March 20, 1960 March 20, 1960 Classis West met in Oak Lain, Ill., March 16, and decided, upon the suggestion of Classis East, to send up the news of Classical meetings to the church news editor to appear in his column. The following items were furnished by the Stated Clerk:…
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The reader may recall that in the February 1st issue ofThe Standard Bearer we called attention to the first of two articles written by Dr. R. Danhof in The Banner in which he told of the “Renewed Attempt at Merger in the Netherlands.” Dr. Danhof informed his readers that the Christian Reformed Church…
(Article 44, D.K.O., Con’t.) (Article 44, D.K.O., Con’t.) When the Church Visitors meet with a Consistory, it is proper that the president of the Consistory presides over the meeting even though one of the rules prescribed for Church Visitation states: “Of the visitors, one shall function as chairman and the other…
PART Two EXPOSITION OF THE CANONS FIFTH HEAD OF DOCTRINE OF THE PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS PART Two EXPOSITION OF THE CANONS FIFTH HEAD OF DOCTRINE OF THE PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS REJECTION OF ERRORS Article 3. Who teach: That the true believers and regenerate not only can fall from…
THE TIME OF THE REFORMATION VIEWS ON THE CHURCH FORMAL PRINCIPLE (continued) THE TIME OF THE REFORMATION VIEWS ON THE CHURCH FORMAL PRINCIPLE (continued) In our last article we called attention to the fact that the Romish doctrine of Tradition must not be confused or identified with the truth which…
It is very common among us that we celebrate the Reformation of the church, the beginning of which we consider to be the nailing of the 95 theses to the door of the Schlosskirche by Martin Luther on October 31, 1517. Without any doubt, that event is important and significant…
III. (I Corinthians 15:20-28) a. III. (I Corinthians 15:20-28) a. The passage on which we will write this time is really too rich in content and too wide in scope to be properly explained in one essay. Here, it seems to us, Paul surely does more than simply remind his…
And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan . . . . And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him. GENESIS 42:5 and GENESIS 42:8 . And the sons of Israel came to buy…
PART TWO – CHAPTER TWELVE The Angels and the Voice Revelation 14:6-13 PART TWO – CHAPTER TWELVE The Angels and the Voice Revelation 14:6-13 Once more I must warn you against a literal conception and interpretation of the text. There are many who all of a sudden forget that they have to…
Christian Education In Our Country When, in this article, I speak of Christian education in our country, I refer especially to such education as is taught, not in our churches or even in the Reformed Churches in general, but by far the majority of the large denominations outside of our…
“Then answered all the people, and said; His blood be on us, and on our children.” MATT. 27:25 “Then answered all the people, and said; His blood be on us, and on our children.” MATT. 27:25 The last attempt, Pilate made to clear Jesus was to put Him on an…