What Happened to the Votum? Someone handed me a page of your (December) issue entitled, “What Happened to the Votum?” (by Rev. C. Van Schouwen). Being 49 years old and having read the Bible for quite a few years, I have yet to read anywhere in the Bible that an order of worship is outlined. […]
The Least of These My People Rev. C. Van Schouwen, Sioux Center, Iowa Christians have asked at times, what is the greatest good work that we as Christians can perform in this earthly life, and what is the greatest sin that a person can commit? This question was answered by Christ, when He said […]
Transmitting False Signals J. Tuininga One can’t help but wonder sometimes what has happened to our biblical and Reformed sensitivities in the CRC, to our “Geref voelhorens” as our fathers used to say. What prompts me to say this on this occasion is the report on the recent assembly of the World Council of […]
Must We Feed The World? Dear Rev. De Jong: The Communists have infiltrated every segment of society, including many churches. It has now become evident that the unilateral nuclear freeze movement was inspired by the communists. I am also beginning to think that this movement throughout our denomination relative to feeding the hungry […]
A KUYPER ON HEADSHIP Rev. P. DeJong, Sioux Center, Iowa 4855 Starr Street, S.E. November 2, 1981 Grand Rapids, Mich. 49506 Dear Brother: Recently, I have been studying about “headship” in the works of Dr. A. Kuyper. I thought it might be interesting for the readers of The Outlook. I will quote a few statements […]
THE BIBLE‘S INSPIRATION It ought to be said and said plainly: Some of our professors at Calvin College & Seminary hold to views of the Bible’s inspiration which are questionable. to say the least, and not in harmony with a biblical view of inspiration, to say a bit more. And it is misunderstanding of the […]
In the training of children, there is often a one-sided emphasis on love. Is it true that if children are sufficiently loved they will automatically obey their parents? This common assumption brings trouble for it lets the children decide whether or not they will obey their parents. We must never forget that children are born […]
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 […]
Rev. Cornelius J. Van Schouwen of Sioux Center, Iowa served as professor of Bible at Dordt College from 1954 until his retirement in 1968. This is the second installment of his article on “God So Loved . . .”, the first of which appeared in the February issue. The essence of God‘s love, as indicated […]
There is an unwarranted emphasis these days on the love of God. I suppose you too have seen the lapel buttons with the words “Smile, God loves you” or the bumper slickers – “If you love God, blow your horn.” Evangelists addressing large audiences say to the people in mass, “God loves you,” Many of our own people […]