Ecclesiastes 5:1-7 forms a section all by itself within this book and this section of the book. It is the only place in which Solomon looks at the vanity of false religion. Here he is looking at people who realize that there is a God but who fail to love God and His righteousness and […]
I hope to be able to introduce our new editor-in-chief in the next issue. The staff is carefully considering those who desire to be editor. I knew this would happen. Since we had an overwhelming response to the writing contest in the 3rd – 4th grade level, those grades will have separate winners. And also, […]
The relationships of the young people ought to be a great concern to the church. Certainly, Christian parents ought to be deeply concerned with whom their young people associate. This ought also to be a matter of concern to the office bearers of the church. And it ought to be a matter of concern to […]
(In the last article, we discussed one area in which Janssen connected his views of Scripture with common grace. This was in the area of general and special revelation. Because the general revelation of common grace enabled the heathen with whom Israel had contact to discover many elements of truth, Israel borrowed extensively from heathen […]
Question 96 of the Heidelberg Catechism asks, “What doth God require in the second commandment?” Answer “That we in no wise represent God by images, nor worship him in any other way than he has commanded in his word”. How we are to serve him is the instruction we find here. Now don’t say right […]
There is a word, Young People, which the author of the epistle to the Hebrews used very often. That word is the adjective “better”, which he uses nine times in this epistle. He speaks of Christ being better than the angels, of a better hope, a better testament, a better covenant, of better sacrifices, a […]