As you can guess, I am going to write about the a-b-c’s. Our alphabet which consists of twenty-six letters which can be combined into thousands of ways, words and, of course, sentences. You probably learned your a-b-c’s from your Mom and Dad; or if you are a younger child in a family, from your older […]
This open letter is addressed to all members of the Protestant Reformed Churches and to all others who have a concern for the instruction of the children of the covenant in all aspects of earthly science on the basis of the truth of the Reformed Faith as set forth in the Reformed Creeds. It concerns […]
Man in His Original State Man was created in original righteousness. Man’s righteousness was originally a creaturely reflection of God’s uncreated and independent righteousness. This latter righteousness is the supreme and final authority to which all rational creatures, men, angels, are obligated. As no creature can be naturally independent of God, so no moral creature […]
In 1932, Aldous Huxley published a novel called Brave New World. In the early chapters of the bock he describes the baby hatchery of this brave new world. “Next to the Liners stood the Matriculators. The procession advanced; one by one the eggs were transferred from their test tubes to the larger containers, deftly the […]
“I believe in God the Father, Almighty, maker of heaven and earth: And in Jesus Christ, His only begotten Son, our Lord. Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary. Suffered under Pontius Pilate; was crucified, dead and buried. He descended into hell. The third day He rose again from the […]
A. The Ark in Philistia. 1. The ark in the house of Dagon: a. How did the Philistines account for their victory over Israel? Cf. Judges 16:23. b. What was the real cause of their victory (Deut. 28:25, 26; Judges 2:14, 15)? c. Why did they place the ark in the house of their god, […]
“And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.” This easy to understand, but very difficult verse to obey, is found in Luke 9:62. It has to do with our walk of life, young people, in the midst of this […]
“The glory of young men is their strength”, Solomon assured his son according to Proverbs 20:29. And indeed, as parents and friends of you, young people, we do desire to see you physically strong, psychically strong, that is, with strong characters, and spiritually strong. Although you may not have given much thought to it, we […]
November 24 is Thanksgiving Day, at least for those of us who live in the U.S. For our Canadian friends Thanksgiving Day will by this time be past, since the Canadian Thanksgiving Day is celebrated on the second Monday in October. Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday. It is also a day on which we […]
Of course! Of course! Of course, sorrow is not the final word on conception. When we talk about conception, we talk also about a subject involving joy. . .of course! But first: The conception and birth of a child is not in itself a joy. Study that statement a minute. It is not a morbid […]