Randolph, Wisc., has called Rev. J. Kortering, of Hull, Iowa, to be their minister. The trio also included the Revs. R.C. Harbach and G. Lanting. Randolph, Wisc., has called Rev. J. Kortering, of Hull, Iowa, to be their minister. The trio also included the Revs. R.C. Harbach and G. Lanting.…

Report of Classis West  Classis West convened on Wednesday, Sept. 15, 1965, at South Holland, Illinois. All the churches were represented, with two churches represented by only one delegate.  Report of Classis West  Classis West convened on Wednesday, Sept. 15, 1965, at South Holland, Illinois. All the churches were represented,…

The process and proposals of merger are rather interesting to observe—particularly when these take place in denominations which have, historically, close ties with our own. That is especially true today for us as we observe the developments taking place in the Reformed Church of America. And, of course, it is…

THE REFORMATION: Vol. III in “The Pelican History Of The Church”; by Owen Chadwick; published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company; 445 pp. $5.95.  This new series on the history of the church is written by six different authors, Owen Chadwick, the author of this volume, the general editor. He…

And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home: And they laid the ark of the LORD upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods, And the kine took…

PREPARATORY SELF-EXAMINATION (Con’t.)  “Nothing in my hands I bring; simply to Thy cross I cling.”  PREPARATORY SELF-EXAMINATION (Con’t.)  “Nothing in my hands I bring; simply to Thy cross I cling.”  Such is the confession and experience of the child of God throughout his life in the midst of a sinful…

Open Letter To Evangelicals by Dr. R.E.O. White, published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids, Michigan.  This book is of merit for anyone interested in the deep and ultimate ground of Christian hope, joy and certainty of faith, notwithstanding its limitation that its author does not sound the depths…

The term Agnosticism, probably invented by T. Huxley (1869), is used to express the philosophy that no knowledge of absolute reality is possible. It holds that man can not have any real, valid knowledge, but can know only phenomena (Kant), or only impressions (Hume). Certain half-agnostics, denying theoretically all objective…

There is fear in faith.  There is fear in faith.  As we pointed out last time, the fear of the Lord is the Old Testament equivalent of the New Testament concept of faith. And fear is reverence, awe, a profound respect; but fear as the fear of the Lord also…

THE GENERAL SITUATION  THE GENERAL SITUATION  Great things were happening in Jerusalem in these days of which Luke writes in the “Acts Of The Apostles.” Christ was continuing from out of heaven what he had begun in the days of his flesh upon earth! Strictly speaking, these are not the acts of…

Before calling attention to the writings of Hodge and Calvin on the Scriptural doctrine of creation, we wish to quote briefly from two or three others.  First, we would quote from St. Hilary of Poitiers. He is declared to have been of the greatest, yet least studied, of the Fathers…

In his series of articles concerning the Dekker Case, Dr. James Daane turns his attention to the subject of limited atonement in an article in the December, 1964 issue of the Reformed Journal. The main thrust of the article seems to be that there is not and never has been a…

And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint: And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same Ted pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom. And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. And Esau…