Vol 66 Issue 21

Mr. Wigger is a member of the Protestant Reformed Church of Hudsonville, Michigan. Calls From the trio of Revs. R. Cammenga, T. Miersma, and R. Moore, the congregation of the Randolph PRC in Randolph, WI has extended a call to Rev. T. Miersma, presently serving in the First PRC in Edmonton, AB, Canada. Mission Activities The Consistory of the Kalamazoo PRC in Kalamazoo, MI has formed a trio from which their congregation will call a missionary to serve on the mission field in Venice, FL. This trio consists of the Revs. C. Haak, S. Key, and R. Dykstra. Congregational Highlights...

CALVINISM IN HISTORY, by N.S. McFetridge. Published by and available from Still Waters Revival Books, 12810 126th St., Edmonton, AB, Canada T5Y 0Y1. 120 pages, $7.95 US/$9.50 Can. Paperback. (Reviewed by the Editor.) Still Waters Revival Books is a publisher of Calvinistic books in Canada, newly sprung up. An earlier publication was the reprint of Christopher Ness’ An Antidote Against Arminianism (reviewed in the July 1, 1989 issue of The Standard Bearer). Calvinism in History is likewise a reprint. It was first published in 1882. The 120-page paperback is the first volume in a projected series of “Calvin Classics” that will focus on the...

Prof. Hanko is professor Church History and New Testament in the Protestant Reformed Seminary. Almighty God, who hast given , to us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplications unto Thee; and dost promise, that when two or three are gathered together in Thy name Thou wilt grant their requests: fulfil now, O Lord, the desires and petitions of Thy servants, as may be most expedient for them; granting us in this world knowledge of Thy truth, and in the world to come life everlasting, Amen. This beautiful prayer, so appropriate for worship, is taken...

Rev. Heys is a minister emeritus in the Protestant Reformed Churches. With everything in a statement which presents the difference between the Old Testament and the New Testament we cannot and may not agree. That statement, speaking about the Old Testament and the New Testament, says, “The Old is in the New explained; the New is in the Old contained: the Old is in the New revealed; the New is in the Old concealed.” Yes, the Old Testament does contain types and shadows which are explained in the New Testament. It is true therefore that the Old is in the...

Rev. denHartog is pastor of Hope Protestant Reformed Church in Redlands, California. The inspired apostle of our Lord exhorts us in Ephesians 5:17 to “redeem the time.” He adds fearful urgency to this exhortation by warning us that the days are evil. God has ordained the times of our life. He has ordained all the time of the history of the world. He declares the end of time from the beginning. He is the alpha and omega of all time. He sovereignly accomplishes His counsel and good pleasure in the history of the world. God has also ordained the time of our...

The Searching Spirit The July 1,1990 issue of The Standard Bearer is a gem. I have enjoyed the series of articles on the Covenant, too. In the article, “The Holy Spirit—His Work in the Economy of Salvation,” by Rev. Charles Terpstra, there appeared a word which for me was incorrect and misleading. Under the heading, “The Holy Spirit as the revealer of Truth,” paragraph 3, there was this statement by the author: “The Spirit is the one whosearches the deep things of God; He has perfect knowledge and understanding of the spiritual things of God.” It would be more correct to say that...

The Call to Believers’ Children to be Converted We face, finally, the question, what place does conversion have in the life of the covenant child? Does conversion have a place, or is it now unnecessary for him? If conversion has a place in the life of the child of the covenant, is this place an important place, even a necessary place, or is the place of conversion somewhat minimized? 

The editorial in this issue on the place of the children of believers in the covenant of God concludes the much-interrupted series of six articles that began in the March 15, 1990 issue of The Standard Bearer. The evangelism committees of the Protestant Reformed Churches of South Holland, IL and of Lynden, WA have cooperated in publishing these articles in pamphlet form. Lynden initiated the project. Their purpose was to use the booklet in order to witness to the distinctive Protestant Reformed covenant doctrine and covenant practice, not only throughout the Reformed and Presbyterian communities, but also among the Baptists. The...

Rev. Kortering is pastor of the Protestant Reformed Church in Grandville, Michigan. When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah. I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD: and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah. Psalm 32:3-5 Silence! There are times when it can be devastating. So it was in the life of David. He had...