“Women and office” in the Christian Reformed Church has been an issue as far back as 1963. That’s when the Reformed Ecumenical Synod first named a committee to study the question. It was officially brought to the Christian Reformed Synod seven years later, in 1970. And it continues to be studied. There was a sharp […]
For though the fig-tree shall not flourish, neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labor of the olive shall fail, And the fields shall yield no food; The Rock shall be cut off from the fold, And there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in Jehovah, I will joy […]
And all thy children shall be taught of Jehovah; and great shall be the peace of thy children. –Isaiah 54:13 September brings the days that are commonly known as “back-to-school days.” Travel and summer vacations have ended for most families and schoolwork and homework will take their demanding and dominant place. Public and private, parochial and […]
“For what great nation is there, that hath a god so nigh unto them, as Jehovah our God is whenever we call upon him? And what great nation is there, that hath statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law, which I set before this day?” Deuteronomy 4:7–8 July is the month of very […]
Rev. Garrett H. Stoutmeyer is pastor of the Faith Christian Reformed Church of Grand Rapids, Michigan. For the next six months he and Rev. John Blankespoor, pastor of the Pine Creek Christian Reformed Church of Holland, Michigan, are to provide the Meditations alternately. “. . . show forth His salvation from day to day.” Psalm […]
Within recent memory the ecclesiastical drums were being beaten for “youth services.” If you wanted to be “right on,” “in the spirit of our times,” that was the “in” thing to do! Now not near so loudly but quite perceptively another trend is developing among us, namely, the introduction of “Children’s Church Services.” Oh yes, we […]
A late addition to the American TV diet is the CBS quiz show “The New Price Is Right.” Contestants chosen at random from the studio audience compete for fantastic prizes. The contestant who comes closest to the manufacturer’s suggested retail price of the prize under bidding without going over, not only wins the prize but […]
Note – At the invitation of the Editor I consented last spring to write the first article on this difficult matter. That article appeared in the May 1971 issue of THE OUTLOOK. Due to the many complex developments since the meeting of the Synod of 1971, convened in June, the Editor again requested that I […]
These are exciting days for any witness or evangelist! Ours is a world in flux. A world constantly growing smaller by fast travel, communications media, and scientific achievements. The fearful debauchery of our times has made this moment in history a time of balancing and weighing, of judging and measuring. But along with the problems […]
The “Age of Aquarius” is also rapidly becoming known as the “Age of Charisma”—that is, the age of renewed and revived interest in the total ministry of the Holy Spirit and a most welcome renewal of concern about the Spirit’s ministry in the church and in her members. And certainly the church in her present […]