All Articles For II Chronicles

Rev. Kuiper is pastor of the Protestant Reformed Church in Randolph, Wisconsin. We have concluded our treatment of the work of the office of deacon—both the work that pertains specifically to the office, and the work that deacons do in conjunction with the elders. Perhaps some male readers, realizing more clearly what the deacons’ work involves and understanding better why the office is necessary in the church of Christ, desire to serve in that office. Then the question arises, “What can I do to prepare?” We devote several articles to an answer to this question. Let it be understood at...

Rev. VanOverloop is pastor of Byron Center Protestant Reformed Church in Byron Center, Michigan. “And if thou wilt walk before me as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments . . .” I Kings 9:4 Parents are admonished to bring up their children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord (Eph. 6:4). Teach them and train them in such a way that they hear and heed the Lord Jesus Christ. At the same time, parents (and especially...

The Only Point of Departure: God, the Creator!  Paul addresses himself to the matter at hand. He had pointed out the Achilles heel of Athenian idolatry, in pointing out the underlying admission of their poverty in worshipping an “UNKNOWN GOD,” as evidenced by their superscription. However, now he will do more. He will proclaim to these Stoics and Epicurians “what” they ignorantly worship. He will remove their ignorance. The “times of ignorance” are past! 

Beginnings!  Do you find them fearful? You do not know what shall take place in the future. It is rather dark and unknown.  There are beginnings of different things. We stand near the beginning of a new volume of THE STANDARD BEARER. Many of you young people stand at the beginning of a new school year. Many of you are beginning your education in a different school than the one you attended last year. Young People’s Society and catechetical training have begun again. Soon a new year will be here, 1980, a new decade. 

Rev. VanOverloop is pastor of Byron Center Protestant Reformed Church in Byron Center, Michigan. “And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.” II Chronicles 20:3 The sheep of the Good Shepherd face many frightening experiences in the course of their earthly pilgrimage. After all, the path of the sheep leads through the valley of the shadow of death. Many and varied are the occasions in which the sheep are afraid. Jehoshaphat feared! With good reason! A great army of Moabites, Ammonites, and Edomites had joined forces and marched secretly against Jerusalem....

Previous article in this series: Novembe 15, 2010, p. 83. That the office of elder is the office of rule in Christ’s church we demonstrated from Scripture and the Reformed confessions in our last article. The church needs this office, for she is made up of human beings, who need rule, and are sinners, who by nature oppose order and right. The question that now begs to be answered is this: exactly who rules in the church? Do the elders rule in the church on their own? Does a body of mere men rule the church? Or does another? The answer is...

The undersigned, too, wishes to make a few remarks in connection with the erection of our seminary building. I know that articles to this effect have appeared in our Standard Bearer in the June and July issues. Rev. Schipper was asked by our Theological School Committee to contribute an article in our June issue, and we see no reason why we should repeat what was so, ably set forth in that article. The editor of our Standard Bearer, Prof. H.C. Hoeksema, commented on this matter in his article in the July number of our magazine, and that article, too, speaks...

The question which we discuss tonight is beyond any doubt important and serious. The fact that so many are gathered. here tonight is an indication of deep concern for the problem of entertainment in the Church of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Rev. Haak is pastor of Georgetown Protestant Reformed Church in Hudsonville, Michigan and radio pastor for the Reformed Witness Hour, on which this message was aired. I assume that those who are listening today are those who profess to be children of God and have the opportunity to know God by attending church and reading the Holy Scriptures. Are you growing in the knowledge of God? And does the knowledge of God preserve you in the midst of a wicked world? Does it preserve you in the way of holiness and truth? Every child of God who professes to know...