Dear Editor: Rev. Harry Downs’ article in THE OUTLOOK of June ‘75 gives liS a very sensitive evaluation of the proposed translation of the Heidelberg Catechism. There’s very much 10 be gained in reading this article. His first “area of weakness” is of special interest liS it concerns much of what is really happening today, […]
Dear sir and brother in Christ, It is with great interest and gratitude that I read in the May, 1974 issue of THE OUTLOOK your editorial, “I Too Have a Dream,” and in the September, 1974 issue your editorial, “A Dream, A Dream, A Response, A Request.” I am writing these lines in order to […]
“GOD HAS HIS WISE REASON FOR DENYING THE OFFICES TO WOMEN.” Dear Editor, As was mentioned in Rev. Vander Kam‘s article, “Women in Ecclesiastical Office?” in the March issue of THE OUTLOOK, the number of articles written on this subject is legion. However, I believe that there is one perspective that has not been given […]
WHAT ABOUT YOU, ELDERS? Yes, history is very plain that deformation in the church always starts from the top and reformation vice versa. The degradation usually starts at the institutions of higher learning. There is plenty of evidence for that today also. Of course, it comes from there by means of the minister on the […]
Dear Sir: The following is for the record. I present this to you for publication because I noticed that the letter Dr. Noel Weeks wrote to the editor of Trowel and Sword was also sent to THE OUTLOOK (Aug. 74). He made a few informal changes e.g, in addressing it to THE OUTLOOK. The content, however, is […]
REPLY TO THE STERK PROTEST In the February issue of THE OUTLOOK a letter by Joe and Alice Sterk objected to the showing of a film “Cabaret” at the Calvin College Fine Arts Center. The following reply by Dr. William Spoelhof, president of Calvin College, promised at that time, has been made available for this […]
DISHEARTENED BY EDITORIAL MENTION OF CRC AND THE RTCN Among the “disturbing changes” you recently cited as occuring in the CRC, you continue to posit the attitude of the Christian Reformed Board of Foreign Missions with respect to the RTCN, the Reformed Theological College of Nigeria. On the contrary I should think that the change […]
DISAPPROVES OF SYNOD’S DECISION ON HOMOSEXUALITY Anyone who reads the report of the committee and the decision of the 1973 Synod on homosexuality faces the question—is it a sin or a sickness. The Church Order tells us how any matters or problems are to be dealt with. It states that if a member presents a […]
WANTS NO SEPARATION Dear Editor: In your July issue Dr. Leonard Greenway stated his opinion that henceforth the Canadian and American parts of the CRC should exist separately. He advocates that a separation should be made because “there appear to be ideological and cultural differences between us.” Dr. Greenway feels that these differences “should be […]
Dear Mr. Editor, Allow me a few paragraphs in response to the recent article, “God’s Book is our Light” (April ’73, pp. 12–13) by my dear friend, colleague and namesake [Rev. Peter De Jong]. With much of the thrust of brother De Jong’s article I find myself in hearty agreement. Always there is danger that […]