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Positive Thinking
People everywhere tell us that we must think positively. Some may have accused us of being so negative. When we confront others with the reality of sin and guilt, many ward this off and become defensive, accusing us of the lack of positive thinking.“Positive thinking.” Still, I like that t ...
Thanksgiving Meditation
At the end of this month, we in the United States will have our Thanksgiving Day. On that day people are coming together in all parts of the country to praise the name of the Lord for the blessings received during the past season. It is most fitting and needful that we do so. Amid all the judgmen ...
The Samaritan Woman (8)
My friends, what think ye of Christ? It is a very important question for each one of us. Every day of our lives, as we pass through this life, it is an important question. It is certain that without Jesus we will go lost. We need to know Christ as the Savior of our soul. Many only know Him intell ...
Dr. H. F. Kohlbrugge (1803-1875) Preacher of God's Free Grace (1)
A few years ago, several articles on church history were published in the Banner of Truth. Several forefathers, representatives of the Second Reformation, were discussed, as well as later developments in the State Church in the Netherlands, which resulted in the secession ...
The History of the Heidelberg Catechism (4)
Frederick was visited at Heidelberg by different friendly princes who sought to induce him to withdraw his catechism and to recede from the changes that he had introduced into the churches. Against all these influences he stood immovable. The dukes Wolfgang and Christopher sent an embassy to him ...
Sinnership Belongs to Us
Beloved, I wish you to be brought to a deep consciousness that sinnership belongs to us, as well as to the woman of the city (Luke 7), and that our sinnership is such that nothing but the blood of Christ can meet our condition before God. What would Simon have done, could I have crept into his pa ...
Consistorial Prayer and Handshake
The prayer offered in the consistory room before the service probably originated at the time of the Secession. When the congregations of the Secession originated, church services were often disturbed by the military or police force. Before the services, they were not certain whether it would take ...
The Nature of Repentance
We may consider what repentance is in its general nature. It is a saving grace: “In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth” (2 Timothy 2:25). It is a grace given us of God freely, enabling and disposing a ...
This Unceasing Voice of God
My dear young friend, I have been sorry to hear you are still unwell. This unceasing voice of God, no doubt, is to excite your attention, for what are created things when compared with that rich treasure which the Lord provides for His afflicted people? All are a ...
De rechte dankdaggestalte
Een diep onwaardige in zichzelf buigt zich aan de Jabbok voor de Heere neer. Zo n hartgesteldheid is geen vanzelfsprekende zaak in het leven van een mens. Ook geen vrucht van eigen akker. Wel een zaak waar de Heere recht op heeft, naar zoekt, en waartoe Hij de Zijnen wil brengen, en die ons onmis ...
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