All Articles For I John

“Say unto God. How terrible art Thou in Thy works!” “O God, Thou art terrible out of Thy holy places.”  “Let them praise Thy great and terrible name; for it is holy.” 

How sensitive are you?  We mean, how sensitive are you spiritually? 

“Those were the good old days!” 

Revelation 13:1-10 

THE VIEWS OF AN ECUMENICAL LEADER Recently the name of Bishop James A. Pike, a bishop in the Protestant Episcopal Church, has appeared repeatedly in the news. He became prominent at the time of the election campaign of last year through his fierce opposition to the election of John F. Kennedy as a worthy president of the United States. His views were based upon Kennedy’s Catholicism.

Rev. VanBaren is a minister emeritus in the Protestant Reformed Churches.   Public Schools—or Parental Schools?  I often quote Cal Thomas, whose hard-hitting and conservative articles usually address the issues of the day relevantly and accurately. That was strikingly true in two recent articles speaking to the issue of public school education vs. parentally controlled education in private or home schools. In an article from Tribune Media Services and printed in the Grand Rapids Press of December 22, 2005, Thomas quotes from a report titled, “The Youth Risk Behavior Survey,” compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which polled more...

Mrs. Miersma is the wife of Rev. Thomas Miersma, missionary in Spokane, Washington. In our fallen world, the words “royal children” or “royal family” often create in our minds visions of riches, luxury, and multitudes of servants—in fact, a life of ease and pleasure. Yet, even in earthly realms, this is only a part of the picture. In times past and present, kings and queens have trained their children for their place in life, expecting them to study and acquire the abilities they will one day need. Today, to fulfill the ideal of noblesse oblige, that those of noble birth should...

CHAPTER XXIII The New Jerusalem Revelation 21:9-27 There is no longer any sin; yea, there is no longer any possibility of sin. And further, we read: “and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honor into it.” This does not mean that the fruit of the inventions and productions of the great of this present world will be carried over into the New Jerusalem. This world and all that is in it will be destroyed by fire. Nor does it mean that in this world the kings of the earth serve the church. For the description is...

THE NECESSITY THAT THE HEAVENLY THINGS THEMSELVES BE PURIFIED—continued (Hebrews 9:23, 24) The reason why the heavenly things themselves need to be sanctified, and that, too, with better things than mere sacrifices of goats and bullocks is clearly stated in the text. The Old Testament tabernacle and its sacrifices were mere “copies” of the real and heavenly. They were mere means to show by representation what the corresponding reality is!

The apostle Paul mentions regeneration literally only in one passage, namely, in the well-known passage ofTitus 3:5. God saved us, “Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost.” Often in these words an indication of or reference to holy baptism is found. Baptism, according to this explanation, is the washing of regeneration. But although it is true that holy baptism can indeed be conceived of as a washing of regeneration, when regeneration is conceived of in the broader sense of...