Denominational Student Aid? There is an item in the 1985 Acts of Synod that deserves the attention and careful scrutiny of consistories and classes. It concerns the “Denominational Calvin Seminary Student Aid Fund.” Readers are no doubt aware that up till now every Classis has a “Student Aid Fund” designed to help needy students […]

Nowadays it is not at all unusual for a person to reach the age of seventy, or even of eighty. Compared with life-expectancy in medieval times, and in many underdeveloped countries today, this is rather phenomenal. On the other hand, when we look at the Book of Genesis, we find that in the earliest days […]

THE SEDUCTION OF CHRISTIANITY SPIRITUAL DISCERNMENT IN THE LAST DAYS by Dave Hunt and T. A. McMahon Harvest House Publishers Eugene House Publishers 97402 1985 Reviewed by John H. Sietsema Is the Gospel what it does to a person or rather is it what it does for a person? Is this a subtle distinction without […]

Now in those days there were certain Israelites who served false gods, the Baals and the Asherahs. There was a contest between a good Israelite and the false ones. In the contest I said, “Are you going to plead Baal’s cause? Are you try ing to save him? If Baal is really a god, he […]

Lesson 7 Stephen’s Defense Acts 7 After various accusations have been made against Stephen, he is allowed by the high priest to defend himself. This defense we find in this rather long chapter. Some have said that he does not defend himself against the particular accusations which have been leveled against him, but this is […]