Ascension Day is almost unknown in the religious world of our day. Strange! The world celebrates Christmas and Easter with us and even Good Friday, to some extent; but, even the religious element of society has no idea what Ascension Day is all about. Even in Reformed circles it is by no means a popular […]
Prison Fellowship founder Charles Colson delivered the opening keynote address recently at the annual conference and 50th anniversary of the National Religious Broadcasters convention in Washington. Following are excerpts from the address: When truth retreats, tyranny advances. And in American life today, truth is retreating, and tyranny is advancing. Have you heard that before? I […]
It is too early to call it a trend and much too soon to can it the beginnings of a revival, so let’s call it a stirring. Something is stirring in the culture. Liberals who once celebrated a type of philosophical anarchy founded on the principle that objective truth does not exist are now beginning […]
In this issue, author Dennison concludes his series of articles on the hermeneutical downward spiral by drawing some parallels to the current scene in our Reformed community. For three hundred years, we have witnessed the growth of an approach to the Bible which regards the Word of God as an inspirational springboard to the religious […]
(Edwin Mellen Press, 1993, Vol. 1 in 2 Parts, 1033 pp.) In this issue of The Outlook we are featuring three opinion pieces which are based on recently published books (and one videotape). Because they are serious reflections on issues raised in the books, we are treating them as articles rather than book reviews, with […]
During 1993, Public Television (Channel 11 in Chicago) showed a special program dealing with the present status of Evangelicalism in the USA. The project was sponsored by the Pew Charitable Foundation and based on Randall Balmer’s book with the same title. The work was first published by the Oxford University Press in 1989. An expanded […]
based on: The Challenge of Church Union, Cornelius Van Dam, editor, Winnipeg, Premier Publishing, 1993 When our Lord offered His high priestly prayer, He fervently asked of the Father “that they may all be one.” The fragrance of that petition continues to haunt the souls of all who truly know and love Him. Little has […]
In two previous articles on the subject of the intermediate state, I have attempted to clear a pathway for presenting the positive biblical teaching on what becomes of believers in the state intermediate between death and the resurrection of the body on the last day. In the first article, the biblical teachings regarding physical death […]
In the last article, we began a series detailing the duties and responsibilities of elders (especially) in preserving the marks of a true church. Those identifying characteristics are three, though they really arise out of one principal commitment. The commitment is simple: a true church would regulate all its life and doctrine according to the […]
The time has come for Synod ‘94 of the Christian Reformed Church to settle the matter of women in church office Biblically, confessionally and finally. Although we do not endorse the idea of postponement, we do support the analysis of the church which this article presents and we thank the author for his comments. The […]