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 […]
Struggle is one of the chief characteristics of the church in all ages. This is not so much the struggle for survival, since we have the promise, “Lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world [ages]” (Matthew 28:20). It is rather the struggle for purity of doctrine and life within […]
It should be a matter of grave concern to Reformed believers that the doctrines and ideas of non-Christian theoretical thought seek to challenge the authority of the Bible at all pOints. Our covenant children are particularly vulnerable to these challenges, for anti-Christian thought is continually presented in colleges and universities in all fields of study. Because […]
The moral and spiritual order that for many centuries patterned most of the western world has been fast breaking down. This process, indeed, has been going on for many generations. Today we are reaping a whirlwind which the wind of earlier questioning and rejecting of the true foundations of life had sown. It is to […]
How precious is Gethsemane to every Christian heart, A place to worship, to adore,…and weep. In thought I stand with three disciples there, And while the Savior prays he begs us vigil keep. How very close we stand, the distance of a stone’s throw, We hear ‘strong crying’ and the sound of tears; His suffering […]
In the light of the current ecumenical popularity of the Heidelberg Catechism, it is instructive to observe that when it was first published Roman Catholics as well as Lutherans vigorously attacked it. That opposition continued for a long time. Roman Catholic opposition to anything Protestant was understandable in the age of the Reformation as well as […]
As we survey the African church scene we are struck by a weakness in consistent pastoral care of the flock. It is of note that Prof. Robert D. Parsons of Hartford Seminary, who recently has made a survey of West African Churches, has come to the same conclusion. He feels that securing a number of ministers […]
Jesus after His resurrection said to his disciples that “repentance unto remission of sins should be preached in his name unto all the nations” (Luke 24:46). On the eve of his ascension he gave the mandate, “Go ye therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, […]