On Women IN OFFICE J. Tuininga Lethbridge, Alberta From the sublime to the ridiculous—that is how one might describe recent developments in our circles with respect to the Woman’s issue. What began perhaps as a needed corrective to our thinking regarding women has now developed to ridiculous proportions. The completely secular and even revolutionary […]

This was a deliberative Synod, as Synods are meant to be. It featured the complete airing of issues with all candor and in a good spirit; very little of parliamentary maneuvering was attempted, and when votes on the issues of real substance were taken, the decisions were taken by wide margins. Without doubt, it became […]

In the recent debates about women in office it has been proposed that the office of deacon ought to be more clearly separated from the ruling office of elder than it is in the practice of our Reformed churches. It is argued that if that were done, women might be ordained as deacons without violating […]

I don’t know Nick Overduin. I understand that he is a student of theology at Calvin Seminary. I understand also that he might not be “a regular student” (a Christian Reformed male member aspiring to serve in the ministry of the Christian Reformed Church). Whatever and whoever Mr. Overduin is, he does write editorials for […]

Throughout life there are many times when two people or two parties will have differing opinions about a certain issue. In a democratic society this fact is all the more highlighted because debates are hotly contested and then after a vote, the majority position is the one that is taken to be the law of […]