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. […]
In a recent issue of The Banner (7/18/83) an article appeared that brought my thoughts back to an incident that happened in our family life. In a family of ten children my brother just before me was a baby of a few months old. My parents had a bedroom upstairs where the chimney rested […]
This article is primarily concerned with a proposition contained in the Acts of Synod 1978, p. 530, top of page, and referred to the churches for study. I quote: “The fact that Paul’s most explicit statements concerning the wife’s (woman’s) role in the church are made within the context of specific historical situations raises the […]
With much interest I read the article of the Reverend W. Haverkamp in THE BANNER of April 25, 1980 with regard to the homosexual problem and the stand taken on it by the Reformed Church of the Netherlands. I am referring to this article because it gave renewed impetus to my concern which I have […]
By this time the matter of Dr. Allen Verhey‘s view of Scripture and the disposition of it at the 1976 CRC Synod is well-known to readers of THE OUTLOOK. Rev. Ring Star, writer of this article, is a retired CRC minister living in Jenison, Michigan. This June, the CRC Synod undoubtedly will have to cope […]
In this article, Rev. Ring Star comments on the action of the 1976 CRC Synod pertaining to the appeal of the Dutton CRC consistory concerning the approval by Classis Grand Rapids East of Dr. Allen Verhey’s candidacy for the ministry; also, he comments specifically on the editorial writing in The Banner about this matter. Rev. […]
In 1972, the Synod of the Christian Reformed Church adopted Report 44 on The Nature and Extent of Biblical Authority. “Facts bear out the position,” according to this article, “that whether one believes in the creation account as literal or symbolic, both views can operate comfortably under the canopy of Report 44. This is confusion […]
The deplorable decision of the 1973 CRC Synod on Homosexuality is familiar to readers of THE OUTLOOK, In tl1is article, Rev. Ring Star contrasts the Sodom of Report 42 (Acts of Synod 1973, pp. 609–633) with that which he finds in the Bible. Rev. Star (emeritus) is affiliated with the Cottonwood Heights Christian Reformed Church of Jenison, […]
One thing should not be overlooked. It was science that denied the possibility of the truths basic to salvation. And the church allowed itself to be carried along by the dictates of science. Today the church is again faced with a question thrust upon it by science: What shall we do with the first chapters […]