Mr. Wigger is a member of the Protestant Reformed Church of Hudsonville, Michigan. Sister-Church Activities We begin this issue of the “News” by passing along our heartfelt thanks and congratulations to the newly ordained and installed Rev. Angus Stewart, pastor of the Covenant PRC in Northern Ireland. First, we…
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May 9, 2001 Southwest Protestant Reformed Church Classis East met in regular session on Wednesday, May 9, 2001 at the Southwest PRC. Each church was represented by two delegates. Rev. C. Terpstra served as the chairman for this session. In attendance also were students from the church history class at…
Registers of the Consistory of Geneva in the Time of Calvin: Volume 1, 1542-1544. Robert M. Kingdon, general editor. Thomas A. Lambert & Isabella M. Watt, editors. M. Wallace McDonald, translator. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000. IL + 470pp. $50 (paper). [Reviewed by the editor.] The consistory minutes of any church…
Rev. Kuiper is pastor of the Protestant Reformed Church of Byron Center, Michigan. Because deacons serve as official representatives of Jesus Christ to His church, God requires His church to choose qualified men for that office. We have already noted that they must be men, and that they must be…
Prof. Dykstra is professor of Church History and New Testament in the Protestant Reformed Seminary. In the providence of God, and by His grace, a new school will open its doors this fall. Heritage Christian High School, located this year in the educational wing of the Calvary Reformed Church in…
Mrs. Lubbers is a wife and mother in the Protestant Reformed Church of South Holland, Illinois. Growing up in the 1950s, I thought the King James Version of the Bible was delivered directly from the hand of God. I was more than a little disappointed when the minister would exegete…
Rev. Key is pastor of the Protestant Reformed Church of Hull, Iowa. The second aspect of the Holy Spirit’s work in our salvation is that of the calling. The calling is that work of God bringing the regenerated sinner into the consciousness of his salvation in Christ Jesus. Through the…
Rev. VanBaren is a minister emeritus in the Protestant Reformed Churches. Zero Tolerance We’ve all heard of “zero tolerance” in the public schools. There is zero tolerance for any kind of guns or other weapons in school. In fact, there is a “zero tolerance” even for discussing of guns…
Good Gifts to the Wicked, and the Love of Jesus I am a British subscriber to the Standard Bearer. After finding the magazine difficult going at first and nearly canceling the subscription at one point, I now find it a real source of blessing and look forward to receiving it.…
“Who … hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son.” Colossians 1:13 The spirituality of the kingdom of God is offensive to multitudes today. That many stumble over the spiritual nature of the kingdom of God grieves us. But it does not surprise us. Exactly this was the…
Rev. Hanko is a minister emeritus in the Protestant Reformed Churches. “For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.” James 3:2 James speaks of that little member of our bodies…