The “New Understanding” of Scripture / Revised Hymnal for the United Methodists / Evolution in the Christian High School

The "New Understanding" of Scripture There is continued pressure within the Christian Reformed Church to ordain women into the offices of elder and minister (the office of the diaconate is already opened to them). This open agitation continues despite the clear decisions of the Synod against such ordination. In the Calvinist Contact, Sept. 18, 1987, there appears a letter to the editor which I quote in part: In a recent pastoral letter, Rev. Leonard Schalkwyk wrote about "Balanced...