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An Urgent Need
A few hours before, on one of the mountains of Galilee, the Lord Jesus had received the honor of His Father. We know that three disciples had been with Him, namely, Peter, James, and John. The mountain had seemed for these disciples to be the very gate of heaven.But at the foot of the moun ...
Confession of Faith: Article XXIX
— continued —The pure preaching, according to Smytegelt, one of our fathers and a minister for many years in Middelburg in the seventeenth century, has four marks. Some of them will sound very familiar to you, so I do not pretend to give many new thoughts, but will repeat those marks for y ...
Herman Witsius
This eminent servant of God was born on the 12th of February, 1636, at Enkhuizen, a town in the province of West Friesland. This town was one of the first to throw off the Spanish yoke and to proclaim its own liberty. When once enlightened with the truths of the gospel, it retained the purity of ...
NEWS, ANNOUNCEMENTS, & EVENTS
CHURCH NEWS MINISTERIAL CALLS Extended: To Rev. C. Hogchem of Borssele, the Netherlands, by the congregation of St. Catharines, Ontario.To Rev. G. J. van Aalst of Ridderkerk, the Netherlands, ...
Parable of the Prodigal Son (3)
The prodigal son “began to be in want.” There came a time that all was gone. Everything he had received was gone. All his friends and companions had also left him. He couldn’t buy the next drink anymore, he couldn’t pay for the next round in the tavern. It is always easy to have friends when you ...
The Sincere Offer of Christ and the Covenant Benefits in the Gospel
Greater Responsibility — continued —Christ is offered in this gospeladministration, declared the Synod. What does that mean?By this we understand that, in the preaching of the gospel of God’s free grace, Jesus Christ is proclaimed as the Savior appoin ...
The Pilgrim
Emily heard it first. “Listen, Mom!”“Alfonzo is home! Alfonzo is home!”The news traveled from one little house to the next, and from all sides people ran out of the low doors, with their children running after them. Emily kept close to her mother.There he was! He stood in the ...
The First Six Days
The first day, at Jehovah’s word,
Which brought from nothing all,
Did heaven, and earth, and light afford,
To form the spacious ball.The next, a firmament so wide,
A large expanded sky,
That might the waters’ course divide,
And bear the clouds on high.The thi ...
David and Jonathan
1 Samuel 20 Two friends stood together quietly in the field. One man bent over, his head in his hands. Then he cried out, “Why, oh why, does he want to kill me? What have I ever done that he seeks my life?”Who were these men? The man bent ...
Come and Welcome
Coming to Christ the Gift of God — continued —4. Again, is it so, that no man comes to Jesus Christ by the will, wisdom, and power of man, but by the gift, power, and drawing of the Father? Then this shows us how horribly ignorant of this such are who make t ...
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