INQUIRY WITH RESPONSIBILITY Very likely many have pondered the article of Dr. Henry Stob in the May-June Reformed Journal (p. 5), where he writes about the propositions set forth by the “Dekker” study committee. In effect he warns that Synod should not proclaim the committee’s propositions as “‘dogmas’ to be honored by all who are charged to think Christianly […]
Sabbaticals Elsewhere in this issue is an article by the Rev. John De Kruyter on sabbaticals for ministers. He has amply established the value of such periods of study. We can be thankful to the Seymour Christian Reformed Church and other churches in taking the leadership in this. Such a policy that enables a minister periodically […]
The youth of today will constitute the church of tomorrow. This often repeated phrase clearly points tip for today the importance of the work of the church in respect of its children and young people. The prospect for the youth of the church today and in the future seems to be something less than optimistic. They […]
Labor Day, 1959, finds two titans standing over against each other in conflict—the colossus of a sometimes greedy management and the giant of an irresponsible labor. The power of the one against the other today threatens to paralyze the economy of our land. Not only do we find these power giants in the field of economics, […]
In June of this year, the Division of Life and Work of the National Council of Christian Churches recommended to the Council the adoption of a statement of policy respecting the Right to Work laws which had been passed by many states and the passage of which in other states is being contemplated. The General Board of the National Council […]
The Taft-Hartley labor law which presently controls most of the labor relations in our nation contains within it the following declaration: “It shall be an unfair labor practice for a labor organization or its agents to engage in, or to induce or encourage the employees of any employer to engage in a strike or a concerted refusal […]
Fear not; I am the first and the last, and the living one; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive for evermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.” Revelation 1:17b, 18 John, the evangelist, is well known as one of the most beloved of Jesus’ disciples. He had his […]