A year ago, I affirmed in these columns that, in my judgment, the most important issue at the CRC Synod was the question of what that Synod would say about the Bible. The question came up in connection with the approval by Classis Grand Rapids East of ordination for Candidate Allen Verhey, now an ordained minister in […]
Readers who have access to the 1977 Agenda for the CRC Synod will find that Report 41 (pp. 399 ff.) is about “A Proposed Judicial Code” which the 1977 eRe Synod will have to consider. First presented by attorney Charles L. Zandstra as an address at last September’s annual meeting of Reformed Fellowship, this article […]
Complying with his request for this, THE OUTLOOK herewith publishes an article by Dr. Allen Verhey to which he gives the title: “The Battle Over the Bible: the De Jong Case.” Appended to his article is a reply by Rev. Peter De Jong. In the April OUTLOOK Rev. Peter De Jong wrote an article entitled […]
James A. Winkle, M.A., has a Christian Counseling Service (Individual and Family Counselors) in Hawthorne, New Jersey. Mr. Winkle served as an elder delegate to the 1976 CRC Synod. In a letter accompanying this article he was asked to write, Mr. Winkle states: “Needless to say, my role as a Christian Counselor would be much […]
This is the fourth in a series of articles on Reformed Doctrine, under the heading What We Believe. The familiar question-and-answer method, used so effectively by Bosma’s Reformed Doctrine of a bygone day, is being followed. Rev. Elco H. Oostendorp of Hudsonville, Michigan, is the writer. What is meant by the decrees of God? The […]
Beginning June 14, the 1977 CRC Synod is to meet at the Fine Arts Center of Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. To assist our readers to know what is coming up, Rev. Peter De Jong is once again giving a preview of Synod’s business. Rev. De Jong is pastor of the Christian Reformed Church […]
This is the second and concluding installment of Rev. Jelle Tuininga‘s article on “Divorce and Remarriage in the CRC.” Rev. Tuininga, pastor of the Christian Reformed Church of Smithers, British Columbia, served as a delegate from Classis British Columbia at the 1976 CRC Synod. It is particularly in the area of remarriage that I take exception […]
By this time the matter of Dr. Allen Verhey‘s view of Scripture and the disposition of it at the 1976 CRC Synod is well-known to readers of THE OUTLOOK. Rev. Ring Star, writer of this article, is a retired CRC minister living in Jenison, Michigan. This June, the CRC Synod undoubtedly will have to cope […]
This overture asking for the rejection of the familiar Report 44 on “The Nature and Extent of Biblical Authority” does not appear in the Agenda for Synod. The writer, Mr. Tom Spriensma, is an elder at the Christian Reformed Church of Jamestown, Michigan. Having studied the 1972 Synod decision to adopt Report 44 on “The […]
Which matters are legally before Synod, and therefore have a right to appear in the printed Agenda? And who determines this? You say: Synod sets the rules for this, doesn’t it? Yes, it does, and you can find these rules in the book let, Rules for Synodical Procedure. However, the matter isn’t quite that simple. […]