Introduction Throughout Christian history some outside of the main stream of Christian orthodoxy have opposed all forms of war and violence. They are called “pacifists” or “people of peace.” Often they appeal to texts in the Sermon on the Mount in which the Lord spoke of the blessed peacemakers and to His command to “turn […]

Editor’s note: The CRC Synod has referred to the churches for study a committee report on Capital Punishment. That report, as I pointed out in the May, 1979, OUTLOOK (p. 6), labors especially to overthrow, mainly with practical arguments God’s injunction Genesis 9:6, “Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed, for […]

It has been frequently observed that anti-Christian humanism, the philosophy that reigns throughout much of our American culture today, is a philosophy of death. Death, not life, is the consequence of man’s sin, and death is his “way of life.” Solomon stated it succinctly: “He who finds Me the LORD, as “wisdom”, finds life . […]

A strange organization is presently taking root in the land. It is called CAUSA. Almost every minister and priest in the country has been or probably shall be contacted in some way by CAUSA, usually by a representative of the movement. (Many of these CAUSA representatives are young people from foreign countries, such as Germany, […]