Some 700 nearly filled the large First Christian Reformed Church in Orange City, Iowa, on Tuesday evening, August 28, to hear Professor Nelson D. Kloosterman, newly elected professor of New Testament and Ethics, speak on “Hope for Survival in an Age of Pastoral Brutality.” The occasion was a public meeting held in connection with the Fourth […]
A PLEA FOR UNITY IN INTERPRETATION OF GOD’S WORD After reading Banner reports and listening to local reports of Synodical delegates in reference to “Women in Office,” I’m wondering how this all started and what’s the main motive. Surely, it’s not because current deacons are not doing a good job. We’re surely not minimizing the […]
Needed Reform In our classes on Church History the late Prof. D.H. Kromminga urged that the most painful problem facing God’s people today is “the brokenness of the church.” Its oneness in her Lord is being torn to sh reds both from without and from within. And nowhere is that seen so plainly as on […]
Peter Y. De Jong wrote this article for the December–January 1952 issue of Torch and Trumpet (former name of this publication). Dr. De Jong is pastor of the First Christian Reformed Church of Sheldon, Iowa. Today the feeling is widespread that the Christian Reformed Church is passing through a period of spiritual declension. Although the […]
Dr. Peter Y. De Jong, pastor of the First Christian Reformed Church of Sioux Center, Iowa, is the author of several books and has also served as Professor of Practical Theology at Calvin Seminary from 1964 to 1970. Herewith THE OUTLOOK presents the second in a series of articles by him on Guidance for Elders […]
Dr. Peter Y. De Jong, pastor of the First Christian Reformed Church of Sioux Center, Iowa, is the author of several books and has also served as Professor of Practical Theology at Calvin Seminary from 1964 to 1970. THE OUTLOOK is pleased herewith to present the first in a series of articles by him on […]
THE OUTLOOK is pleased not only to publish but also to endorse wholeheartedly the accompanying Testimony Concerning the Promotion of Christian Education issued by the Northwest Iowa Chapter of Reformed Fellowship, Inc. Executive Committee members of the chapter are: DR. PETER Y. DE JONG, President REV. HENRY VANDEN HEUVEL, Vice-President REV. JOHN B. HULST, Secretary […]
Scripture: Genesis 9:18–29 For simplicity, sobriety and straightforwardness the Holy Scriptures have no peer among all the books which the centuries have produced. Here in language which also children can understand God tells through the inspired writers the story of his dealings with the sons of men. Repeatedly we marvel at the brevity and restraint […]
AND THE LORD SHUT HIM IN . . . (15) Scripture: Genesis 7:1–16 In these verses we read the record of one of history’s most astounding and significant happenings It is the story of the flood in the days of Noah. The record is brief, despite some occasional repetitions. Because of this, perhaps, it has […]
THE WAGES OF SIN IS . . . DEATH (13) Scripture: Genesis 6:1–8 Occasionally believers ask the question why so few sermons are preached on Old Testament historical material. Much use seems to be made of this material in teaching children the contents of Scripture; little—so it is affirmed—finds its way into our pulpits. In […]