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The Reading Service
Rev. P. Van Ruitenburg, Chilliwack, BC Every church service is somewhat of a reading service; God’s Word is read as well as the Law and the Confession of Faith. We sing Psalters which is also a type of reading. In Old Testament times, there ...
A Young and an Old Anna
Rev. C. Sonnevelt, Lethbridge, AB Full of impressions, I made my way to Calgary International Airport. It was a cold Saturday morning in March of 2005, and the sun shone brightly under a cloudless sky. The distance from the parsonage in Leth ...
Godliness and Knowledge
Rev. A. Moerkerken, Capelle a/d Ijssel, the Netherlands (The following was an address given by Rev. Moerkerken at the conclusion of a course in doctrinal instruction given by our churches in the Netherlands.) As I was thinking ab ...
House Visitation Has Started Again (2)
Elder W. Visser, Nunspeet, the Netherlands Mutual respect It may be good to recall for a moment that house visitation essentially means asking if there has been fruit upon the preaching of Gods Word. Ultimatel ...
Catechism Instruction (1)
Rev. C.A. Van Dieren, Rijssen, the Netherlands At the winter meeting of our Classis, the wish was expressed that would we share some of our thoughts regarding catechism instruction. Given that all the modern influences which face our youth a ...
Quite a Few Ministers in North America
Rev. C. Sonnevelt, Lethbridge, AB It was a pleasant visit that we received one day. The two visitors, belonging to one of our sister congregations in the Netherlands, had coffee with us after a church service on the prairies of Alberta. They ...
House Visitation Has Started Again (1)
Elder W. Visser, Nunspeet, the Netherlands In “the winter season,” as it is sometimes called, the office bearers again set out from week to week to visit the homes of church members. In some congregations the names of the members to be visit ...
Catechism Instruction (2)
Rev. C.A. Van Dieren, Rijssen, the Netherlands Catechism instruction and the parents It is likely that we frequently forget that many office bearers wrestle with the solemnity of giving catechetical instructio ...
“He Saves Their Souls When Death Draws Nigh”
Rev. C. Sonnevelt, Lethbridge, AB Indeed, a heavenly glow spreads itself over the life of grace. There is something in it that is so plain and yet so profound. God’s children recognize it instinctively, and missing people may even fall in lo ...
Deacon Lee’s Opinion
Taken from the Old Faith ContenderDeacon Lee, who was a kindly, silent, faithful, and gracious man, was one day visited by a restless, ambitious, worldly church member who was laboring to create unrest in the church and especially to drive away ...
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