All Articles For Hoeksema, Herman

In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise, which is the earnest of our inheritance, until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory. Eph. 1:13, 14 Ye also. . . . This in distinction from “we. . . . who first trusted in Christ.” The glorious mystery of the will of God, according to the good pleasure which He purposed in Himself, and which He made known unto us,...

My sincere apology to the Rev. H. De Wolf for my failure to assign to him a share of the work in the proposed outlines for the Standard Bearer of 1941-1942. I do not know how to explain the omission, except that, as I always emphasized in school: “nihil humanum alienum est mihil” and “errare est humanum.” Rev. De Wolf will, of course, gladly believe of me that the omission was not intentional. It was just a bad blunder on my part. But it can easily be corrected. Looking over the outlines, I noticed that the Rev. L. Doezema was...

LORD’S DAY 1 Question 1. What is thy only comfort in life and death? Answer. That I, with body and soul, both in life and death, am not my own, but belong unto my faithful Savior Jesus Christ; who, with His precious blood, hath fully satisfied for all my sins, and delivered me from all the power of the devil; and so preserves me that without the will of my heavenly Father not a hair can fall from my head; yea, that all things must be subservient to my salvation; and therefore, by his Holy Spirit, he also assures me...

The Host Committee of the Young People’s Society of the Oak Lawn Protestant Reformed Church: Neal Ipema, Rev. C. Hanko, Jacob Regnerus, Louise Wierenga, Wilhelmina Rutgers, Margaret Regnerus, Henrietta Kort, George Regnerus, Sue Regnerus. Truly hearty congratulations are in order, to compliment the Host Committee and the Society of Oak Lawn, whom they represent, for the splendid work which they did to make the Third Annual Convention a great success. Under the careful guidance of their Pastor they displayed a spirit and zeal which we all may emulate with pride. Although small in numbers, the enthusiasm which they aroused among...

The first question of the Heidelberg Catechism speaks of an “only comfort in life and death.” There are three elements in this question that at once draw our attention and that require explanation. The first is the fact that the Catechism here speaks of “comfort,” and the question arises; what is the implication of this concept? What is true comfort? The second element is expressed in the adjective “only.” By this qualification the Christian comfort is characterized as an exclusive and quite sufficient comfort. One who has this comfort needs no other. And the third element is expressed in the...

In his latest radio address President Roosevelt informed the American public that he had “issued orders to the navy that all necessary steps be taken to insure the safety of communications in the approaches between Iceland and the United States, as well as on other seas between the United States and all other strategic outposts.” Mr. Roosevelt, moreover, in the same speech, was quite insistent on the delivery of American-made war materials to Great Britain and their passage through the American defense zones at all costs. And he warned that all axis warships will be fired upon at sight if...

At the last synod of the Christian Reformed Churches a rather miserable case was considered in connection with their mission work among the Indians, more particularly with the work at Rehoboth. On the surface it appeared to be the question whether “white patients” should be admitted to the hospital there, but it was repeatedly stated that there was a “deeper problem at the bottom of the whole matter.” It is not our purpose to review the whole case as it was considered by the Christian Reformed Synod. There is chiefly one point of interest to which we would like to...

The question now is: what is that great good, the knowledge and consideration of which is sufficient to be a true and sole comfort in life and in death? The Heidelberg Catechism answers: “That I with body and soul, both in life and death, am not my own, but belong unto my faithful Savior Jesus Christ.” Here, too, one might easily be tempted to elaborate so as to anticipate practically the entire contents of the Catechism. He might set out to explain the meaning of “my faithful Savior,” and to set forth in detail what it implies to belong to...

Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints. Eph. 1:15-18 Striking intercession! Striking from the viewpoint of...

Q. 3. Whence knowest thou thy misery? Out of the law of God. Q. 4. What doth the law require of us? Christ teaches us that briefly Matt. 23:37-40, “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, with all thy soul, with all thy mind, and with all thy strength. This is the first and great commandment; and the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. Q. 5. Canst thou keep all these things perfectly? In no wise; for I am...