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 […]
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 […]
As Reformed women—and many of you are mothers—you should have a real interest in the form for baptism used in our churches. Perhaps your church has used the new form of baptism. If so, what do you think of it? Have you compared it carefully with the old form? Would it please you to have […]
Who is He? Where did He come from? Why did He come? What did He do? Where did He go? Mystery of mysteries! He is God with us. He is the Word become flesh. He came from heaven, having emptied Himself of His glory for a time, and having taken on a human nature. He […]
In the last November issue of THE OUTLOOK, in which we told of God’s work in the Philippines as witnessed by the Rev. Dick Bouma, we expressed the hope of further sharing with you the wonders of God’s grace as manifested there. This time we should like to show how one convert quickly told someone […]
The way the “Women’s Lib.” movement is taking hold among some women is shocking. That satan is on the alert to tum the movement to his profit is already very evident, and that some women are an easy prey is just as evident. Christian women know from the Scriptures that satan has always had ways […]