THE OUTLOOK is indebted to Rev. John H. Piersma, pastor of the Bethany Christian Reformed Church of South Holland, Illinois, for this prompt review of the 1974 CRC Synod. Rev. Piersma attended Synod as a delegate from Classis Illiana. The following is an account of cerlain highlights of synodical activities, discussions and decisions. It is offered […]
Pointed and lucid, this article gives clear and unambiguous answers to the questions being asked about abortion. Dr. Edwin H. Palmer, a CRC minister, is the Executive Secretary of the New International Version of the Bible (New York Bible Society International). 1. Question: Why, if the state does not forbid the use of contraceptives to […]
The CRC Synod of 1973 decided to make copies of the songs proposed for addition to the Psalter Hymnal available for denominational use and evaluation. The churches are invited to send their reactions to the Committee no later than February 1, 1975 with a view to approval or disapproval by the Synod of 1975. Reactions are […]
Rev. Lloyd Cross is pastor of the Peace Reformed Church (Reformed Church in the U.S., Eureka Classis) of Garner, Iowa. He writes: “The Christian Reformed Church has had a glorious history in this country. It was glorious because the Bible as God’s infallible Word was taken seriously. We fear that the Christian Reformed Church is […]
Rev. Arent de Graaf, pastor of the Reformed Church of Box Hill, Victoria, Australia, has kindly complied with THE OUTLOOKS request to furnish the information in this article concerning recent developments in the relations of the Reformed Churches in Australia to their mother church in the Netherlands (the GKN or the Reformed Churches in the […]
“The sixteenth was a great century. It was the century of Raphael and Michelangelo, of Spenser and Shakespeare, of Erasmus and Rabelais, of Copernicus and Galileo, of Luther and Calvin. Of all the figures that gave greatness to this century, none left a more lasting impression than Calvin” (Harkness, Georgia, John Calvin, the Man and […]
Bert Van Dyken is a member of the Immanuel Christian Reformed Church of Ripon, California. He has served on the board of the Stockton Rescue Mission for twenty-eight years and has brought a gospel message there once a month for twenty-five years. Report 44, to which Mr. Van Dyken refers, is the report adopted at […]