Puncturing the Inflated Self A highlight of the Evangelical Press Association’s annual meeting, this year held in Grand Rapids, Mich., was the May 12 address of David Myers entitled, “The Inflated Self: A New Look at Pride.” The Hope College psychology professor observed that we have long been sold the idea (promoted by many […]
The Christian Reformed Synod will be faced with a variety of views and opinions on the issue of women in ecclesiastical office in the Christian Reformed Church. One of these is an overture submitted by Classis Hackensack of the CRC. It asks the Synod to permit each congregation to decide this matter for itself. Those […]
One of the areas in our Christian Reformed Churches that is most often a concern to the elders is the area of what is called “the young adults.” This group of young people are roughly described as between high school graduation and marriage. In conversations with elders from almost any Christian Reformed Church, sooner or […]
This completes the “Testimony” of which the first half was printed in October. The “Testimony” is the result of long discussion and a year of work by a committee and has been endorsed by over 40 Christian Reformed ministers who say that it expresses substantially their convictions on major issues that confront our churches today. […]
For a long time members and friends of Reformed Fellowship have felt that the time has come to state succinctly and yet fully the positions which we believe to be biblica and confessional over against the many deviations which confront us. Certain of our brothers in Northwest Iowa were found ready to try their hand […]
Dr. Harold Lindsell, editor of Christianity Today, makes a most important observation in his recent editorial in the April 11 issue, “Who Is Right in the Missouri Synod Dispute?” The context is the article by Dr. John Tietjen, former president of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. As most observers of the Missouri Synod Lutheran Church know, […]
Complying with It request. and because of the importance of the matter, THE OUTLOOK is publishing a series of three articles on Baptism in general and Infant Baptism particularly. To appreciate our baptism it is of the utmost importance to know what it means. Accordingly, in this second article in his series, Rev. Henry Vanden […]