The question about women serving in leading and ruling church offices is agitating many churches today, the CRC not excluded. Rev. Peter De Jong, pastor of the Christian Reformed Church of Dutton, Michigan, has given considerable study to this matter. The material here presented was in substance given in an adult education series at Oakdale […]
This year (1976) THE OUTLOOK (formerly TORCH AND TRUMPET) is celebrating its twenty-fifth anniversary. The first issue was for April-May 1951. Each issue during 1976 is to carry one or more reprints from the issues of that first year, 1951. At the time he wrote this article, Rev. Edward Heerema was public relations secretary of […]
This year (1976 ) THE OUTLOOK (formerly TORCH AND TRUMPET) is celebrating its twenty-fifth anniversary. The first issue was for April. May 1951. Each issue during 1976 is to carry one or more reprints from the issues of that first year, 1951. At the time he wrote this contribution, Rev. Johannes G. Vos was pastor of […]
“And Jesus came to them and spake unto them, saying, all authority hath been given unto me in heaven and on earth.” Matthew 28:18 From bumper stickers to commemorative syrup jars, there is a vast array of items being marketed today to encourage Americans to celebrate the Bicentennial. Nearly every business and industry has boarded the […]
Dr. Leonard Greenway, pastor of the Riverside Christian Reformed Church of Grand Rapids, Michigan, is in charge of Our Question Box. Although this department is for everyone and questions from all ages are welcome, Dr. Greenway reports that he now has all hand all the questions he will be able to answer until further notice. […]
That’s what is now being proposed for adoption at the Synod of the Christian Reformed Church, to be convened next month on June 8 –a new stand on divorce. Is the divorce rate in the U.S, (I have no figures for Canada) on the increase? Glancing at the latest available statistics (and they are a […]
Because of the interest of many of our readers in the churches in the Netherlands, THE OUTLOOK is publishing the following news releases, for all of which we are indebted to the Reformed Ecumenical Synod News Exchange. REFORMED CHURCHES IN NETHERLANDS MAKE PRONOUNCEMENT ON WIERSINGA CASE – The Synod of the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands […]
Liturgy and the question of how to worship are receiving a great deal of attention today for better or for worse. That we should have and follow the proper guidelines for this is of the utmost importance. In this issue, Rev. Jerome M. Julien, pastor of the First Christian Reformed Church in Pella, Iowa, presents […]
Laurie Vanden Heuvel has pursued special study in the matter of church education. This is her second article in a series on Feed My Lambs. She writes: “Every one of us is a teacher. If we are silent about the things of the Lord, we are still teaching—teaching indifference or hostility to the things of […]
In this month of May, on the twenty-seventh, it will be a year ago that the Lord called my dear friend, Nella Mierop, to Himself, in answer to Christ’s prayer, “Father I will that those whom thou hast given me be with me, that I may manifest unto them my glory.” Of late she had said […]