One year ago when the Presbyterian Church in America delegates left Philadelphia, the unmistakable polarity within the church was upon the minds of all. Many braced themselves with the thought that the 1987 assembly would be crucial. How crucial it was remains to be seen, but one way of viewing it is from the perspective […]
There is anxiety in the Christian Reformed Church. Some attach theirs to women in office; others to various speculations on the Calvin campus; still others to boondoggling at synods and Establishment manipulation of the denomination to serve its own hobbies. There is also a general concern that preaching is at low ebb, with commitment to […]
The 1987–88 academic year began on Thursday, September 3, with Convocation festivities in Orange City, Iowa. The Convocation speaker, Rev. Robert Grossmann, addressed gathered students, families and friends on “The Calvinist Ground of True Evangelism.” On the evening of that same day, the Rev. J. Mark Beach, minister of the Word at the First CRC […]
EVOLUTION AT DORDT Dear Rev. De Jong: In the July/August 1987 issue of THE OUTLOOK, an article appeared, titled “Evolution at Dordt College,” in which you quote from a lecture by Dordt professor Richard Hodgson at Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Michigan. It is important for you and your readers to know that Dordt College is opposed […]
“The Lord detests the sacrifice of the wicked, but the prayer of the upright pleases Him.” Prov. 15:8 In this season of the year we celebrate Thanksgiving Day, in Canada on October 10 and in the U.S. on November 26. We should be grateful, that, even though our countries are not what they should be, […]
How did frogs, toads, newts and salamanders come into being? We know something about how amphibians produce offspring today and thus how the various species are perpetuated. So we know where today’s amphibians originated. They came from their parents, and they in turn came from their parents. We can be confident that this is how […]
The 54th General Assembly of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church met at Calvin College from June 11–18, 1987. As expected, this assembly was for the most part routine. HOME MISSIONS The Committee on Home Missions and Church Extension reported an aggressive outreach effort with six new fields being opened this year aimed at major […]
THE RECKONING, by David Halberstam. Published by Wm. Morrow and Co., New York, NY, 1986, 750 pp., paperback edition by Avon Books, 1987,$5.50. Review by editor. This is the epic story oft he automobile industry (possibly the best yet written) from the beginning to the present. To me, intrigued with cars since childhood, and from […]
The globe on the cover of the August 24 Banner, at first glance suggests the familiar ad of a certain paint company and then, on a closer look, the red tide of Russian Communism spilling over the world. The text, however, about Christ’s atonement “for the sins of the whole world,” prepares us for the dominant […]
The Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in North America (Covenanter) convened at the Calvin Seminary Chapel in Grand Rapids, Michigan on Saturday June 13, 1987, with a worship service led by the retiring moderator, John McMillan. When the roll of the !58th Synod was made up, this reporter was one of six elders delegated […]