A late addition to the American TV diet is the CBS quiz show “The New Price Is Right.” Contestants chosen at random from the studio audience compete for fantastic prizes. The contestant who comes closest to the manufacturer’s suggested retail price of the prize under bidding without going over, not only wins the prize but […]
A decision by two groups of concerned Christians within the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands to merge and assume stronger organizational form has triggered a new conflict in the church there. The two groups, ‘Truth and Unity’ (Waarheid en Eenheid) and ‘Scripture and Witness’ (Schrift en Getuigenis) have not yet decided on the name of […]
The Kingdom, the Kingdom, the Kingdom! But why all this repetition? Because there are those among us, notably a cluster of scholars with headquarters at Toronto, who are incessantly talking about the Kingdom. And that’s good. Why? Because the Bible speaks of it so often. A. A. Hodge, one-time Professor of Systematic Theology at Princeton […]
Over forty years ago The Banner of March 20, 1931, included an article under the intriguing title, “The Ministers of Petty Falls.” In it Rev. Watson Groen made some shall? observations about the morale of the ministers and churches of the Christian Reformed denomination in the area of the country where they are most highly […]
To me the great weakness of the report is its departure from an old, standard expression long accepted and used by Reformed churches and now all of a sudden discarded. Misgivings with regard to the report on the Authority of the Bible continue. These misgivings increase with every article the committee writes in explanation. If […]
Following is a communication addressed to the Synod of the Christian Reformed Church to convene June l2, 1973 and also to member churches of the denomination. The consistory and members of the congregation of the Second Christian Reformed Church of Toronto have studied Synod’s decisions of 1972 with regard to the “Nature and Extent of […]
Dr. Roger S. Greenway herewith presents the fifth in a series of articles on “When Cities and Churches First Met in America,” Dr. Greenway is Area Secretary for Latin America, Board of Foreign Missions of the Christian Reformed Church. As momentum increased in many quarters to reach the urban masses in a way which did […]
THE HUMANNESS OF JOHN CALVIN, by Richard Stauffer. Translated from the French by George Shriver. Nashville. Tenn. Abingdon Press. 96pp. $1.95. Reviewed by Rev. John T. Holwerda of Hudsonville, Michigan. In this short treatise, Dr. Richard Stauffer, a Swiss pastor, comes to the defence of John Calvin as a person. It is a book much […]
DISAPPROVES OF ARTICLE RE NEW EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS OF THE CRC After a few weeks of careful consideration I have decided to ask for space in THE OUTLOOK in reaction to the January article recommending that churches not use the new educational publications of the Christian Reformed Church. I have read THE OUTLOOK (also as TORCH […]
The following article was written by one of the young people attending the Reformed Fellowship Winter Youth Conference, held March 16–18, Cedar Glen Conference Grounds, Bolton, Ontario, Canada. Close to 100 young people attended the conference. The fact that made our weekend at Cedar Glen very worthwhile is: rather than a mere retreat, the weekend […]