It is difficult to give an appropriate title to this article. The designation “conservative” is generally accepted and in a general way better understood than more suitable terms. If there were a consensus as to the meaning of terms such as reformed, calvinistic, confessional and historic faith, these would be preferable. Lamentably, the philosophical dialectic […]
SYNOD REPORT UNFAIR? August 28, 1978 THE OUTLOOK Rev. Peter De Jong, Editor Dutton, MI 49511 Box 34 Dear Rev. De Jong: In the August, 1978 issue of THE OUTLOOK, page Seven, it is reported that at the Synod of 1978 I spoke of my fervent desire that the church would very soon open the […]
How often the name Watergate has been used since 1973, would be impossible to estimate. It would be difficult to find people who are unaware of something that the name represents. It has been widely treated as the epitome of evil. The catalog of writings on the subject would he enormous. Now, however, there has […]
History is studded with the harmful effects of self-interested pressure groups made effective by unthinking, indifferent and apathetic crowds. These groups often have no norm or absolute standard and are directed only by sell-interest. On April 11, 1978, we were treated to a demonstration by a pressure group within the church. The Committee for Women […]
Francis Schaeffer, in his own lifetime, has gained international fame and popularity. He provided a haven in the 1960‘s for many confused, disillusioned people, frustrated by decades of subjectivism and its results. The initial period of his work, the establishing of L‘Abri, for which he became world famous, has ended. This is an appropriate time […]
Ever since sin entered the world it has been man’s desire to be able to possess without working, to get without giving, to eat without sweating. Evil men of every age have catered to this desire by way of promise, and that to gain power. The dictator has used it to control the masses. The longing […]
by R. Bradley Jones Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, Mich. $1.75 Gold from Golgotha is a reprint containing a series of sermons on the seven utterances of Christ on the cross. The Christian reader will be happy to find throughout the book the author’s clear testimony to his acceptance of the doctrine of inspiration, and of the […]