Concern with missions in our time often seems to be expressed in the search for new approaches and methods, sometimes accompanied with sharp criticism of our predecessors. While we need to take advantage of new opportunities and try to improve our methods, we must keep in the foreground that both our Christian message and method […]
“Bright as is the manifestation which God gives both of Himself and His immortal kingdom in the mirror of His works, so great is our stupidity, so dull are we in regard to these bright manifestations, that we derive no benefit from them. For in regard to the fabric and admirable arrangement of the universe, […]
Outlook Editor: I am writing this in response to the article “Should we make pictures of Jesus Christ?” by Stefan Trenev in the July,1979 edition of the Outlook . This article states that making and using pictures of the Lord Jesus Christ in Sunday School material, Baptism certificates, etc. is in “direct violation of the […]
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 […]
ABRAHAM KUYPER: a biography, by Frank Vanden Berg. St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada: Paideia Press, 1978; 282 pp. $4.95, paper. Reviewed by Rev. Jerome Julien, Pastor of the First Christian Reformed Church, Pella, Iowa. Some men really stand out in the Reformed tradition. One of these is Abraham Kuyper. But as great as be was and […]
This year (1976 ) THE OUTLOOK (formerly TORCH AND TRUMPET) is celebrating its twenty-fifth anniversary. The first issue was for April. May 1951. Each issue during 1976 is to carry one or more reprints from the issues of that first year, 1951. At the time he wrote this contribution, Rev. Johannes G. Vos was pastor of […]
The Toronto Movement (AACS) is described in this lucid and informative article as cultic in character. The writer, Rev. Johannes G. Vos, is a minister in the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America; Professor Emeritus, Geneva College, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; and editor of Blue Banner Faith and Life. It will be of interest to our […]
WHAT IS THE EVOLUTIONARY WORLD VIEW? A. It is a Non-Theistic Conception of Reality. Classic evolutionism is essentially atheistic or pantheistic. The postulate of Biblical Theism is inherently foreign to evolutionistic thought. This is not to say that all evolutionists are atheists or pantheists, or that no evolutionist sincerely professes the Christian Faith. People are […]
l. Is Evolution “Proved Fact” and therefore Unchallengeable? This is certainly the popular impression. It is fostered by constantly repeated assertions in the press and in academic circles. Many who repeat such assertions do not have intelligently held convictions based upon consideration of evidence, but are merely uncritically repeating cliches. Where the statement that evolution […]
“If I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? Then is the offense of the cross ceased.” Gal. 5:11 The word here translated “offense” is the Greek “skandalon,” which first meant the trigger of a trap or snare, then an occasion of stumbling. Our word “scandal” is derived from it. The offense of the cross is the […]