The above words are taken from a question found in Psalm 11:3, which was faced by David. Friends advised him to run and hide because his life was in real danger. Open warfare is one thing, but to shoot from ambush is quite another. One might, so David’ s friends reason, fight fire with fire. […]
It was, of course, no surprise that the synod of ‘84 turned down the overture of Class is California South which asked that Calvin College be put under society control. But it is. nevertheless, annoying and disgusting to take note of the arguments that synod used for its decision. In no way did Classis California […]
We hear a lot about discrimination nowadays, both in society in general as well as in the church. Everyone is against discrimination—at least if you can believe what they say. There are certain prime targets of the anti-discrimination campaigns—such as South Africa. But listen carefully and pay a little extra attention, and you begin to […]
The April ‘84 issue of Calvin Theological Journal contains a paper read by the Rev. Clarence Boomsma on the occasion of Dr. J. Kromrninga’s retirement as president of Calvin Seminary. The title of this paper is: “What Has Happened Theologically to the Chr. Ref. Church Since World War II?” It is an interesting and irenic […]
The magazine Christian Renewal recently contained an insert of a speech re: Women in Office given by the Rev. Raymond Sikkema to an elders’ Conference. In an appendix. he gives a review/critique of a Report given by a committee on the matter of women in ecclesiastical office in the United Presbyterian Church U.S.A. This Report […]
The editor of The Banner has made a pitch for children at the Lord’s Supper. If it isn’t an issue at present , it will become one, so he says. Which is simply a way of making it a problem—given the nature of The Banner in the denomination. One can approach the issue from a […]
LICENSING Students and Candidates Jelle Tuininga I have never been happy with the policy of having the Board of Trustees of Calvin College and Seminary license candidates for the ministry in the Christian Reformed Church or give students license to exhort in the churches. Now that this procedure has been “tightened” and updated, I am […]
Scripture: I Cor. 14:34–40; I Tim. 2:8–15 Recap & Introduction In the March Outlook I observed that men and women are equal before God. Despite that equality, they have different roles to play or tasks to perform, and God has ordained that in the home and in the church the woman is to be submissive […]
Shirking Men Incite Officious Women Arthur Besteman Recently I visited with two young men who are completing their first year of service as officebearers in the Christian Reformed Church. The one is serving as a member of the consistory of a large, suburban church, the other holds office in an average size rural congregation. […]
On Women IN OFFICE J. Tuininga Lethbridge, Alberta From the sublime to the ridiculous—that is how one might describe recent developments in our circles with respect to the Woman’s issue. What began perhaps as a needed corrective to our thinking regarding women has now developed to ridiculous proportions. The completely secular and even revolutionary […]