All Articles For I John

Rev. G. Lanting, of Holland, is considering a call from our Redlands, California congregation.  Southwest Church, of Grand Rapids, has called Rev. B. Woudenberg, of Edgerton, Minn. 

Rev. B. Woudenberg; of Edgerton, has received a call from Redlands, California.  Our Missionary, Rev. G. Lubbers has received a call from Southwest Church in Grand Rapids, Mich. 

Rev. G. Lanting, of Holland, has received the call from the congregation in Loveland, Colorado. From the Program Committee of the Reformed Witness Hour we have received this contribution: Prof. H.C. Hoeksema, professor in the Theological Seminary of the Prot. Ref. Churches of America, will, D.V., be the speaker on our distinctively Reformed broadcasts during June. This month the Church of our Lord Jesus Christ celebrates the Ascension of Christ and the Day of Pentecost. Prof. Hoeksema has devoted his first sermon (June 3) to Christ’s Ascension with a message entitled, “Christ Appearing Again.” His Pentecostal sermon, which can be...

(Note: A rather serious error crept into the first article of this series, Standard Bearer, Feb. 15, p. 231. The seventh and eighth lines of the second column should follow the second line of the first column. The correct reading of these two sentences then is: “For faith and hope without the love of God lead man to oppose the almighty, sovereign, unchangeable God, Who is a consuming fire! But faith and hope permeated with the love of God, the fear of the Lord so gloriously celebrated in the Word of God, leads to everlasting joy and blessedness!”) 

For the origin of Mormonism, with its initial constituency taken from apostate Baptists and Methodists—for the origin of the Book of Mormon, literary product of a worn out Presbyterian minister turned would-be novelist—for the rise of the founder, a rag-tag-money-digger and undefeated champion liar—for a resume of the extra-biblical Mormon “scriptures,” written in a would-be imitation Bible style, pompous, verbose, nonsensical-for a history of the Mormons, full of violence, treason, treachery and expanding American Islamism—for the organization and methods of the Mormon church, with its wor

“In a little wrath I hid My face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer.”  Isa. 54:8

THE PERFECT RESPONSE OF THE MESSIAH TO THE DIVINE GOOD-PLEASURE (Hebrews 10:7-9)

Try to picture before your mind a monstrous beast that has the tawny, muscular body of a leopard, able with one tremendous leap to cast itself upon its prey, that has the powerful paws of a bear, which with one blow can tear a man in pieces, and that has a head from whose mouth issues forth a terrifying roar that paralyzes its victim. In his vision on the isle of Patmos John saw the antichrist as such a beast. Through the ages as sin has developed the antichrist has been coming in the way of Cain. Through the ages...

“And the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.” Galatians 2:20

The covenant of grace, signified and sealed in holy baptism, is established, realized, maintained, and ultimately perfected by GOD alone. In His eternal counsel He foreknew and predestinated His covenant people unto the adoption of children according to the good pleasure of His sovereign and unchangeable will. In time He purchased them with the blood of His own Son Jesus Christ, which was shed on the cross of Calvary and is the perfect and effective atonement for sm.