When any matter becomes a point of contest, it frequently grows in importance in our minds to proportions far beyond its actual relative size. This is most clearly noticed in politics, where a contested issue is enlarged through the attention gained by the contesting itself, far beyond its real worth, even overshadowing more worthwhile or […]

At first glance it might seem quite unnecessary to express the subject matter of the fourth article of our Confession as a matter of faith. The article simply lists the sixty-six books of the Old and New Testaments which we confess to be canonical. This matter is not disputed in Reformed circles. All are agreed […]

It is not known to me who had the first idea to organize the Young People of our Protestant Reformed Churches into a Federation such as we now have. Neither do I know who first thought of the idea to have a Convention. Whoever he or she was, I would offer a silent salute to […]

“Membership in worldly unions is incompatible with membership in the church!” That has always been the stand of the Protestant Reformed Churches. And so it should be. As the years go by and the history of the world progresses, this stand of the churches becomes increasingly difficult to maintain. This is due to two reasons […]