From the Radio Comm. of our Reformed Witness Hoqr we have received the following contribution: The Publicity Comm. of the Radio Comm. has been given the assignment of compiling information regarding our Distinctively Reformed Radio Programs for a “Newssheet” which, D.V., is to be published two or three times a…
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REPORT OF CLASSIS EAST, Feb. 14, 1962. Rev. H. Hanko, chairman of the January meeting led in opening devotions. Roll call showed that in two or three instances alternate delegates had replaced those present at the January session, and that no delegates from Grand Haven made their appearance during this…
MIRACLES There have been in the past, are now, and always will be those who claim to have the power to perform miracles. For centuries the Roman Catholic Church has given credence to miracles performed, for example, at the shrine of Lourdes, in France. Today there are many sects throughout…
Although a formal motion to do so was not passed by the synod of 1960, it appears as though the synod was inclined to go ahead with the overture of the First Church and revise Article 69 of our Church Order so as to make provision for hymns in our…
We concluded our preceding article with the observation that the Reformed view of the church, although agreeing principally with the Lutheran conception of the same, nevertheless does reveal certain peculiarities or differences which are not unimportant. In the first place, the Reformed conception, with respect to the institute of the…
Nowhere among the offspring of the beasts of the field or in the insect world will you find a creature as helpless as the human babe. The young of the beasts of the field shift for themselves very shortly after birth. While the child of one year remains a helpless…
And now, in conclusion, we must still call attention to a few elements in the text concerning the positive teaching of God’s Word concerning the creature of God, to wit, “that all creaturehood of God is good, and nothing to be rejected being received with thanksgiving, since it is sanctified…
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall he holy: for I the LORD your God am holy. Exodus 19:1, 2 One of the most beautiful and most expressive of the forms of worship instituted…
In our definition of saving faith we emphasized that faith is that gift of God whereby we are engrafted into Christ and whereby we receive all the benefits that are in Christ Jesus our Lord. By faith we are engrafted into Christ. It is the means, the spiritual means, whereby…
One does not have to be a scientist to see How we as churches have greatly changed Since we were cast out, three decades ago and more, by a church going wayward, There was a time when our leaders talked And wrote against the hymn convincingly; When they criticized others…
And now I will cite the authorities, whom I have consulted at length from their writings. For the benefit of those who have difficulty with the Holland language, I will quote them in translation. The first quotation is from the monumental work of Dr. H. Bouwman on the Church Order,…
The answer to the above question is, of course: They must return with confession of the sin they have committed. What is the specific sin they have committed? The answer to this question is also evident: they must confess that, in 1953, they agreed with the statements made by De…
“. . . . righteousness and peace have kissed . . . .” Psalm 85:10 Above all the history of the world is written: The Righteousness of God! That explains all the blood and tears of the human race. And that is not all: it also spells inexpressible suffering for…