John H. Piersma served as a delegate to the CRC Synod of 1977 from Classis Illiana while he was still pastor of the Bethany CRC of South Holland. Illinois. Since then he has been installed as pastor of the First eRe of Sioux Center, Iowa. His willingness to write this day-by-day review of Synod is truly appreciated. […]
Rev. Harlan C. Vanden Einde is pastor of the Oakdale Park Christian Reformed Church of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Question – This question, from a reader in Idaho, arises in response to an article written by Simon C. Walburg in the January, 1977 issue of THE OUTLOOK. The author there laments the many versions of the […]
Miss Johanna Timmer, departmental editor of Reformed Women Speak writes: “Miss Elzinga is one of the first graduates of the RBC [Reformed Bible College of Grand Rapids, Michigan]. Because they had no room for her in the CRC in Japan, she is teaching in a Junior College in Shimonoseki under the auspices of the RCA.” A […]
Dr. Edwin H. Palmer of Wayne, New Jersey, is a Christian Reformed minister. He has served as pastor of CRC churches in Michigan (Spring Lake, Ann Arbor and Grand Rapids), has taught at Westminster Theological Seminary, and is presently serving as Executive Secretary of the New International Version of the Bible (New York International Bible […]
This is the sixth 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 Doctrine of God” in this first section of the series. What do we believe about God’s Providence? This is beautifully […]
For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns. broken cisterns, that hold no water. – Jeremiah 2:13 What we wouldn‘t think of doing in natural, daily life, we constantly do in the realm of the spiritual over against the good and holy […]
INHERITANCE PRESERVED by W. W. J. VanOene, 280 pp.; Premier Printing Ltd., Winnipeg, 1975. Reviewed by Rev. Jelle Tuininga. The sub-title of this book is: The Canadian Reformed Churches in Historical Perspective. It was written by W. W. J. VanOene, a minister of the Fergus Guelph, Ontario church, in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of […]