Dr. John J. Timmerman, son of the late Rev. John Timmerman and for many years a professor of English at Calvin College, writes: “I have an abiding and high respect for the traditional sermon. I do not believe it to be an archaic relic to be entrusted to a museum with other valuable objects that have […]
Last month THE OUTLOOK began a new series of articles or lessons on I TIMOTHY by Rev. Henry Vander Kam, pastor of Crace Christian Reformed Church of Kalamazoo, Michigan. This series, intended for church societies, study groups, and all others interested promises to be both interesting and profitable. Rev. Vander Kam has the knack of […]
Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and such we are. I John 3:1 “I’m doing my own thing.” That little phrase is used today to justify just about anything a person does or wants to do. It is an easy escape mechanism for all […]
After this article was already at the printer, word was received that the writer, Rev. John D. De long, had passed away suddenly at his home in Hudsonville, Michigan, at the age of 72, on Wednesday morning, August 20. Funeral services were held on Friday afternoon, August 22, at the Immanuel Christian Reformed Church in […]
Elisabeth Elliot, formerly a missionary, is now a writer living in Hamilton, Massachusetts. She has the A.B. from Wheaton College. Among her books are A Slow and Certain Light and Furnace of the Lord. Her article is: Copyright 1975 by Christianity Today; reprinted by permission. “All that is not eternal,” wrote C. S. Lewis, “is […]
THE DOOYEWEERDIAN CONCEPT OF THE WORD OF GOD, by Robert A. Morey, Appendices by John M. Frame and Gerald O’Donnell. Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Co., 1974, 53 pp. $1.50. THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN “POWER-WORD” AND “TEXT-WORD” IN RECENT REFORMED THOUGHT: The View of Scripture Set Forth by Some Representatives of the Philosophy of the Law-Idea, by Harry […]
HISTORY OF THE FREE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF SCOTLAND (1893–1970). Compiled by a Committee Appointed by the Synod of the Free Presbyterian Church. Published by tile Publications Committee, Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland. Printed by J. G. Eccles, Henderson Road, Inverness, Scotland. 427 pages. Reviewed by Rev. Wilbert M. Van Dyk, pastor of the Plymouth Heights […]