All Articles For Hanko, Cornelius (C.H.)

For many years, the writings of Rev. C. Hanko appeared in the pages—countless pages—of the Standard Bearer. Rev. Hanko was appointed as a regular writer in 1935, and retained that post until 1990. In the years before the split of 1953, he was one of but a handful of ministers who regularly employed his pen in order to aid Revs. Hoeksema and Ophoff in the daunting task of filling the quota of twenty-four pages twice a month. He had an obvious love for the SB. It was, in fact, at Rev. Hanko’s suggestion that the SB introduced the system of...

Rev. Hanko is a minister emeritus in the Protestant Reformed Churches. Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. James 1:13-15 “Let no man say, I am tempted of God!” You and I should never say that. It is sinful to do so. But a bit of soul searching...

Rev. Hanko is a minister emeritus in the Protestant Reformed Churches. In my Father’s house are many mansions…. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. John 14:2, 3 Our Lord assures His disciples, “I will come again!” The church of the old dispensation lived in the expectation of but one coming of the Lord. Then all God’s types and promises would be realized. The believers looked eagerly for the day when...

Rev. Hanko is a minister emeritus in the Protestant Reformed Churches. “For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.” James 3:2 James speaks of that little member of our bodies that boasts of great things. The tongue is but a minor part of all the members of the body, hardly noticeable, yet extremely important and powerful. How eagerly parents watch for the first word uttered by a small child. How soothing mother’s voice can sound in the ears of the...

Rev. Hanko is a minister emeritus in the Protestant Reformed Churches. So they read in the book of the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading. Nehemiah 8:8 This Word of God brings to mind, first of all, our weekly Sabbath worship. Everything throughout the entire worship service centers in the preaching of the Word, which God has entrusted to us as the chief means whereby He bestows His grace upon His people. The minister is charged of God with the mandate to “preach the Word.” He must not “talk about his...

Rev. Hanko is a minister emeritus in the Protestant Reformed Churches. Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Ephesians 6:10 As children we sang with youthful enthusiasm, “Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war, with the cross of Jesus going on before.” Little did we realize the implication and seriousness of what we sang. Only as we grew older did we learn that each one of us who is born in the line of God’s covenant is a recruit in the regiment of Christ Jesus, called to fight the battle of faith...

Rev. Hanko is a minister emeritus in the Protestant Reformed Churches. And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. Matthew 24:30 At the end of the ages, when God’s church is ready for glory and God’s counsel in regard to the wicked is fully carried out, Christ will appear in all His majesty and glory. Every eye will see Him as King of kings and Lord...

Rev. Hanko is a minister emeritus in the Protestant Reformed Churches. By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed, and he went out, not knowing whither he went. Hebrews 11:8 The call came to Abraham when he was still in Ur of the Chaldees, in the land of Mesopotamia. The Lord of glory appeared to him and required of him that he leave his home to go to a land that God would show him. This call meant for Abraham this: Forsake all thy former attachments...

Rev. Hanko is a minister emeritus in the Protestant Reformed Churches. And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. Acts 16:31 Little did Paul and Silas realize that God had brought them into this prison under close guard and in chains for the very purpose that there they should meet “a man of Macedonia” who would pray them, “Come over and help us.” Still less did this jailer know that these men had been sent to him by the living God to bring a radical change in his life. Nor did...

Rev. Hanko, an emeritus minister, served as pastor of various congregations in the PRC from 1929-1977. Now Israel may say, and that in truth, If that the Lord had not our right maintained, If that the Lord had not with us remained, When cruel men against us rose to strive, We surely had been swallowed up alive. The church of Jesus Christ is a militant church. I can testify to that from my own experiences, from my earliest memories. During my teens there was in fact great unrest and upheaval in the church. That was true also in the world...