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Cross-Bearing After Jesus
W hat happened to Simon of Cyrene on the morning of Jesus’ crucifixion did not initially please him. The other evangelists relate that “they compelled him.” Simon’s entire being resisted such an obligation. He had come from afar to celebrate the Passover feast at Jerusalem, and with th ...
The Celebration of Christmas
Although God’s Word does not say anything about the date of the birth of Christ, this fact of the salvation history is commemorated over the entire earth. It is quite certain that the establishing of this date originated in the city of Rome. It is well known that the birth of the Lord Jesus as we ...
De grote betekenis van de uitstorting des Heiligen Geestes door de verhoogde Middelaar
Ons tekstverband bepaalt ons bij de diep verborgen maar heilrijke betekenis van de uitstorting van de Heilige Geest op de Pinksterdag. Nadat Christus voldaan had en ten hemel gevaren is, daalde spoedig daarna de Heilige Geest neder met een geluid als van een geweldige gedreven wind en vervulde he ...
What Is Thy Only Comfort?
This weighty question, “What is thy only comfort in life and death?” of the Heidelberg Catechism comes to all of us. The elector of the Palatinate was enabled to give a precious testimony of this, even before the emperor and his officials, at a very distressful moment in his life, as he stood ami ...
