In a recent issue of The Banner I read that God sometimes speaks in judgment, “always He speaks in love.” This statement troubles me. Does God always speak in love? Doesn‘t the very word “judgment” deny that claim? Implicit in the word “judgment” are the concepts of acquittal and condemnation. If the judgment is “not guilty” […]
Miss Johanna Timmer, departmental editor of Reformed Women Speak writes: “Let us especially remember the young people in Communist lands who are willing to suffer persecution for the sake of the Lord Jesus Christ.” In Psalm 74 Asaph complains bitterly about the conditions of his day because of “the devastation of the land by the […]
Miss Timmer added this note to her article: “I realize that this is a negative approach to the topic chosen. Sometime I hope to approach it positively, or if some woman desires to develop the positive aspect, be sure to contact me.” How familiar the above words sound. It must be a recent quotation, don’t you […]
Miss Johanna Timmer, departmental editor of Reformed Women Speak writes: The following poem appeared in the November 1975 issue of The Presbyterian Guardian. With the permission of the Rev. John Mitchell, editor-in-chief (one of my colleagues at Philmont Christian High), I am reproducing it here. It was written by Mrs. Ellen Obed when she was […]
In this month of May, on the twenty-seventh, it will be a year ago that the Lord called my dear friend, Nella Mierop, to Himself, in answer to Christ’s prayer, “Father I will that those whom thou hast given me be with me, that I may manifest unto them my glory.” Of late she had said […]
Since the woman who wrote me about this had for a long time postponed doing so for lack of courage; since I hesitate answering her in this column for lack of courage; since the former is a Calvin alumna who has struggled with this problem for years and always comes to the same conclusion; since I […]
Miss Johanna Timmer, A.M., has served as Dean of Women at Calvin College, as a member of the faculty of the Reformed Bible Institute (now the Reformed Bible College) and as a Christian school principal. Since her retirement she has been active as a Bible study leader for women‘s societies. Miss Timmer is in charge […]
We are urged to be economy-conscious. President Ford appeals to all Americans to cooperate with him in promoting economy. He appeals to Congress to cooperate, he appeals to business, to industry, to families, and to the individual. This appeal we may not ignore. Let me, in this article, apply the principle of economy in just […]
Once again, Miss Johanna Timmer of Holland, Michigan, addresses herself to the proposed Form for the Baptism of Children. In 1971, the CRC Synod decided to permit the use of this form on a trial basis for three years with a view to eventual adoption by Synod (Acts of Synod, 1971, p. 40). It may be […]
Let us Christian women consider the craving some women have for equal rights with men. We shall limit ourselves to the subject of equal rights, so strongly advocated by the women’s lib. movement. Women are crying for equal rights. It stands to reason that if women want equal rights with men they must be equal […]