“It might be well for all of us,” according to Rev. De Jong, “especially in the light of some of the present discussions of the role of women, to look more closely at these parts of God’s Word [Isa. 49:15; 66:12, 13]. Both the champions of women’s rights (who sometimes seem to have little appreciation […]
Elsewhere in this issue Dr. Fred H. Klooster provides a tribute to Dr. Cornelius Van Til in recognition of his long and distinguished labors as a defender of the faith. In keeping with this we are here giving special prominence to this review of Dr. Van Til’s The New Hermeneutic (Presbyterian & Reformed Publishing Co., […]
THE DOOYEWEERDIAN CONCEPT OF THE WORD OF GOD, by Robert A. Morey, Appendices by John M. Frame and Gerald O’Donnell. Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Co., 1974, 53 pp. $1.50. THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN “POWER-WORD” AND “TEXT-WORD” IN RECENT REFORMED THOUGHT: The View of Scripture Set Forth by Some Representatives of the Philosophy of the Law-Idea, by Harry […]
This report on the highlights of the CRC Synod of 1975, in session from June 10 to 20, was prepared by Rev. Peter De Jong, pastor of the Christian Reformed Church of Dutton, Michigan. His willingness to serve THE OUTLOOK in this capacity is greatly appreciated. The editor has asked me to review the decisions […]
The Synod of the Christian Reformed Church, June 10 to 20, 1975. will consider a report on Women in Ecclesiastical Office. One of the “guidelines” recommended for adoption is the following significant statement: “Biblical teaching is not opposed in principle to the ordination of women to any office that men may hold in the church” (1975 Agenda […]
The Agenda for the coming CRC Synod differs from others of recent years in containing no long reports, and therefore is somewhat shorter than others have been (although 478 pages is “short” only when compared with the 600+ issue of 1973). A hasty survey, at the editor‘s request, provokes the following observations. REGULAR REPORTS – A […]
An Expert Speaks – Herman Kahn, introduced by U.S. News and World Report (Dec. 2, 1974, p. 53), as “a noted analyst of world affairs” and “an authority on national trends” was being interviewed regarding his opinions on the state of the economy. Asked for suggestions to deal with the baffling problem of inRation, Mr. […]
One of the more moving episodes in what arc often routine meetings came for Classis Grand Rapids East when it had to question Rev. Virgil C. Patterson in what is still called among us by the barbarous-sounding name, a “Colloquium Doctum.” Rev. Mr. Patterson, a Presbyterian minister who had been serving the Fuller Avenue Christian Reformed […]
A New Name – The new Presbyterian denomination organized last December as the National Presbyterian Church held its second General Assembly at Macon, Georgia September 16-20, 1974. The threat of a law suit by a local United Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C. which calls itself the National Presbyterian Church Jed to a decision to change […]
Most of us at one time or another have eaten at one of the restaurants containing a table displaying a variety of foods from which each patron selects wllatever appeals to him and ignores the rest. Listening to a speech the other evening suggests the observation that the view of the Christian faith and the […]