In compliance with a request, and because of the importance of the matter, the publishers of THE OUTLOOK have scheduled a series of three articles on Baptism in general, and Infant Baptism particularly. Rev. Henry Vanden Heuvel, writer of these articles, is pastor of the Bethel Christian Reformed Church of Sioux Center, Iowa. a id=”set-post-thumbnail” […]
It’s more than time to return to a consideration of this subject that was introduced in an editorial in the October issue with a promise to continue the matter the following month. The reason for the delay is that other matters were allowed to have the right of way. If a bit of Bobbie Burns’ […]
In attempting to characterize Rev. Nicholas J. Monsma for this In Memoriam I think immediately of the word stalwart. Physically he was stalwart. al· ways a dignified and impressive figure whether in the pulpit or as he appeared elsewhere in the service of the church. But it was not only his physique that always commanded […]
The Synod of 1973 has referred several matters to the churches for their consideration and reflection among which is also the report of the Liturgical Committee on “The Second Service.” There are, however, some problems connected with the request to reflect on and consider this particular report. In the first place, this report is not […]
One of the current synodical study committees of the Christian Reformed Church has a mandate “to provide the church’s membership with guidelines for making ethical decisions about war. The committee shall, inter alia, (a) take account of previous synodical decisions, especially the Report on the Problem of War (Acts of Synod 1964, pp, 312–316) and […]
“It has been interesting to observe that as preaching as sllch has been on the decline, preachers have more and more used important people in any realm. This is said to attract people to the Gospel and to persuade them to listen to it. If you can find an admiral or a general or anyone […]
The so-called Living Bible which includes the Living New Testament (also called Reach Out and The Greatest Is Love) is paraphrased by Kenneth Taylor and widely distributed by the World Home Bible League. H you happen to have a copy, I urge you to compare the following references with the King James version. Don’t buy […]
NEW TESTAMENT COMMENTARY: EXPOSITlON OF THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHEW by William Hendriksen, Bakcr Book House, Grand Rapids, Mich., 1973. 1015 pp. $14.95. Reviewed by Rev, Jerome Julien, pastor of the Faith Christian Reformed Church of Grand Rapids, Michigan. The set is growing. After an interval, another in the NEW TESTAMENT COMMENTARY series can be […]
This question is asked repeatedly, in various places, in varied circumstances, by a wide variety of young people. Why? There are, it seems to me, three basic reasons for this. 1. First of all, let me mention that there is quite obviously a lack of understanding, in part or entirely, of how the phrase is […]
In Deuteronomy 6 Moses instructs the people of Israel to occupy themselves and their children with the “statutes and commandments” of the Lord “all the days” of their life (vs. 2). In verse 7 he requests that parents leach their children “diligently,” whether they are at home or travel, from early morning till late at […]