A previous issue of the Outlook gave a general account of the proceedings and decisions of this Synod of the Christian Reformed Church. In my judgment, as a delegate to this assembly, the one decision which more than any other displays where we are and where we are going as a denomination is the […]
Early in 1984, after the Rev. Jerry Falwell had taken out full page “anti-freeze” (nuclear) ads in big city papers across America, I wrote in the local paper, “Praise God for Jerry Falwell.” I went on to say that I stood “shoulder to ankle” (my shoulder to his ankle) with this modern prince of so-called […]
Timothy Monsma is serving this year as Administrative Dean of Mid-America Reformed Seminary at Orange City, Iowa. When the Christian Reformed Church was young she had an open door policy in regard to the seminary training of her ministers. Her original ministers were trained in the Netherlands or in the home of another minister. Later […]
“The Blessed Hope” What Paul calls “the blessed hope” (Titus 2:13), Jesus says will take place “immediately after the tribulation of those days” (Matt. 24:29), that is, immediately after the time of trouble. What a comfort our Savior’s appearance will be! It will come at the darkest hour that history has ever known (Luke 21:25–28)! […]
“He said therefore, a certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. And he called ten servants of his and gave them ten pounds, and said unto them, ‘Trade ye herewith till I come . . .’” Luke 19:11–27. Trading with, doing spiritual business with, “the pound” is the […]
This year is a very important election year in our nation and states . This year more than any previous election year, voters are going to have to weigh their spiritual and moral values when pulling those levers to vote for candidates. There are many issues in this year’s campaigns economics, foreign policy, and others. […]
Missionary stories can be highly exaggerated. Since the audience does not kn ow all of the circumstances on the foreign field and the missionary does not have the time to tell the details of the whole story, it is easy to jump to triumphal conclusions. According to missionary stories, the world should have been evangelized […]
After attending the Christian Reformed Church for about 23 years I was asked for the first time by my Pastor to tell him what actually happened in the Netherlands in the Gereformeerde Kerken in 1944. I promised to write it down for him. In the year 1905 a compromise was made in that two views […]
Lesson 3 CONFESSION IN PRAYER Psalms 32, 51, 130 A Requirement We owe our God praise and thanksgiving whenever we come to Him in prayer. These subjects ought to form the first part of the prayers we send up to the throne of grace. However, we also express to Him our deepest need. What […]
THE DEATH OF FRANCIS A. SCHAEFFER called forth a number of tributes and special articles. In the The Reformed Journal (June, 1984) George Marsden recalls a meeting with Dr. Schaeffer in his famous L’Abri in 1960, which to him epitomizes the strengths and weaknesses of Schaeffer’s ministry. The weakness was that often he simplified modern […]