The Reformed Fellowship board often agonizes over how to accomplish effectively the organization’s stated purpose in the twenty-first century. According to Article 2 of the Reformed Fellowship Articles of Incorporation, “The purpose or purposes of this corporation are as follows: to study the Reformed faith and to develop its implications as it relates to all […]
As I was sitting down in the home of an elderly couple from our congregation, I noticed a nice sign which read, “Christ is the head of our house, the unseen guest at every meal, the silent listener to each conversation.” I have seen that sign before, but I thought about it a little longer […]
A few months ago, I held the newborn son of dear friends in my arms, and I reflected on the flood of emotions that accompanies the welcome of a new life into the world. In addition to the joy and relief at the safe arrival of a baby, we also encounter hopes and fears and […]
Approximately sixty young adults gathered for the LOGOS 2019 Summer Conference, held August 7–10 at Potter’s Ranch in Union, Kentucky, just south of Cincinnati. Keynote speaker Rev. Tim Scheuers, associate pastor at First United Reformed Church of Chino, California, and a PhD student at Fuller Theological Seminary, delivered three keynote addresses on the theme, “Inerrant […]
Losing a loved one will happen to most us. Although many of the points made will be applicable to all people who grieve the loss of a loved one, this article was written with widows in mind who are in middle life. Those who are widowed at an early age or still have young children, […]
As a parallel piece to my husband’s article “Thirteen Ways a Husband Can Cultivate His Marriage,” which appeared in the July/August 2019 issue of The Outlook, I would like to borrow his first paragraph, changing it slightly to fit my article’s context: “Marriage is like a garden. If you are a gardener and want to […]
Scripture reading: Ezekiel 9 If you have been reading the first two articles in this series, you will remember that we began with a discussion about the names of God. We were reminded that God has many different names given to him in the Scriptures, all of which are appropriate and useful for worship. On […]
While singing in corporate worship primarily serves the function of addressing God, we cannot discount the fact that it also is a means of proclaiming God’s truth to one another. This is what the apostle Paul teaches us about the role of singing in worship when he instructs the Colossian church to “let the word […]
Death Dregs Ancient Greece, on the edge of collapse, was a pleasure-driven society. The people’s primary objective was their own happiness. In a society that had revoked the gods and organized religion, happiness was whatever satisfied unbridled lust and desire. Men fornicated with countless women and as many men—and boys. Women offered their wares to […]
“And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.” –Luke 12:18–19, KJV […]