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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 ...
Godly Rejoicing
The Church of today has forgotten how to rejoice. Many think that with spiritual life one has to walk around with his head hanging down. Yea, today it is the case, the more complaining, the more converted. This, however, is a terrible mistake. The Apostle Paul says, “Rejoice in the Lor ...
Repression of religion continues in China
China continues with its repression of religion, both with Christians and Muslims. It has established a vast detention camp network in Xinjiang which holds Muslims and forces them to renounce religious piety and pledge loyalty to the party. They also are undergoing forced labor in spit ...
Potential government scrutiny of Christian school curriculums in the Netherlands
Christian schools in the Netherlands have for a long time received financial support to establish and maintain their schools. Until recently they have been free of government interference as to how and what they teach their children. This allowance is under increased scrutiny in an inc ...
Planned Parenthood Attorneys Make Serious Blunder
Pro-life advocates are on trial in San Francisco, CA, for exposing Planned Parenthood with undercover videos. The United States’ largest abortion provider had an advantage in the trial until their attorneys made a major blunder. They had to allow the undercover video to be shown in the ...
Nigerian Government Ineffective in Fighting Lawlessness and Violence
In two successive incidents in Kaduna, Nigeria, in early October, a Baptist woman died, and twelve Christians including church members, school students, and teachers, were kidnapped. This violence is widely attributed to militant Fulani herdsmen of the area who may be affiliated with B ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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