All Articles For Joshua

Jason L. Kortering is pastor of the Protestant Reformed Church of Grandville, Michigan. We are about to the end of outlining the first main division of the book of Joshua, which covers chapters 1-12. This gives the details of Israel entering into and possessing the land of Canaan. We pick up our outline at Joshua 10:28. After the death of the five kings, Joshua took in succession the following cities with their kings, Makkedah, Lachish, Gezer, Eglon, Hebron, and Debir (Joshua 10:28-39). He destroyed all their kings and all that breathed, from Kadesh Barnea to Gaza even to Gibeon and returned...

Prof. Hanko is professor of Church History and New Testament in the Protestant Reformed Seminary.

Ques. 74. Are infants also to be baptized? 

This year’s synod met in the beautiful and commodious new building of the First Protestant Reformed Church of Grand Rapids. By decision of Synod of 1985, the synod this year was scheduled to convene on Tuesday, June 10, which implied that the pre-synodical service, under the auspices of First Church, fell on Monday evening. The Rev. J. Kortering, president of last year’s synod, led this service; his sermon, based on Joshua 1:8, 9, will be included in the printed Acts. On Tuesday morning synod convened. The officers elected were: Rev. D. Engelsma, president; Rev. J. Slopsema, vice president; Rev. B. Gritters,...

Previous article in this series: April 15, 2005, p. 316. Lack of preachers in the church world, felt also in the PRC, motivates God’s people to pray more fervently: “Lord of the harvest, thrust out (see previous editorial) laborers into the harvest…. Graciously move men to prepare for the gospel ministry…. Provide us pastors after Thine Own heart (Jer. 3:15)…. Ride forth, victorious White Horse of the gospel!!” Especially vacant churches feel this lack. Some feel it more keenly than others. Churches with regular preaching from retired ministers or the seminary do not experience the lack as a great hardship....

The question stated and the Lord’s rebuke.  1. And it came to pass in the fourth year of Darius the king, that the word of Jehovah came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, in Kislev, 2. when Bethel sent Shalzezer and Regem-melech and his men to beseech the face of Jehovah, 3. to speak to the priests who were at the house of Jehovah of Hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Shall I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done so many years?

“Against the shepherds my anger burns, and the he goats will I punish; for Jehovah of hosts visits his flock, the house of Judah, and makes them his goodly horse in war. From him the cornerstone, from him the nail, from him the war-bow, from him will every oppressor come forth together. And they shall be like mighty men of valor treading down into the mire of the streets in the battle; and they fight, for Jehovah is with them, and the riders on horses are put to shame. 

The word of God to which we will call your attention in this essay reads as follows: “If ye love me ye shall keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another comforter, that He may abide with you forever; even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth Him not, neither knoweth Him; for He dwelleth with you and shall be in you.” 

And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people. . . .  And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all of the time of harvest),  That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap . . .  And the priests that...

We are discussing the question, “What is the evangelical approach according to the Scriptures?” In the previous article on this subject we considered the preaching of the Gospel in the world before the flood. We recognized the fact that there was a twofold seed: the seed of the serpent, or the natural children of Adam and Eve, who were conceived and born in sin, and, on the other hand, the seed of the woman, who also were conceived and born in sin but were regenerated by the Spirit of God.