The expression, “fulness of time,” is Scriptural. We read in Gal. 4:4: “But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth His Son, made of a woman, made under the law.” We must be on our guard against an erroneous conception of this expression. The pagan world, then, is pictured as groping […]
What strange talk. Are we not born to live? Does not birth imply a coming into being? What does death have to do with birth? Death is the curse of God for sin. We all die, and death is inevitable for everyone. In this sense we all are born to die. Physical death is present […]
We were discussing the question of whether or not the preaching in our churches is too much concerned with doctrine and not sufficiently engrossed with the practical life of the saints. We noticed in a brief glance at the modern church world that practical preaching is the thing of the day, and that in very […]
“Charles Dickens wrote his most famous story to demonstrate what happens to a wretched, miserly old man when once the Christmas spirit gets to work on him and take over. Something happens at this time of the year to make people easier to get along with. There is something about this season that releases the […]
The First Missionary Journey (continued) D. Iconium (14:1-6) 1. The labors of Paul and Barnabas: a. Where did they begin their labors? vs. 1 1) Is there any significance in the note that “they went both together into the synagogue”? 2) What does it imply that they “so spake, that a great multitude . . […]
God is the supreme artist. He has made the earth beautiful. His marks are indelibly impressed upon it. We recognize God’s attributes and being expressed in the infinity of things about us; in the predominance of three’s — triangles of composition from the greatest paintings to the simplicity of a leaf — the Trinity. The […]
On the evening of October 17 the Protestant Reformed Teachers’ Institute held a Mass Meeting at Fourth Church. One of the features of the program was a panel discussion on the topic: “The Role of the P.T.A. in Our Schools.” The panel consisted of Rev. R. Veldman as moderator, assisted by Miss A. Lubbers, Mrs. […]
We will never know completely the ruin that sin wrought, in Heaven and on earth, and amongst the children of men. Ever since it first made its appearance, it has brought untold woe, by the separations it has brought about. Separation between heaven and earth; separation between God and man; and separation between man and […]
The history of the church during nearly the entire 4th century A.D. is chiefly a history of the Arian controversy. And, if it may be said at all that the controversy was settled in those two generations, it was followed by a series of controversies essentially connected with it, which for centuries tore the Church […]