Prof. Engelsma is professor of Dogmatics and Old Testament in the Protestant Reformed Seminary. *reprinted from Beacon Lights, Feb., March, and April, 1983. “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace…
.Mr. Wigger is a member of the Protestant Reformed Church of Hudsonville, Michigan. School Activities Do your vacation plans this summer include spending some time in Colorado? If they do, you could help the Loveland PR Christian School and your wallet at the same time. It just so happens that…
The Guilt, Folly, and Sources of Suicide, by Samuel Miller. Dallas, Texas: Presbyterian Heritage Publications, 1994. 56pp. $3.50 (paper). [Reviewed by the Editor.] This reprint of two published sermons on the subject of suicide by the, Presbyterian theologian Samuel Miller is timely. Not only is our country presently moving toward…
Prof. Engelsma is professor of Dogmatics and Old Testament in the Protestant Reformed Seminary. Of what-does the Antichrist actually consist? How will the anti- Christian power be realized at the end? What concretely must the church expect and what will she be confronted with, in Antichrist, in the future? For…
Rev. Heys is a minister emeritus in the Protestant Reformed Churches. Very plainly we are approaching the end of this present world. Our God informs us of this fact through the apostle John. For in I John 2:18 we read: “Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard…
Do I begin each day anew In prayer to God above? To seek His guidance through the day, To praise Him for His love? Do I awake with songs of joy For having such a Friend; Who, though all others may forsake, Will keep me to the end? Do I…
Rev. denHartog is pastor of Hope Protestant Reformed Church in Redlands, California. For some time now in our Young Adults’ Society in Redlands we have been studying-the book of Proverbs. In my preparations for these studies I am once again deeply impressed with the great wisdom this holy and inspired…
Prof. Hanko is professor of Church History and New Testament in the Protestant Reformed Seminary. Introduction All students of church history are agreed that from the time of the apostles to today the history of the church of Christ has never seen two greater assemblies than the Synod of Dordt…
Pelted with Questions We have been receiving the Standard Bearer for only two or three months (plus extra copies sent to us by the Evangelism Committee of the South Holland Protestant Reformed Church). We eagerly anticipate the arrival of each month’s issue; for we are learning a great deal from them. Your…
False Prophecies My purpose in writing to you is to enclose a copy of an article on Harold Camping from a recent issue of theSan Francisco Chronicle. You will find it interesting if you have not already received a copy. You may not have, inasmuch as there is not a…
It is the Reformed doctrine of the last things that the last days are a time of departure from the faith by many and a time of persecution of the true church by a wicked world. Apostasy and persecution characterize the entire age from Christ’s ascension to His second coming.…
Rev. Hanko is a minister emeritus in the Protestant Reformed Churches. As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. I Peter 4:10 Manifold grace! Our God is the God of all grace. He is…