Hello, I am a rather unknown and unsung man of the Bible; yet my role was important and my name, in English, humorous. Therefore, once you know who I am, please do forget me. I am a Kohathite and thus my Levitical duty was the care of the sanctuary (Numbers 3:28). But why am I […]
It has been frequently observed that anti-Christian humanism, the philosophy that reigns throughout much of our American culture today, is a philosophy of death. Death, not life, is the consequence of man’s sin, and death is his “way of life.” Solomon stated it succinctly: “He who finds Me the LORD, as “wisdom”, finds life . […]
10. To the Corinthians the Spirit has Paul saying: “Thus it is written, ‘The first man Adam became a living being’ . . .” (I Cor. 15:45). Some evolutionary theorists, who want it both ways, are fond of arguing that the term “Adam” simply means man-in-general. Grant this, and from there anything is possible. But that […]
REVERSE DISCRIMINATION? – In our country there is a rather recently introduced social policy called reverse discrimination. It calls for the allocation of jobs and positions according to some kind of racial formula. Often it is geared to numerical percentages. If a given community is twenty percent black, fifteen percent hispanic, sixty-five percent white then […]
On March 4 at 10:20 a.m. the Lord took to himself one of His faithful servants after four days of suffering from typhoid fever and complications. With his wife he had spent forty years in missionary work in the Dominican Republic and in Mexico. Now he entered the joy of the Lord where all tears […]
It has been encouraging to see—in the last several years—increased efforts by the Christian community to impact the world for Christ. Yet, in many ways, these efforts have been unsuccessful because they have been fragmented and disjointed. For example at times the impression has been given that while Christ alone can save our souls, moralism […]
Some time ago Rev. Tymen Hofman wrote an article in The Banner about our current practice of “lapsing” members of our congregations who for one reason or another no longer attend services but who claim to be committed to Christ and claim to be attending church elsewhere. Though he recognized that misuse could be made […]
The Reformed Ecumenical Synod devoted its October 1985 40-page Theological Forum, edited by Dr. Paul G. Schrotenboer, to the subject of “Status Confessionis,” a term used by some churches to declare that certain political practices attack the Christian confession and are therefore “heresies.” The two practices singled out for this label are South African “apartheid,” so […]
MAN’S AGE (Dec. 1985 OUTLOOK) Esteemed Editor: In the December 1985 issue of OUTLOOK you published an article by Aaldert Mennega entitled “Man’s Age.” I would like to respond to this article and in particular to the references which it makes to CREATION AND FLOOD by Dr. Davis A. Young. Professor Mennega classifies Young as […]
The Netherlands is a fascinating as well as a frightening place in which to visit, study and live. For the Reformed Christian it is a laboratory of church history and theological developments. Church history is not only documented at the ancient libraries but the church movements and theological developments arising out of history have taken […]