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Rev. denHartog is pastor of Southwest Protestant Reformed Church in Grandville, Michigan. Previous article in this series: March 15, 2009, p. 279. n this article we again consider what Deuteronomy 6 has to say about instruction in the covenant home. Let me quote this passage again so that it is before us. And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou riseth...

Rev. denHartog is pastor of Southwest Protestant Reformed Church in Grandville, Michigan. Previous article in this series: February 1, 2009, p. 201. The daily conversation in the covenant home will do much to determine the character of this home—whether or not it is in reality a covenant home. This is beautifully illustrated by the passage we have been considering in this rubric for some time. Moses the man of God commanded the Lord’s people in Deuteronomy 6 to teach the statutes and commandments and judgments of the Lord in their homes from day to day. In the whole book of Deuteronomy Moses...

Rev. denHartog is pastor of Southwest Protestant Reformed Church in Grandville, Michigan. Previous article in this series: January 15, 2009, p. 182. Love for God is the most holy and sublime and perfect love. The soul of man cannot reach any higher than knowing and loving God. Love for God means that we delight in Him as God, that we have fear of Him and reverence for His perfect holiness and righteousness and all of His glorious attributes. It means that we worship before Him in deepest reverence and fear. We must keep God’s commandments because we love Him. There...

Rev. denHartog is pastor of Southwest Protestant Reformed Church in Grandville, Michigan. It has been some time since I wrote the first article for an intended series on “Life in the Covenant Home.” A very busy year in the ministry has made it difficult for me to continue to write articles for this series. It might be helpful for those reading this article to re-read the first article in the December 1, 2007 issue of the Standard Bearer. I intend to continue, the Lord willing, to write on subjects related to this general theme. I will do this by considering carefully...

Rev. denHartog is pastor of Hope Protestant Reformed Church in Redlands, California. The real test of whether our faith is weak or strong will often come when we face some serious trouble in our life. Weak faith cannot stand in the trials and difficulties of life in this world. Those who have weak faith go to pieces when great trials come; they do not know what to do or where to turn. Our life is full of trials, some greater than others. Almost every child of God will at one time or other have to face great calamities, deep sorrows,...

Rev. denHartog is pastor of Hope Protestant Reformed Church in Redlands, California. Recently (SB, January 1, 1995) I wrote a critique of a statement drafted by some prominent Evangelicals and conservative Roman Catholic leaders affirming the need of promoting cooperation between Evangelicals and Roman Catholics. The name of this document is Evangelicals and Catholics Together (ECT). The stated purpose of promoting such cooperation is to present a unified front to the world by these two camps in Christendom to face the great challenges of world evangelism and the challenge of opposing the great moral, social, and political evils of the...

Rev. denHartog is pastor of the Protestant Reformed Church of Randolph, Wisconsin. Love for the brethren is a great mark of godliness. Our Lord said that His disciples would be known in the world by the love which they had for one another. “By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another” (John 13:35). There are few exhortations that appear more often in the Scriptures than the command to love our brethren. Paul says in Colossians, “And above all these things put on charity which is the bond of perfectness” (Colossians...

Rev. denHartog is pastor of Hope Protestant Reformed Church in Redlands, California. Recently a group of prominent evangelical leaders and conservative Roman Catholic scholars spent some eight months drafting a document which sets forth their views on unity and cooperation between Catholics and Evangelicals for the 21st century. The title of this document is “Evangelicals and Catholics Together.” It was signed by a long list of notable evangelicals, including, among others, Mr. Charles Colson of the Prison Fellowship, Dr. J.I. Packer of Regent College, OS Guinness from the Trinity Forum, Bill Bright, head of Campus Crusade, televangelist Pat Robertson, Richard...

Rev. denHartog is pastor of Hope Protestant Reformed Church in Redlands, California. The good works of the strong in faith are first of all the works of humility and meekness. The first fruit of faith is a deep recognition of one’s own unworthiness before God. It is remarkable that one of the greatest commendations that Jesus ever gave of anyone’s faith was the one He gave of the Syro-Phoenician woman. This woman was not deterred in her pleading with Jesus even when He told her that it was not meet to take the children’s bread and cast it to the...

Rev. denHartog is pastor of Hope Protestant Reformed Church in Redlands, California. That God saves only a very small remnant of mankind is one of the greatest of all mysteries of God’s work of salvation. This truth is proven throughout the history of the world. It contradicts all human reason. It debases all human pride. Man himself would say that God must save the majority of the human race. Most, after all, according to the opinion of man, are good enough that they deserve to be saved. Liberal and apostate Christianity insists that the majority of mankind will indeed be...