“With all speed get thyself rid of thy burden.” -W.-W. “The wisdom of this world…nought.” “Foolish the wisdom of this world.” “The world through its wisdom knew not God.” “By the works of the law there shall no flesh be justified in His sight.” —Paul As Christian proceeded on his solitary way, now on that […]
Miscellaneous On October 16, the young people of our South Holland church gathered at Geneo’s Steak House for a dinner and evening together. Rev. Heys gave a lecture on Nov. 13 based on the topic “The Measured Steps of the Coming Anti-Christ.” Proceeds went for the Jamaican missions. In raising funds for the upcoming convention, […]
“And be not unequally yoked with unbelievers…” II Corinthians 6:14a Of Israel of old it was said by the Spirit of God through the mouth of Balaam, the prophet: “Lo, the people shall dwell alone!” And in the form of the Hebrew parallelism, this is emphasized and explained by the addition: “and shall not be […]
A church’s form of worship is called its liturgy. In our churches, liturgy includes prayers, songs, reading of the Scripture and of the Law or Apostles’ Creed, an invocation, a benediction, a sermon, an offering and most often an organ prelude and postlude. Have you ever thought of our services as such; a list of […]
Rebellion! In a word that is the spirit of our times. Compare for a moment the concept “rebellion” with what is euphemistically called “student unrest” or compare with it what is termed the emancipation of the woman. What is the so-called “underground church” which has as its cornerstone the “uninhibited exercise of worship”, but open […]
We wish to welcome Miss Donna Van Uffelen to our staff as associate editor of Critique. She is a member of our Redlands Church and of the Young People’s Society. Her first article appears below. EDITOR In his letter to the Ephesians, Paul gave us the command to be strong in the Lord and in […]
The following article was first given as a speech at the Singspiration held at Hudsonville church on November 23, 1969. Twilight softly shadows the city, silently aloof on its hills. Towers stand gently gilded in the setting sun, for this is Jerusalem the golden. In the ravines and valleys, even to the plain beyond, stand […]