When the Reformed Fellowship was organized just over a third of a century ago, it began as a local group who began meeting together out of their common concern to promote and maintain the Reformed faith. As through the years the organization came to include members scattered across the continent, opportunities for such “fellowship” meetings necessarily […]
Some time ago I heard a radio preacher present a Reformation Day sermon about what he called the “real” Bible. At first the sermon left me mildly irritated. He said that the King James Version (KJV) was the only real Bible as opposed to all other versions and/or translations. He maintained that the Greek textus […]
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 […]
Whose task is it to govern and guide the affairs of the Church? According to the Belgic Confession in its original version the answer to that question is: the elders assisted by the deacons. After describing the “true” church in Article 29 this Confession, in its original version, goes on to say, in Article […]
“In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod Tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip Tetrarch of Iturea and Trachonitis, and Lysania Tetrarch of Abilene-during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, son of Zechariah in the desert” (Luke […]
The Forgotten Office This subject has gotten a great deal of attention in recent years. A growing number of books have been written about it-some of them with arresting titles such as, Enemy in the Pew; God’s Frozen People; Pete, You’re God’s Man. Most of them seem to reveal a deep concern about the weaknesses […]
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 […]