Dr. H. De Moor (professor of church polity) disputes the thesis that a consistory belongs to the essence of the church, while major assemblies belong to the welfare (wezen and welwezen in Dutch—“being” and “wellbeing”) of the church. That, to my mind, constitutes one of his basic errors. When one looks at the New Testament […]

We’ve heard a lot about “church growth” in recent years. A seminary in California promotes what is called “the church-growth school.” Our Home Mission Board is also into this “church-growth” business lately. “400,000 by 2000” is the catchy slogan. By the year 2000 the CRC is supposed to have 400,000 members. Concern for the lost […]

We have complained about Prof. Harold Dekker’s heresy of a universal love of God and general atonement. We have also objected to the film arts report as being contrary to the Antithesis. We have not been able to stop Report 36-44 with its double-talk from becoming a guideline in the C.R.C. We objected to the […]

We recently received the following letter for possible placement in the Outlook. Dear Rev. De Jong: According to the National Geographic, May, 1988 issue (Page 618), on February 23, 1987, astronomers first observed an exploding star (supernova) in the Large Magellanic Cloud viewable in the southern skies. This star is 170,000 light years from earth. […]