In the August 23 Banner Clayton C. Libolt, whom the 1981 Christian Reformed Church Synod rejected as candidate for the ministry after he had refused in his examination to say that he believed the events mentioned in Genesis were real in the sense that his questioners intended, attempts to correct misinformation concerning himself and […]
In the issue of June 1, The Banner editor makes a plea for openness, honesty and integrity. “We should all calm down, be open and honest with each other, argue with each other, never stop loving each other. . . .” He also states “that The Banner does not sell pages for messages of prophets […]
The story has been told and retold. Whether fact or fiction, I can vouch for neither. It goes something like this. A man of wealth needed a chauffeur, and he interviewed applicants for the position. The one question he asked them: “If we were on a mountain road alongside a deep precipice, how close would […]
In a recent issue of The Banner some of the psalms, in particular the so-called “imprecatory psalms” were harshly criticized by Marlin Van Elderen, editor of The Reformed Journal as misleading and unsuitable for Christian use. On January 4 the Psalter Hymnal Revision Committee of the Christian Reformed Church held a lecture–discussion on the issue “Should […]
It has become very obvious to many people that the confessionally conservative point of view does not do well at Christian Reformed synods in recent years. Dr. Lester De Koster, editor-in-chief of THE BANNER (the CRC’s “official” publication, still read by most members of the church) has signalized this in a series of recent editorials. […]
I am writing a few articles on an alarming trend in the Christian Reformed Church. What is true in my Church is hardly different from what is happening in other denominations. There is not only a departure from the Faith of the Fathers, but also a serious deterioration in the observance of the standard of […]
My copy of The Banner arrived today. As I often do, I took a couple of minutes to page through it, skimming those items which caught my eye. I was struck by the first letter in “Voices” (3/30/79 issue) in which the council of one of our churches informs the denomination that it “. . […]
Over forty years ago The Banner of March 20, 1931, included an article under the intriguing title, “The Ministers of Petty Falls.” In it Rev. Watson Groen made some shall? observations about the morale of the ministers and churches of the Christian Reformed denomination in the area of the country where they are most highly […]
Introduction: This, we hope, will be a monthly feature of OUTLOOK. In it we will quote or summarize certain things which appear in magazines “of Reformed persuasion.” Our range is limited to those periodicals which appear within the Christian Reformed Church, the Protestant Reformed Churches, the Orthodox Presbyterian, Reformed Presbyterian, Presbyterian U.S., Reformed Church in […]
LOST KEYS? A usual feature in any “lost and found” is an assortment of keys. Such important things ought not be mislaid and so one by one they are retrieved by their owners. But there are some keys which in the minds of some church members are as good as lost and today there is precious […]