The congregation of Edgerton has called Rev. Van Baren, from a trio which included also Rev. Heys and Rev. Moore. Rev. Harbach was installed as Home Missionary on May 8, in Hope Church. Rev. Van Overloop preached the sermon and Rev. C. Hanko read the “Form of Ordination of Missionaries.”…
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“If ye be willing, and hear, the goodness of the land ye shall eat. But if ye refuse and rebel, by the sword ye shall be devoured; for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.” (Isaiah 1:19-20). The context shows that the Lord had very severely denounced His people…
The New Christology Three issues ago we quoted from the RES Newslettera report which demonstrated how a Dr. H. Berkhof from the Netherlands denied the divinity of Christ. The quotation showed how Dr. Berkhof criticized the old Chalcedonian Creed for its “Greek/Hellenistic thought”; how we must think of Christ in terms…
(This is actually the second article of Rev. Engelsma’s series. Due to a printer’s error, the THIRD article appeared in the May 15 issue and was called the second installment. Our apologies for the mistake. To get the proper connection, please read this article first, and follow up with the…
The undersigned was requested to write an anniversary article in connection with his rubric: The History of Doctrine. We comply gladly. I repeat: we comply gladly. Why? There is a reason why we comply gladly to contribute an article to this anniversary of fifty years of our existence as Protestant Reformed…
“Time,” it is said, “marches on.” Rather, one ought to insist that God’s counsel is in process of realization. That is impressed upon us especially at an anniversary. Then we remark about how quickly time passes. It also becomes the occasion of consideration of the past events. Such consideration is…
[Note: This is a special edition of Question Box. My recent lecture in First Church, Grand Rapids, was followed by a question period. The question period, however, was not long enough for the answering of all the questions. The promise was made, therefore that any questions which were not answered…
In the May, 1974 issue of The Outlook, Editor Vander Ploeg writes of his “dream” of a “Congress of Conservatives called together from across denominational lines.” Near the end of his editorial, he writes: “Smile if you will, ridicule this if you must, criticize and tear it all to pieces — but…
“Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.” “Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.” I Peter 3:22 It…