Vol 15 Issue 15

The Banner, official organ of the Christian Reformed Churches, published in its editorial columns the following paragraph: “Third, we feel that the unbrotherly propaganda which the so-called missionary of the Protestant Reformed Church is making especially in some of our Western churches must cease before there can be any consideration of ecclesiastical union or ecclesiastical fellowship with those brethren. We are wondering whether all the members of the Protestant Reformed Church are aware of the deplorable tactics employed by its “missionary.” This minister moves into one of our communities and seeks to create dissatisfaction among the members of the Christian...

I shall now proceed to examine into the truth of the innuendoes of the Rev. Kuiper against our missionary. Let me first of all ask the editor of The Banner to make a sincere attempt to appreciate our Protestant Reformed view of the work of our missionary. He complains that the Rev. Kok creates dissatisfaction and disturbance in the Christian Reformed Churches. I frankly reply that such is his calling. And no fair-minded Protestant Reformed man will deny this. In fact, such is the calling of any missionary, whether at home or abroad. A missionary that does not cause disturbance...

The instructions for the making of this altar is contained in Ex. 30:1-5, “And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood thou shalt make it. A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; four-square shall it be: and two cubits shall be the height thereof: the horns thereof shall be of the same. And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make a crown of gold round about. And two golden rings shalt thou...

To the furniture of the Holy place belonged also the table of shewbread, the instructions for the making of which is contained in Ex. 25:23-30. “Thou shalt also make a table of shittim (Heb. acacia) wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown (or wreath) of gold round about. And thou shalt make unto it a border of a hand breadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown (or wreath)...

Nicodemus came to Jesus at night. Was he a disciple? Did he become a disciple later? To our mind it does not matter whether or not he was a disciple the night he paid our Lord a visit. That after all is a secondary matter. The Scriptures do not present a biography of certain persons, not even of our Lord Jesus Christ. We know very little about this learned man who came to ask a few questions. He had heard concerning Jesus, the Rabbi, and perhaps this new teacher may belong to our class of leaders. Who he was is...