In the 1970s the city of Hudsonville, Michigan was experiencing a population growth that also was reflected in the Hudsonville Protestant Reformed Church. Hudsonville PRC outgrew its little white building on the southeast corner of VanBuren and School Street, and decided to relocate to a brand new facility on a…
Peace Protestant Reformed Church is located in Dyer, Indiana. Our pastor is Rev. Ryan Barnhill. We are a congregation of 47 families, seven single adults, and a quiver full of 104 baptized children. Our roots are founded in the South Holland PRC, as we are a daughter of that congregation.…
In view of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the ministry of Rev. Hoeksema, the following resolution was adopted by the P.R.Y.P.F. at the business meeting of the Convention. “Resolved that the 1940 Convention of our Protestant Reformed Young People undertakes herewith to extend the most hearty congratulations of the Federation to…
God has ordained elders for their place in the church, and God has worked in them spiritually in their upbringing in their homes, in catechism and in the preaching, to prepare them for the work they will need to do in their office. But this training is not sufficient for…
Rev. Herman Hoeksema—The Amazing Cross. 183 pp. Eerdmans Publ. Co. $2.00. So much that is being published these days on Lenten themes is superficial and misleading. Too often the stress is laid on the external aspects of our Lord’s passion, as if the things that matter most about the Christ…
On April 11 the ministers of Classis East held the first meeting of their newly organized Ministers Conference. Taking a lesson from the past the organization has adopted a setup different: from the previous conferences which were organized only to pass out of existence after a few meetings. We may…
Both because the discussion is interesting in itself, and because we are discussing the case of Dr. Clark in our paper, our readers may be interested in the following report, which we reprint from “The Presbyterian Guardian” of April 10, 1945: The Presbytery of Philadelphia of The Orthodox Presbyterian Church…
Excerpt of a sermon on Mark 16:20 by Joseph Irons, preached at the Welsh Chapel, Jewin Crescent, Aldersgate Street on October 27, 1841. First of all, it must be preaching, that honours all the Persons and perfections of Diety. It must not rob the Father of His sovereignty; it must…
GOSPEL AND LAW, CONTRAST OR CONTINUUM? The Hermeneutics of Dispensationalism and Covenant Theology, by Daniel P. Fuller; Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1980; 217 pp., $10.95 (paper). (Review by Prof. H. Hanko)
held Oct. 25, 1956, at First Prot. Ref. Church. Mrs. Tom Van Eenanam played the piano prelude and also for the group singing. We sang Psalter No. 151 and Dutch Psalm No. 42 verse 1. Our President, Mrs. Harbin read I Peter 2 and led the meeting in prayer. She gave word…
Featured in our May 15 “Special Issue” on Missions and Evangelism was the work of various PR Evangelism Committees. The contribution of South Holland PRC’s Evangelism Committee was inadvertently omitted. With our apologies to South Holland, we print theirs belatedly below. The Evangelism Committee of the South Holland Protestant Reformed…
This contribution was submitted by a long-time, and accomplished, church-organist in the Protestant Reformed Churches. We honor the author’s request to remain anonymous in The Standard Bearer. The most important part of a church service is the preaching of the Word of God. Another very important part of our church…
Greetings in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ Who gathers, defends, and preserves His church even unto the ends of the earth. Once again there are many exciting things to tell you about the Lord’s work in His church here in Singapore. He continues to cause His church to…
The following is the text of an address given by Rev. Ron Cammenga at the special dedication service of the new church building of our congregation in Loveland, Colorado. The building has been in construction for about a year, most of the labor being done on a volunteer basis by…
Sure Footed In some ways the animals of the wild are superior to man. Mountain goats and big-horn sheep and several of the deer family are amazingly sure footed. It is nothing unusual for these animals to pick out their paths on the narrow ledges of a rock cliff. They…
HOLLAND—The Consistory announces the following Trio was selected by them in their meeting of June 1: Rev. C. Hanko, Candidate R. Harhach and Candidate J. McCollam. RANDOLPH—Rev. E. Emanuel has accepted the call of this congregation. The Reverend and his family are planning to move from Grand Rapids July 12.…
It has been several months since “Reformed Dogmatics” came from the press, and various book reviews are beginning to make their appearance in magazines to which review copies were sent. Because the readers of the Standard Bearer, we feel, have a special interest in this publication, we thought it would be…
This is the new Protestant Reformed school located in Doon, Iowa. This picture appeared in the Doon Press with the accompanying write-up:
(Editor’s Note: At our last annual staff meeting it was decided to introduce a new department in our Standard Bearer which would feature worthwhile articles from early volumes of our magazine which are no longer available to most of our readers. It was felt that there were a goodly number…
Call the Sabbath a Delight! Welcome to our special issue on the Lord’s Day. The Old Testament name Sabbathemphasizes the truth that we are to rest in the mighty works of God, notably our salvation sealed in the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The New Testament name Lord’s Dayemphasizes that Jesus Christ is…
HET SCHARLAKEN KOORD, by Cornelius Lambragtse. Uitgeverij T. Wever, R.V.; Franeker, Nederland. This is the second religious novel from the hand of Cornelius Lambregtse, which was published in 1975 and enjoyed a reprint in 1976. Religious novels in America usually prove disappointing, but that is not the case with the…
HET LAATSTE WOORD (The Last Word), Prof. Dr. J.L. Koole; J.H. Kok, Uitgeversmij, Kampen, The Netherlands; 19 pages; price, f 2, 75 This is No. 5 in a series of booklets issued by the Theological School of Kampen under the general heading Kamper Cahiers (Kampen Exercise books). I have not received the…
In The Presbyterian Journal of April 17, 1968 there appeared the following review of “Reformed Dogmatics” which we quote in full. For the information of our readers, The Presbyterian Journal is a weekly magazine which represents the conservative wing in the Southern Presbyterian Church, a denomination currently working toward a possible merger with the…
