Dr. Palmer, frequent contributor to THE OUTLOOK, is Executive Secretary of the New International Version of the Bible which has just been published in its entirety. He headed a large number of evangelical scholars who have worked for a dozen years to produce this careful translation in modern English which is now getting a wide […]
WASP! Bah! Prejudiced White Anglo-Saxon Protestants. They hate the Blacks, despise the Latins, and fight the Catholics. They think that pure America is white and that is how our good country started. They believe that the Blacks came to America later and cause the trouble America is having today. The WASPs think that the Anglo-Saxons […]
Having been brought up always to pray to God with Thee’s and Thou’s, and being over thirty so I cannot easily change, I intend to continue to use Thee’s and Thou’s in my prayers. There is something beautiful in these forms of address. They are a constant reminder that God is the Creator and we […]
Too often the effectiveness of Christian teaching is judged by the Christian personality of the teacher. Is he “spiritual”? Is he “committed”? Does he radiate Christ? Is he a joyful Christian? Is he born again? Saved? If the answers are affirmative, then it is judged that the teaching must be good and Christian. Nothing could […]
The Ecclesiastical Church has no business to operate day schools. The Roman Catholics, Baptists, Lutherans and Seventh Day Adventists are wrong in running their weekday schools. The task of the church institute is to preach the Word and administer the sacraments: It is not mandated to teach molecular activity, Spanish grammar, Civil War strategy and […]
The Bible contains pure, unadulterated nonsense. Let me give three examples. 1. Election and human responsibility On the one hand the Bible teaches unequivocally and continually that God elects some and not all: “Many are called, but few are chosen” (Matt. 22:14); ‘“You did not choose me, but I chose you” (John 15:16); “Jacob I […]
All things are not possible with God. God is restricted, bound and confined. He cannot do everything: it is utterly impossible. God is almighty, of course. He can restructure the reproductive organs of Sarah at the age of 90—an impossible age to have a baby—so that she can have Isaac. He can deliver Shadrach, Meshach […]
Strange as it may seem, Hellians are exactly where they want to be. It is wrong to picture them in Hell against their wishes. As a matter of fact, God gives everyone what he wants. He never forces people against their will. Everybody freely chooses what he desires. This freedom of choice is evident while […]
Original sin is not original, nor sin, nor the original sin. The term is a misnomer and should be changed. 1. First of all, original sin is not original. It is not only past, but also present; not an act, but a state; not belonging to one, but to many; not a start, but a continuation. In […]
Everybody should work on the Lord’s Day. He who does not work sins and disobeys God. Sunday work is a moral “must.” Superficially, the Fourth Commandment seems to forbid work. Not so. It forbids one kind of work and commands another kind. “Remember the sabbath day to keep it holy” is the eternal, unchanging law of […]