Young People’s Activities The Young People’s Society of the Hope PRC in Walker, MI hosted this year’s Easter Mass Meeting for the young people of our churches in west Michigan. This year’s meeting was held Sunday afternoon, April 15. Prof. Dykstra spoke on “Jesus’ Resurrection: Why Important—for Him, and for…
Shepherding a Child’s Heart, by Tedd Tripp. Shepherd Press, 1995, paperback, 215 pages (also available as a Kindle ebook). [Reviewed by Dr. Julian Kennedy, CPRC, Ballymena.] This is a book I wish I had read over 20 years ago, before I had my first child. It is a thoroughly biblical…
The devil told Adam’s wife that she would not die if she ate of the forbidden fruit. Many people still today think that what the devil said was true. Viewed externally, it might appear that what the devil said was correct. Adam and his wife both partook, and yet their…
Previous article in this series: February 15, 2012, p. 233. In our last article under this rubric, we looked at some of the laws relating to employment discrimination, as well as some notable exceptions for religious organizations. It was noted that the United States Supreme Court was preparing to hand…
Women are free to choose—and there is no wrong choice. The women’s liberation movement has definitely made “progress.” Time once was when society thought it was immoral for a woman to “choose” not to become a mother by having an abortion. Time once was when society thought it was improper…
Sermon preached on Pentecost Sunday 2011. In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of…
Included in this Pentecost issue is a sermon by Prof. Engelsma on John 7:37-39. A year ago, a reader of the SB, having heard the sermon preached, recommended that this be printed in the SB. All agreed that it was worthy of printing, but the length of the sermon was a…
The denominational labors of the Protestant Reformed Churches are directed by the annual synod. The churches empower the twenty delegates to govern the work of the churches in common. Synod also tells the churches what the work will cost monetarily. Each family is assessed a certain amount, collected by the…
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. Hebrews 12:2 The previous verse instructs us to run with patience the…