“Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith Jehovah, of hosts.” Zechariah 13:7a In this Lenten season we are called to give particular attention to the passion and death of our Savior. The above text is one of the clearest of those prophetic testimonies which declared to the Church […]
In the year 1842 an address to the General Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church was adorned with the names of seven gentlemen from The Hague, but written mainly by the famous Christian statesman, Groen Van Prinsterer. In this address they expressed their deep concern about the situation in their church, in which the forms of unity […]
Dear Friends: Some of you have asked me the reasons for my decision to spend this sabbatical year at Basel, Switzerland. As a city Basel has many features which make it an ideal place to spend a year of study. In urging someone to accept an appointment to the University of Basel, the 16th century […]
The Sermon on the Mount can be divided into three main sections: 1) the identity of those who are citizens of the Kingdom of heaven (Matthew 5:1–16); 2) a description of the righteousness of the citizens of the Kingdom of heaven (Matthew 5:17–7:12); and 3) Christ urging his hearers to enter into the Kingdom of Heaven […]
In the previous verses Jesus has pictured the way of the believer and that of the unbeliever. The believer’s road of life is pictured as narrow and straitened. Our Lord now warns the believer against false prophets as he proceeds upon his way of life. The Bible gives warning against false prophets from beginning to […]
Not only does Jesus warn against false prophets who come from without to destroy the church, or bore from within, he also warns the leaders of the church to make sure concerning their own salvation. One who is busy in the things of the kingdom of heaven can so easily fall into the error of […]
What a blessing it must have been for the people of Jesus’ day to be able to listen to such a sermon as the Sermon on the Mount! Yet, the hearing of his words is not enough. Many may enjoy listening to such a message, but more is required. The people of Ezekiel’s day also […]
The question whether office-bearers and ecclesiastical assemblies in the Christian Reformed Church arc bound to certain dogmas and courses of procedure may seem to he superfluous. We have our Doctrinal Standards as well as the Church Order. Of course, these arc binding for all who subscribe to them. Yet this obvious fact may be forgotten and […]
At the 11th Annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, Dr. Allan A. MacRae, president of Faith Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, was elected president of the organization for 1960. Over one hundred writers, professors and other evangelical leaders were in attendance. The gathering in Wheaton was the tenth anniversary meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, the professional […]
The Church’s Ministry to the Older Unmarried Dr. M. Hugen J.H. Kok, p. 120 This little volume of four chapters was written as Dr. Hugen’s thesis. The introductory chapter describing the “’Theological Foundation”—which is said to be restorative as to goal and organic in its function—lays the groundwork for this study. The intent of the thesis […]