In recent discussions about the Bible appeals have repeatedly been made to John Calvin in effort to defend higher critical views. Reprinting this lecture which Professor John Murray of Westminster Theological Seminary gave in 1959 under the auspices of the Reformed Fellowship should clear up confusion on that matter and help us to see more clearly […]
In this twelfth and concluding article in his series, For Elders and Deacons, Rev. Harry C. Arnold, pastor of the First CRC of Lansing, Illinois, writes that “. . . office-bearers should realize that it is basically through their decisions that the church has manifested herself as Christ’s body at work. Thank God for your […]
A Book Review Article by Peter De Jong The End of the Historical Critical Method by Gerhard Maier, translated from the 1974 German edition by Edwin W. Leverenz and Rudolph F. Norden, 108 pp.; Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, Mo., 1977, paper, $4.50. Above the Bible? The Bible and Its Critics by Harry It Boer, […]
Under the guise of a concern for missions, Christian education, the defeat of Communism and many other seemingly proper causes, we are being approached by the followers of Sun Myung Moon, members of the Unification Church. They stand on street corners. They may even have come to our homes. To the eye these followers of […]
Dear Sir, In reading Rev. Piersma’s review of CRC Synod ‘77 in August’s issue of THE OUTLOOK and Rev. Van Baren’s review of CRC Synod ‘77 in September’s issue of The Standard Bearer, I am deeply saddened and at the same time thoroughly shocked by what I have read. In fact I had to read […]
Rooted and built in him. –Col. 2:7a THE AMAZING RICHES of Jesus Christ, that seems to be the main thought of Paul’s epistle to the Colossians. There were, no doubt, several reasons for stressing this important truth. Over against the Judaizers, who maintained that Christians in some sense still needed the Old Testament rituals, Paul […]
This is the eighth in a series of articles on Reformed Doctrine, under the heading, What We Believe. The familiar question-and-answer method is being followed. Rev. Elco H. Oostendorp of Hudsonville, Michigan, deals with “The Fall” in this article. What is meant by the probationary command given to Adam? When God created Adam He placed him […]
In a recent issue of The Banner I read that God sometimes speaks in judgment, “always He speaks in love.” This statement troubles me. Does God always speak in love? Doesn‘t the very word “judgment” deny that claim? Implicit in the word “judgment” are the concepts of acquittal and condemnation. If the judgment is “not guilty” […]
It is amazing, and at times disconcerting, to see to what lengths some of the advocates of women in (ecclesiastical) office will go to promote their view. It has been said, e.g., that the promise contained in the charge to those who make public profession of faith, namely, that “all the privileges of full communion […]