It has been customary in Biology textbooks to cite the peppered moths of England as a good example of organic evolution. Solbrig and Solbrig, for example, in their book, Introduction to Population Biology and Evolution, say about this industrial melanism that it “has been recognized as one of the most interesting of evolutionary phenomena.”(1) This […]

Stephen M. Schlissel has for some time been pastor of the independent Messiah’s Congregation, a mission church in Brooklyn, NY, which includes a goodly number of members who, like himself, are converts from Judaism. Drawn to the Reformed faith, he became a member and elder in the Jamaica, NY Queens CRC, and was an elder […]

Jude, when he had intended to write a letter about “the common salvation,” was driven, because of the attack on the Christian Faith by false teachers within the church, to write a different, more militant kind of letter. He had to urge Christians “to contend for the faith that God has once for all entrusted […]

“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests” (Luke 2:14). “Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword” (Matt. 10:34). Does this sound like Christmas, that Jesus came to bring a […]

If we are convinced that we must train officebearers, what method should we adopt and how do we implement the training procedure? Committing yourself to Training Before we implement any training procedure, we must decide whether or not we are truly committed to training for effectiveness. We must count the cost. We either adopt a […]

If you looked across the country side in December, you would have seen a bright and peaceful picture of white snow with the skeletons of trees reaching toward heaven. To some, this is a peaceful and beautiful time of year. However, for others, it is just a cold, depressing time. On an ABC television news […]

I am thankful for this opportunity to report on the status of The Reformed Confessing Church Of Zaire. By the grace of God many exciting things are happening there which I am anxious to convey to the readers of the Outlook. This past summer Rev. Paul Treick, liason to Zaire for the Reformed Church in […]

“Progress” Predictible? – People, such as this writer, who think the church in its traditional beliefs and practises was Spirit-led and biblical are called conservatives (the kind of word which makes the nose turn up slightly as reflection of some sort of disgust). People who want “change” are called progressives. That word stands for everything […]

“On October 23 and 24, a consistorial conference of about twenty churches, called by the consistories of Lynwood, Illinois; Dutton, Michigan; and First Rock Valley, Iowa, met to discuss and evaluate trends in the Christian Reformed Church and to propose a positive plan of action to call the denomination to faith and obedience to the […]