndale matter. At the heart of the matter is the refusal of the Timothy school board to enroll […]
In this issue THE OUTLOOK presents the opening articles by Dr. Peter Y. De Jong on Genesis 1–11 intended for study by church societies, other groups, and for personal use. Dr. De Jong, professor at Calvin Seminary from 1964 to 1970, and presently serving as the pastor of the First Christian Reformed Church of Sioux […]
DOGMATISCHE STUDIEN. De Kerk. I. Eenheid. en Katholiciteit, by Dr. G. C. Berkouwer. Publisher: J. H. Kok N.V., Kampen, The Netherlands. 1970. pp. 260. Reviewed by Dr. Johan D. Tangelder, pastor of the Riverside Christian Reformed Church of Wellandport, Ontario. This is another excellent study in the series of studies in Dogmatics by the renowned […]
On May 25 a group of men from various parts of Ontario met with representatives of the Reformed Fellowship, Inc. to consider the possibility of the formation of an affiliate organization here in Canada. On this same evening the Reformed Fellowship of Canada was organized. The people who formed this organization were drawn together out […]
When Polonius asks Hamlet, the prince of Denmark, what he is reading, the prince answers, “Words, words, words.” A few years ago I heard someone ask a parishioner how he liked his new minister. His reply was the same as Shakespeare put into the mouth of Hamlet. Words of Songs – When ministers spend considerable […]
Introduction: This, we hope, will be a monthly feature of OUTLOOK. In it we will quote or summarize certain things which appear in magazines “of Reformed persuasion.” Our range is limited to those periodicals which appear within the Christian Reformed Church, the Protestant Reformed Churches, the Orthodox Presbyterian, Reformed Presbyterian, Presbyterian U.S., Reformed Church in […]
Although Dr. Abraham Kuyper certainly was not always right in all he said. he was endowed with a sense of direction for the Christian community which since his time has not been equalled. It was with real vision that he founded the Free University exclusively on Reformed principles. Kuyper saw that there are only two […]