Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” John 3:3 In John 3 we read of a wise old ruler by the name of Nicodemus who came to Jesus by night. The conversation they had is perhaps one of the […]
“And what if God puts you to a difficult test by bringing to you the necessity of leaving all to follow Him, to leave your country, to abandon your parents, your friends, your goods, and your possessions, and to break off all the attachments that you have to the world? Make it known that you […]
Convening at Covenant Reformed Church of Pella, Iowa, July 14–15, 2009 Two men moved closer to becoming ministers of the Word and sacraments at a recent meeting of Classis Central US of the United Reformed Churches in North America. Meeting on July 14–15 at Covenant Reformed Church of Pella, Classis Central US spent most of […]
All good stories are generally divided into three basic parts: a problem, an unraveling, and a solution. Following this pattern, Ruth’s narrative has an opening scene that introduces us to a genuine predicament. As the story opens, we encounter a man who takes his family to Moab because there is a famine in Bethlehem of […]
Ruth is filled with indicators that God will restore his people from the grip of death and set them in a new direction of life for the future. Samuel weaves this theme into the fabric of the story of Ruth using even the city of Bethlehem as an illustration. We know now that Bethlehem is […]
One of the trends among Christians today is a desire for only practical Bible messages. People do not want to hear about religious topics that are irrelevant to their faith-walk. In many ways this is an inappropriate demand since all true theology is practical (2 Tim. 3:15–16). But is worship one of those relevant topics? […]
In our study of Revelation 12 we were confronted with the great fiery red dragon, that serpent of old called the Devil and Satan. He is the dragon that deceives the whole world, the great enemy of our souls. As if the dragon of chapter 12 were not enough, we now come to chapter 13, […]
God Speaks Through His Prophet Jesus; Jesus Heard the Father; Jesus Reveals the Father; We Confess Jesus Christ Our Prophet On September 11, when the airplanes struck the two towers and the Pentagon, the nation waited to hear from the president. We had seen what happened in New York, in Pennsylvania, and in Washington D.C., […]
Some would say that it is insanity to spend a total of thirty-five hours riding in a bus to spend five days in the sweltering heat of North Carolina. If you are one of those people, then you must never have gone to an RYS convention, because, as I’m sure the 650 people who attended […]
Since 1998, Reformed Youth Service (RYS) has had two Logos conferences each year, one in the summer and one in the winter. To those who attend or help make it happen it is known as Logos, although it is pronounced “logoes.” In Greek the word logos means the Word. Ed DeGraaf, the director of RYS, […]