Rev. C. Hanko, pastor of First Church for sixteen years, has accepted the call from Redlands, California. He has scheduled his farewell sermon for June 28, and the family’s departure for California June 29. Rev. C. Hanko, pastor of First Church for sixteen years, has accepted the call from Redlands,…
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REPORT OF SYNOD OF 1964 REPORT OF SYNOD OF 1964 The Synod of the Protestant Reformed Churches finished their work Wednesday morning, June 10. This was an unusually short Synod, and there are perhaps several reasons why. In the first place, there were no candidates that needed to be examined;…
The covenant of grace, signified and sealed in holy baptism, is established, realized, maintained, and ultimately perfected by GOD alone. In His eternal counsel He foreknew and predestinated His covenant people unto the adoption of children according to the good pleasure of His sovereign and unchangeable will. In time He…
According To His Holy Will According To His Holy Will Basic to the truth of God’s providence is the truth of God’s eternal counsel. Indeed, the doctrine of divine providence can neither be understood nor maintained and defended over against Deistic and Pantheistic denials of it, except on the basis…
A devastating earthquake shook several cities in Alaska on Good Friday. Its repercussions were felt all down the west coast of our country. And the evidence of that earthquake is still to be seen, in spite of man’s efforts to restore and to return to life as it was before…
The Time Of Reformation. Chapter 3:2-18. The Time Of Reformation. Chapter 3:2-18. There can be little or no doubt that the Spirit of Christ did signify in Malachi, as he searched out the time and manner of the time of the appearance of the Messenger of the Covenant: the dispensation…
And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith. And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jawbone of an ass have I slain a thousand men. Judges 15:15, 16…
ECUMENISM In the last article, I did not conclude the treatment of the fifth schema, Ecumenism. I quoted a summary of the fourth of five chapters: The Relations of the Catholics to the Jews. There is considerable opposition to this chapter, though there is evidently nothing in it which conflicts with other…
There appears a far more comprehensive report of the actions and decisions of the 1964 Synod elsewhere in this issue of the Standard Bearer. But since the synod devoted much time to our mission program and mission efforts I would like to devote a little space to these matters. Those who…
The above-mentioned view proceeds from the idea that the promise is for all that are born under the covenant. All the children of believing parents that are baptized have the promise. In the promise God bequeaths all the blessings of the covenant upon all that are baptized. He gives all…
Dekker: God loves all men. Kuiper: God loves all men, but with a qualitative distinction: special love and common love, special grace and common grace. H.H.: God loves the righteous and hates the wicked; He loves the elect and hates the reprobate. Dekker: God loves all men. Kuiper: God loves…
“A bruised reed shall He not break, and the smoking flax shall He not quench.” Isa. 42:3 “A bruised reed shall He not break, and the smoking flax shall He not quench.” Isa. 42:3 This is a very good text. Yes, yes, I know that all texts in God’s Word…