All Articles For Covenant Life in the Home

Rev. denHartog is pastor of Southwest Protestant Reformed Church in Grandville, Michigan. Previous article in this series: January 15, 2009, p. 182. Love for God is the most holy and sublime and perfect love. The soul of man cannot reach any higher than knowing and loving God. Love for God means that we delight in Him as God, that we have fear of Him and reverence for His perfect holiness and righteousness and all of His glorious attributes. It means that we worship before Him in deepest reverence and fear. We must keep God’s commandments because we love Him. There...

Rev. denHartog is pastor of Southwest Protestant Reformed Church in Grandville, Michigan. It has been some time since I wrote the first article for an intended series on “Life in the Covenant Home.” A very busy year in the ministry has made it difficult for me to continue to write articles for this series. It might be helpful for those reading this article to re-read the first article in the December 1, 2007 issue of the Standard Bearer. I intend to continue, the Lord willing, to write on subjects related to this general theme. I will do this by considering carefully...

Rev. denHartog is pastor of Southwest Protestant Reformed Church in Grandville, Michigan. I intend in the next few installments to write on the above stated subject. I am thankful for the occasion for new study of this subject and pray that our presentations will be of spiritual benefit for those who read these articles. The home is, we believe, the wonderful creation of God. It was created by God in the beginning when He created the world and all things in it. We have, I am sure, heard many times that the home is the basic institution of all human...