Sunday, September 5, was certainly a day of joy and gladness for us. Sunday, September 5, was certainly a day of joy and gladness for us. For eleven months we have been without a shepherd because of the unfaithful desertion of him who was formerly with us but now having…
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“No one shall be permitted, neglecting the ministry of his church or being without a fixed charge, to preach indiscriminately without the consent and authority of Synod or Classis. Likewise, “no one shall be permitted to preach or administer the sacraments in another church without the consent of the consistory…
Article 12. The elect in due time, though in various degrees and in different measures, attain the assurance of this their eternal and unchangeable election, not by inquisitively prying into the secret and deep things of God, but by observing in themselves with a spiritual joy and holy pleasure, the infallible…
The sacrifice constitutes an essential element today in the Roman Catholic doctrine of the mass. The Romish Church distinguishes between the Mass and the Eucharist. The bass precedes the Eucharist and is, of course, necessary for it. There can be no Eucharist, no partaking of the body and blood of…
Of late a whispering campaign is being conducted in these parts (and no doubt, also elsewhere) concerning the undersigned’s presentation of the court case. These whispered accusations, which claim that the undersigned distorted the facts and that there is another side which denies his writings, are wrong on two daunts.…
The gospel is indeed a power of God unto salvation for every one that believeth, first the Jew and also the Greek. Thus we noticed in the former article on this passage from holy writ. We now must notice what the word of God tells us here concerning the reason…
Chapter 1: Christian Stewardship (cont.) Nor does God bestow the goods that He gives to everyone according to His sovereign dispensation upon man in His common grace. For, to be sure, “He maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just…
De Humor van de Bijbel (The Humor of the Bible) by Okke Jager. Published by J.H. Kok, N.V., Kampen, the Netherlands, Price f 4.90. The author of this book is not known to me. In many ways the book reminds me of the writings of Thys Booy. De Humor van de…
The position of the former consistory of the First Protestant Reformed Church of Kalamazoo, according to its answer to the protest of brother Meninga, is that any aggrieved party, aggrieved, that is, by a consistory, classis, or even synod, cannot be bound by such a decision “until” it is proved…
“. . . . . . of whom I am chief.” I Tim. 1:15b “. . . . . . of whom I am chief.” I Tim. 1:15b The apostle Paul had spoken of sinners who were saved by your Lord Jesus Christ. And grouping them altogether into one band,…