The Word of God begins with profound simplicity: “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth” (Gen. 1:1, English Standard Version). It states with the same profound simplicity, “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them” (Gen. 1:27). Yet, […]
President Elect William Clinton The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Washington DC 20050 Mr. President: When you on January 20 assume the nation’s highest governing office, our prayers and those of many other Christians will accompany you for wisdom to face its burdensome responsibilities (1 Tim. 2:1,2). This letter is prompted by your unusual invitation […]
GRANDVILLE, MI (February 24, 1993) – Classis Grandville’s January 21 regular meeting voted down a proposal to lift the deposition status of Beverly CRC (independent) pastor, Rev. Art Besteman. After twice closing its doors for a two hour long executive session, classis also authorized its “ad hoc assistance committee” to “engage appropriate legal counsel, and if necessary pursue legal action with the […]
Some time ago, the biggest Christian Reformed church in my urban area split over the issues that currently divide our denomination. Some 23 of the 25 office-bearers of the Mount Hamilton CRC, including the pastor, Rev. Raymond Sikkema, along with the bulk of the membership, decided the time had come to sever ties with the […]
A meeting was held recently in New York City that could have profound implications for journalists and journalism. The National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association convened to urge the nation‘s major media heavies to hire more homosexual reporters. The function was underwritten by a $40,000 grant from The New York Times. Dan Rather of CBS, […]
Thanks for the opportunity to comment on this reaction to my letter to the President. I did not intimate that homosexual vice was the only sin of Sodom which called for divine judgment, and Ezekiel 16:49,50 certainly doesn’t say that its only sin was robbing the poor—it mentions in particular its “detestable things.” Go back to […]
In the May issue of The Outlook on page 7, there is a copy of a letter Rev. De Jong sent to President-elect William Clinton expressing his “convictions about how the country’s problems should be met.” I was surprised Rev. De Jong goes along with the popular belief that Sodom was destroyed only because of […]
Sizeable Group Secedes From Sanborn CRC ORANGE CITY, IOWA (October 4, 1994) RBPS – Amid much procedural confusion and charges of a lack of integrity, Classis of the Heartland has voted to affirm the work of its Interim Committee with regard to a secession from the denomination within its fourth-largest church. A special classis meeting […]
“Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women […]
The Princeton Declaration was widely-circulated at the 205th General Assembly in Orlando. It was developed and written by a group of five Princeton Theological Seminary students in response to the New Brunswick Overture which originated in the Nassau Presbyterian Church in Princeton. They worked for months with Dr. Ulrich W. Mauser, Professor of New Testament […]