The next two selections transport us back in time to the events of the reformation in the Netherlands. The first is a song composed by Martin Luther, honoring the first two martyrs of the Reformation as a whole—two Augustinian monks from the Lowlands. On July 1, 1523, Henry Vos and…
(Connection: In the previous section, the Remonstrants were still trying to obstruct the convening of a National Synod, even after the States-General had decided it should be held in 1618. The Remonstrants sought a Provincial Synod in Holland—something which they formerly opposed. They tried to get an Ecumenical Synod. But…
TONGUES, HEALING, AND YOU, by Don. W. Hillis; Baker Book House, 1969; 63 pp., $1.00 (paper). A brief book is which the gift of tongues and the gift of healing is discussed by the Associate Director of the Evangelical Alliance Mission. While the author argues that present manifestations of these…
On Monday night, January 3, 2011, God answered the prayers of many parents in Loveland, CO. By faith the Loveland Protestant Reformed Christian School Society voted to start a high school beginning in 2011-2012. This would complete our school’s humble beginnings forty-nine years ago, when we started with seven students…
This question comes from a Grand Rapids area reader who is concerned about the meaning of I Timothy 2:1-4. He would like an explanation in connection with the fact that this passage is rather frequently appealed to for the support of the rather common custom of praying—usually in public prayers—for the…
[Editor’s Note: Responsible for the following report are six of the students of our Prot. Ref. Theological School: Messrs. Wayne Bekkering, Arie den Hartog, Mark Hoeksema, Marvin Kamps, James Slopsema, and Ronald Van Overloop.]
APOSTOLIC HISTORY AND THE GOSPEL (Essays presented to F.F. Bruce), Edited by W. Ward Gasque and Ralph P. Martin; Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1971; 378 pp., $7.95.
Question “I have several questions concerning the Form for the Administration of the Lord’s Supper. “First of all, where did it originate to read the first part of the form for preparatory, and then just the second part for the actual communion service? It is true that the first part.,…
Question From “A Reader in Holland” we received the following questions concerning the recognition of the baptism of those who come from other denominations: “On what basis do we recognize as valid the baptism of those who come to our churches from other denominations,—whether it be adult baptism or infant…
The Bible is from beginning to end the written Word of God, given by infallible inspiration. All school administration, instruction and discipline shall be based on it and permeated by its teaching, for we acknowledge that the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom.
From a fallen and wholly depraved human race, and in the midst of a world that lieth in darkness, a crooked and perverse generation, God saves His elect, establishing His covenant with them and their children in the line of continued generations, forming them by His sovereign grace in Christ…
God Who created and sustains all things and governs them according to His sovereign counsel; Who is Triune and, as such, lives an eternal covenant-life of friendship in infinite perfection; from eternity chose and in time forms a people unto Himself, to stand in covenant-relationship unto Him in Christ Jesus…
In the midst of an in distinction from the evil world that lieth in darkness and is perverse in all its ways because of sin, it is the calling of the people of God to live by grace form the principle of regeneration according to the will of God in…
In the days of Joseph there was a famine in the land of Egypt and surrounding countries. A seven-year famine! Enough to destroy the life of man and beast!But God . . .! But God prepared a “savior of the people,” so-called by Pharaoh, who re-named Joseph “Zaphnath-Paaneah.” God’s chosen people,…
At first he sought to free himself from all suspicion of strange doctrine, to such a degree that he even defended the doctrine of the Reformed Churches concerning the satisfaction of Christ, concerning justifying faith, concerning justification through faith, concerning the perseverance of true believers, concerning the certainty of salvation,…
To this the States-General declared that this clause must not be understood as if by it they wanted something in the doctrine of these Churches changes, seeing that review does not always bring with it change, but can also imply establishment of the doctrine. But even so, they declared that…
WHAT IS THIS “FREE OFFER” OF SALVATION?, by James Payne; 12 pp. This brief pamphlet is a reprint of an article which originally appeared in the Magazine Watching & Waiting, and which was sent to the Standard Bearer for review.
PAUL: AN OUTLINE OF HIS THEOLOGY, by Herman Ridderbos; translated by John Richard de Witt; William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1975; $12.95, 587 pp.
Many among them also showed that this was their mandate from their Churches and also from the States of their Provinces. This division of judgment and advice constituted a new obstacle to the National Synod. For those who up to this time had been against the convening of the Synod,…
At the Synod of the South Holland Churches, held at Dordrecht, they took cognizance of the fact that none of the Ministers siding with Arminius had been willing until now to reveal his objections against the adopted doctrine to his fellow Ministers, but that with various alibis they had all…
(Continued from November 1st issue) III. Israel, Incorrigible, Nearly Destroyed in Judgment. “Your country, a desert! your cities, burnings! a fire! your land — in your presence (but beyond your power), strangers devour it, yes, a desert, as an overthrowing by strangers,” (v. 7). This was accomplished partly in the captivity…
“O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever. Let Israel now say, that his mercy endureth for ever. “ Psalm 118:1-2
THE PATTERN OF TREATMENT SUGGESTED IN THE TEXT The writer continues here in the stylish phrases and sentences “and what shall I yet say? For the time would fail me to declare in detail concerning Gideon, Barak, Samson and Jephtha!” It is presupposed that the readers are familiar with their…
GOD’S WAY OF RECONCILIATION, by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones; Baker Book House, 1972; 380 pp., $7.95.