VALUABLE REPRINTS REFORMED DOGMATICS, SEVENTEENTH CENTURY REFORMED THEOLOGY THROUGH THE WRiTINGS OF WOLLEBIUS, VOETIUS, AND TURRETIN. Edited and translated by John W. Beardslee M. Grand Rapids, Baker, 1977. 471 pp., paperback, $6.95. Reviewed by Rev. Jerome Julien, pastor of the First Christian Reformed Church of Pella, Iowa. Baker Book House is to be congratulated for […]
“Stand therefore, having your loins girded with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness” Ephesians 6:14 Paul patterns the armor of the Christian after the equipment of the Roman soldier. This equipment was designed both for defense […]
Devotional Studies in Ephesians “…in whom, having also believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, which is an earnest of our inheritance…” Ephesians 1:13, 14 Twice in this epistle Paul speaks of believers as “sealed” (cf. 4,30). A similar statement appears in II Corinthians 1:21, 22. In legal documents the seal is placed […]
This is the second devotional on the “I am” series of statements of Christ found in John’s Gospel. Read John 8:12–20 prayerfully and then keep your Bibles open. The statement of our Savior focuses upon light. Light extinguishes darkness. As we come to our passage, we are reminded that by nature humans are in darkness. […]
1 God demonstrates His sovereignty sometimes in unexpected ways in order to accomplish His purpose. He demonstrates that by using and directing secular governments and pagan kings as His agents. Second, God is going to show us through this book that His people are personally known to Him and that all of the people are […]
Shelter and Security Meditation of Psalm 91 A Psalm of the Sheltered Life Multitudes today are shelter-conscious! Shelter from the A-bomb! Shelter from the H-bomb! William Faulkner, on his way to Stockholm last December to receive the Nobel Prize, paused in New York City long enough to remark to press reporters: “Man has only one […]
“I Am the Resurrection and the Life”: A Meditation on John 11:25–26 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet he shall live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?” –John 11:25–26 Sometimes it is the case […]