Rev. G. Vanden Berg, of Oak Lawn, declined the call which came to him from Doon, Iowa. Rev. R.C. Harbach, of Lynden, declined the call from Isabel and Forbes. Rev. H. Hanko, of Hope, received a call from our Kalamazoo Church. Loveland’s consistory has named a trio which includes the…
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ECUMENICISM (Cont.) The rush towards Church mergers continues unabated. Some recent developments that took place over the course of the summer are of interest to our readers. The World Council of Churches, the largest of all Church organizations, which met in New Delhi, India, recently, took into its organization seven…
We distinguish those sacred books from the apocryphal, viz.: the third and fourth book of Esdras, the books of Tobias, Judith, Wisdom, Jesus Syrach, Baruch, the appendix to the book of Esther, the Song of the three Children in the Furnace, the history of Susannah, of Bell and the Dragon,…
We concluded our preceding article, in connection with the distinction between the true and false church, with a quotation from John Calvin. In this quotation the noted Reformer, who is known for his severe condemnation of the Roman Catholic hierarchy, states that there are also some of the true marks…
Try to picture before your mind a monstrous beast that has the tawny, muscular body of a leopard, able with one tremendous leap to cast itself upon its prey, that has the powerful paws of a bear, which with one blow can tear a man in pieces, and that has…
We live in evil days. It is true that always the whole world lies in darkness of sin, hatred and the lie of Satan: ye shall be like God. However, I refer to evil days for the church, days in which men have itching ears and will not endure sound…
“And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in Mount Hor, by the coast of the land of Edom, Saying, Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word…
Faith is certainly not the ground or part of the ground of our righteousness before God. It is not another work. That this is the relationship is, however, virtually the view of all that deny the vicarious nature of the suffering of Christ, of His satisfaction and atonement. Thus, for…
Election and Reprobation According to Barth As we remarked before, the next chapter of Barth’s Dogmatics deals with the Church. And under this main heading, he first discusses the subject: Israel and the Church. Besides, under the same heading he treats, what would seem to be only remotely connected with…
“Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; and walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savor.” Ephesians 5:1, 2 Three questions present themselves here: What is a man’s walk; what…