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 […]
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 […]
That our women may become better acquainted with the leprosy program of the Christian Reformed Church in Nigeria, we are imparting information given in an interview with Miss Bena Kok (recently retired from missionary nursing in Nigeria) and Miss Anita Vissia, home on furlough. who devoted much of her nursing experience and Christian witness to […]
A virgin, a mother? Yes, not, as some say, by way of adultery, but because the Holy Spirit had come upon her, and the power of the Almighty had overshadowed her; wherefore also that holy thing which was born of her was called the Son of God (Luke 1:35). When the angel revealed to her […]