As I sat down to begin writing this article, the news media was bringing us rumors of war. Perhaps, by the time you read this, our country will be at war. We had been attacked by terrorists, the World Trade Center lay in ruins, thousands of rescue workers were digging through the tons of rubble, […]
Michelle is a member of Hull Protestant Reformed Church in Hull, Iowa. PR Scholarship Essay. “This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come” (II Timothy 3: 1). Our youth are taught the signs of the times that are laid out for us in passages such as Matthew 24 and know that […]
A Story from the Time of the Afscheiding Translated by Rev. Cornelius Hanko Chapter 12 The “Careful” Deacon (The last chapter told of the “conversion” of Ko Boelhouwer at whose farm the wagon of four men returning home on a dark and stormy night had broken a wheel. The four men had been chosen at […]
The Scripture speaks to us Of many tribulations In final days the Lord Pours out upon all nations. That time will soon be here! We see the signs around, When godliness and virtue Are mocked, and sin abounds. E’en in this land of ours, Supposedly so free, There’s tolerance for sin But none for you […]
November 1 Read Genesis 50:1-6 At the death of his father Joseph makes plans to carry out his father’s wishes. We might think that this might have been to bothersome to undertake. After all, he had to work through official channels to gain permission to leave Egypt. Joseph, even though he was second in power, […]
Considering Israel and her battles with the temptations of music can help to reassure us in our battles against the devil in resisting worldly music. The past examples of temptations were put there not so we can say that it’s o.k. for us to fall into sin, but to encourage us in our battles, so […]
The hands of a sculptor shaping clay into a recognizable object is a weak picture of the sculpting of the shoreline of the Golden Coast at the hand of our great Creator. He builds the towering dunes and removes them at will. The breath of His power can destroy and cover the puny work of […]
On April 7, 1938, Ralph and Stella Moore became the parents of Rev. Richard Moore. Rev. Moore was born in Miller, South Dakota. Growing up in Tyndall, South Dakota, Rev. Moore enjoyed building and flying model airplanes, fishing, hunting and golfing. Now he still likes to golf, but he has not had the occasion to […]
Prof. Hanko is professor emeritus of the Protestant Reformed Seminary in Grandville, Michigan. Reprinted from the mission newsletter circulated in the UK by Covenant PRC. Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it? (Amos 3:6). […]
In the German city of Wittenberg still stands the church and the tower of the Palace Church, once the center of religious activities, because of Dr. Martin Luther. Prince Frederic III (called “the Wise”) put it at his disposal to become a bulwark of the Reformation. Luther can be seen on a painting made by […]