Desiring a Clean Heart ..................................Rev. Dennis Royall ...................2
Using Psalm 51, Rev. Royall invites us to use the summer as a time to evaluate
our progress in holiness.

Educating Our Children (1) ................................... Rev. Wilbur Bruinsma .....................4
Considering what type of education to give your children? Rev. Bruinsma takes a
look at the agenda of public school educators in this first of two articles.

Looking Back ..........................................................Rev. Jelle Tuininga ..........................7
Rev. Tuininga urges young ministers to guard against making changes too
quickly in their churches.

Needs Which Wives Need Met at Home (3)..........Rev. Richard J. Kuiken ................9
In the final article of this series, Rev. Kuiken explains the third need which wives
need met at home by their husbands.

The Doctrine of the Antithesis.........................Mr. Dow R. Haan, Sr.................11
Mr. Haan looks at the demise of the doctrine of the antitheses and how it has
affected the church of Jesus Christ.

Index to Volume LI (2001) .................................................................................13

Mid-America Reformed Seminary Celebrates Seventeenth Commencement.................20
The Outlook congratulates the 2002 Graduates of Mid-America Seminary and
wished them God’s richest blessings as they begin their respective ministries.

Openness Theology: What Shall We Think? ....Rev. Mark J. Larson ................. 21
Does God know the future? Rev. Larson challenges proponents of “Openness
theology” in this biblical response to those who deny this aspect of God’s
omniscience.

The Cost of Disobeying God’s Word................Rev. Cecil Tuininga ................23
Using events from the Old Testament, Rev. Tuininga looks at current trends in
the church and the devastating effect of disobedience.

Election and the ‘Free Offer’ of the Gospel (5) ....Dr. Cornel Venema ...................... 26
Dr. Venema concludes his explanation of election and the free will offer of the
Gospel.

Sound Bites - 1964............................................................................................................29
Quotes from our fourteenth year that still speak to us today.

God’s People, My Parish .................................Rev. Art Besteman ................... 31
“I met Mrs. L. in the early years of my ministry...”