Mr. Wigger is an elder in the Protestant Reformed Church of Hudsonville, Michigan. Congregational Activities This summer the consistory of the Hudsonville, MI PRC has encouraged all the members of their congregation to put to memory the Word of God from the book of James, a part or the whole.…
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May 14, 1997 Hope Protestant Reformed Church Classis East met in regular session on Wednesday, May 14, 1997 at the Hope Protestant Reformed Church. Each church was represented by two delegates. Rev. C. Terpstra was the chair for this session. Classis dealt again in this session with the ongoing problems…
“Calvin v. Hyper-Spurgeonism: The Battle for the Preaching of the One Scriptural and Reformation Gospel,” by John Calvin and others. Lewes, E. Sussex, England: Berith Publications, 1997. 35 pp. $4 (surface mail)/$6 (airmail) (paper). [Reviewed by the editor.] This booklet is genuine Calvinism’s response to the recent Banner of Truth’s…
Rev. VanBaren is pastor of the Protestant Reformed Church of Loveland, Colorado. Divorce — Roman Catholic Style The Roman Catholic Church (RCC) and the Protestant Reformed Churches have one thing in common — at least I always thought so. Neither recognize the legitimacy of divorce and remarriage. A good Roman…
Prof. Hanko is professor of Church History and New Testament in the Protestant Reformed Seminary. Ophoff As Professor Throughout his life in the ministry, the center and most important aspect of Ophoff’s work was his labor as professor. I am compelled to look at this aspect of his work from…
Rev. denHartog is pastor of Hope Protestant Reformed Church in Redlands, California. When we rightly understand the nature of the kingdom, we can also rightly understand what it means to seek the kingdom of heaven and its righteousness. The most common errors in understanding this great exhortation of Christ are…
Prof. Decker is professor of Practical Theology in the Protestant Reformed Seminary. Not only are the elders of God’s church called to rule the congregation, they are also called to rule the officebearers of the congregation. This is clearly stipulated by The Church Order of the Protestant Reformed Churches. Article…
Seeing the Errors in Dispensationalism I am a premillennial dispensationalist. I studied in a Bible school that upholds it. I thank God for the editorials, “A Defense of (Reformed) Amillennialism,” in recent issues of the Standard Bearer. I learned a lot of truths from the articles. And now I am…
The spacious, comfortable church building of the Grandville Protestant Reformed Church in Grandville, MI was the site of the 1997 synod of the Protestant Reformed Churches (PRC). Synod lasted seven days, from Tuesday, June 10, through Wednesday, June 18. Three days were devoted to the oral examination of three graduating…
Rev. Slopsema is pastor of First Protestant Reformed Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This is the text of the pre-synodical sermon preached on June 9, 1997. But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem,…