Dr. Jay Adams in the introduction to his book, Competent to Counsel tells us how after disappointing experiences with referring people with problems to professionals he tried as a pastor to help them with the teaching of God’s Word. In this and following Outlooks Rev. John Kruis of Sussex, New Jersey, introduces this Christian method […]
(The following is an excerpt from lain Murray’s “Annual Lecture of the Evangelical Library for 1972” under the title “John Knox,” published by the Evangelical Library and available from the Christian Discount Book Center [Grand Rapids] for 50¢.) We must move on to summarize the policy which lay behind Knox’s work of reform. What was […]
According to the Heidelberg Catechism (q. 15) we need a Mediator “who is a true and righteous man, and yet more powerful than all creatures; that is, one who is withal true God.” Already we have considered this unique Mediator, Jesus Christ, and the union of the two natures in one person. Before we move […]
Editor’s note: The CRC Synod has referred to the churches for study a committee report on Capital Punishment. That report, as I pointed out in the May, 1979, OUTLOOK (p. 6), labors especially to overthrow, mainly with practical arguments God’s injunction Genesis 9:6, “Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed, for […]
“He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary and they will walk and […]
If you were asked the question, “Just what is your talent?” how would you respond? Sometimes we hear something like this, “Who, me? I don‘t have any talent.” Others may respond with, “Well, if I have any talent, I sure haven’t found it yet.” Still others may feel that the other person has all the […]
God in His inspired Bible besides teaching us unchanging truths, informs us of His actions in history. In our time this “salvation history” is coming to be more widely appreciated than it was in the past. Trouble arises when some make this newly appreciated historical character of the Bible the excuse for nullifying anything in […]
According to the April 30th issue of U.S. News & World Report, “the new U.S.–Russian treaty on strategic–arms limitation—SALT—has been all but formally settled . . . SALT II will go beyond the first strategic–arms agreement by putting firmer ceilings on the numbers of intercontinental missiles, bombers and warheads the two super-powers can have.” The American […]
Current news of other churches shows that we are not alone in experiencing frustrations in seeking to maintain the Bible‘s claim of inerrancy. Two articles in the June 20 Presbyterian Journal (pp. 5–7, 10) tell of similar problems in the 28,000 member Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church as it met in its 175th Synod at Flat […]
THE CRITICAL NEEDS OF REFUGEES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA Tens of thousands of refugees from communist-oppressed lands in Southeast Asia are in critical need of help NOW. More than 50,000 have fled to Malaysia, 120,000 in Thailand. In the first nine months of 1978 40,000 people who had escaped from Vietnam in boats reached other lands. […]