Mr. Wigger is a member of the Protestant Reformed Church of Hudsonville, Michigan. Ministerial Calls The “News” should start with calls this time—to make sure that there is enough space to get them all in. There are, after all, five different calls to consider. Here is the up-to-the-minute status of…

September 12, 1990   Hudsonville Protestant Reformed Church Classis East met in regular session on Wednesday, September 12, 1990 at the Hudsonville Protestant Reformed Church. Each church was represented by two delegates. The majority of the day was spent in deliberating a protest from Norristown regarding a decision made by…

GREAT LEADERS OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, edited by John D. Woodbridge; Moody Press, 1988; 384 pp., $24.95, (cloth). (Reviewed by Prof H. Hanko.) The history of the church, it has been said, is the history of her leaders. Undoubtedly this is true when it is remembered that throughout the church’s…

Rev. Gritters is pastor of the Protestant Reformed Church of Byron Center, Michigan. Review In response to the questions of the disciples about His second coming, Jesus taught that there will be a great apostasy against which the church must fight; the Antichrist will arise as the pinnacle of this…

Rev. Cammenga is pastor of the Protestant Reformed Church of Loveland, Colorado. Rev. Cammenga is pastor of the Protestant Reformed Church of Loveland, Colorado. The office of the elders, in addition to what was said in Article 16 to be their duty in common with the minister of the Word,…

Rev. Kamps is pastor of the Southwest Protestant Reformed Church in Grandville, Michigan. Introduction The Reformed believer makes a most profound confession. He confesses what God has said. The Reformed believer is in agreement with the living God. Most men find themselves at odds with the living God over this…

Rev. Hanko is a minister emeritus in the Protestant Reformed Churches. “Rev. Hoeksema, if only you had never published that Standard Bearer!” The remark was made on Classis Grand Rapids East by Rev. Veldkamp. This was approximately two months after The Standard Bearer had made its first appearance. The classis was about to…

Rev. Kuiper is pastor of Immanuel Protestant Reformed Church in Lacombe, Alberta, Canada. The two great passages that set forth the concept of reconciliation are Romans 5:10 and II Corinthians 5:18-21. The word translated reconciliation, a word used only by Paul, sets forth our salvation in a very rich, broad way. Three ideas…

Rev. VanBaren is pastor of the Protestant Reformed Church of Hudsonville, Michigan. Rev. VanBaren is pastor of the Protestant Reformed Church of Hudsonville, Michigan. Read and study Philippians 2:12-18 Our study in this short epistle brings us to one of the most remarkable statements of the whole of Scripture: it…

Prof. Decker is professor of Practical Theology in the Protestant Reformed Seminary. Our churches and our seminary represent and stand in a glorious tradition. That tradition is called the Reformed faith. It consists of the truth of Holy Scripture as expressed in the great creeds of the church; as restored…

Infant Baptism—”Unbiblical Tradition” I must respond to your editorial in the August 1, 1990, issue of The Standard Bearer. I am a Baptist who has found your paper quite useful and spiritually profitable. However, the response you wrote to William Oosterman’s defense of Baptist doctrine was entirely out of line. First,…

Staff Meeting At its annual meeting in June, the staff of The Standard Bearer (the contributing editors) reappointed all the officers. Most of the rubrics and writers will also remain the same during the coming volume year. There will be a few changes. Rev. M. Kamps and Rev. C. Terpstra…

Rev. Kortering is pastor of the Protestant Reformed Church of Grandville, Michigan. Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him. For he knoweth our frace; he remembereth that we are dust.” Psalm 103:13, 14 Pity! Who wants pity? It seems no one. The…