Will there be a new Reformed Seminary? Needless to say, only God knows for sure. All that we know for sure is that eight CRC ministers in northwest Iowa have voiced their conviction of the urgent need for such a seminary, that at a meeting in Chicago on April 21 it was decided to proceed […]
“Let the church be the church.” With this logical slogan Dr. John Mackay began his term as president of Princeton Seminary in the fall of 1937. He spoke and taught much about the church, but I was never able to determine what it was he wanted the church to be and to do. Undoubtedly, he was […]
In recent years a number of issues have come up in the CRC which have generated division of opinion in the church. Quite consistently, the conservatives have stated that, what is at stake in these issues is not just the issue itself, but the whole doctrine of Scripture. It has been implied and even stated […]
With the coming of fall the time approaches for our churches to resume the practice of one of our most significant and influential Reformed traditions, the religious training of especially children and young people in “catechism” classes. A Biblical Tradition This training is deeply rooted not only in history, but prior to that and as […]
“For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope” (Rom. 15:4). The Reformed Fellowship is a company of people who are concerned about the reformation and revival of the Church. Our periodical has expressed and served that concern for three decades. […]
Last month Rev. Henry Vanden Heuvel reported that for the present the continuing policy of the Christian Reformed Churches with respect to the Reformed Churches of the Netherlands (mother churches of many of our members) will be one of fraternal relations as though we shared a common faith. Despite their decision to condone homosexual practice […]
We are glad that Henry Vander Kam, the pastor of the Doon, Iowa, church is making a good if gradual recovery from a heart attack and can begin these new studies. OUR GLORIOUS REDEMPTION Lesson 1 Ephesians 1:1–14 A Letter About Christ’s Church Paul wrote this beautiful epistle while he was a prisoner in Rome. […]
After this Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. He said, May the day of my birth perish, and the night it was said, a boy is born. That day—may God not care about it . . .” (Job 9:1–3). Many of God’s saints have been sorely tried throughout the history […]
REFORMED PEOPLE IN HUNGARY [MAY] Dear Pastor: Will you please pass on the following is formation to the Rev. Vigh or make a supplement/addition in a next issue of Outlook. There were a few things which were not correct in the last issue. The article itself was excellent, very commendable; be must have bad his […]