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Hope for the Church
With great earnestness and in the name of the Lord, Zechariah showed the people the abominable sins of which they were guilty and to which they were blind. God’s holy justice had made itself manifest. Their grievous downfall and long captivity came about because of sin. The Lord was di ...
The Life of Isaac (10)
The wilderness journey of Isaac is an illustration of the way in which the Lord leads His people. He leads them from place to place, but at the well Shebah, Isaac experienced that the Lord had given him a place where there was peace with his enemies; God gave him a token of His covenan ...
Opportunity
Dear Boys and Girls,Ava stomped away, muttering in frustration. Behind her, the last pony was being loaded onto the trailer, and she could hear the four, spotted, goat kids bleating in the second trailer. She felt a hand on her shoulder, but she did not turn around. S ...
Of the Creation and Fall of Man and His Incapacity to Perform What Is Truly Good (Article XIV)
This article brings us into the field of Anthropology, which is the teaching about the origin, nature, and destiny of man, especially from the perspective of his relationship to God. This subject is spoken of in Articles 14 through 17, starting first with Creation and the Fall, then wi ...
New Year’s Eve—Staying Behind
Our thoughts go out to a man named Jacob. We read that he stayed behind at the brook Jabbok. All his possessions, his wives, children, and cattle have crossed the brook. Why is he remaining behind? He is afraid, and if you ask why he is afraid, he is thinking back to what has happened ...
Problems in Education
It is self-evident that the church cannot be indifferent in these days as to where the youth of the congregation receive their education. That is certainly true now that young people spend many years getting their education.Education is already addressed in the Canons ...
God’s Free Grace Glorified (4)
More than once Mina asked her father what the marks of a true desire for God were. Her father would then answer that continued praying was a token of a true desire. This was also relayed by a visiting minister who visited Middleburg and preached there. He had also said that a continual ...
Kneeling
JosephWe read in God’s holy Word about the honors bestowed upon Joseph after he interpreted Pharaoh’s dreams. Joseph becomes vice-regent, Pharaoh’s ring is placed on his finger, he was arrayed in vestures of fine linen, and a gold chain was placed about his ...
I Must Wait for the Crown
FRIDAY, AUGUST 29—In the evening I took to my bed, having gradually become worse, suffering much pain in the afternoon of that day. I can well remember that a deep solemnity rested upon my spirit when I was led to consider that I had made a profession of religion for a number of years ...
Education
CALVIN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL, COALHURST, ALBERTA, anticipates several vacancies for the 2019-2020 school year and welcomes applications from qualified teachers interested in any position, including:• Elementary teachers• Secondary teachers (especially in ...
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