If you ask me what, in our time, our people need above all in the first place, my answer is: Doctrine! If you ask me what they need in the second place, I say: Doctrine! If you ask me what they need in the third place, I say: Doctrine! You say, that’s a bold statement. […]
It is striking to note that this was written in 1921, just shortly before this “Thinking Cap” spoken of was needed by so many in a most significant way in 1924. Now 70 years later, with added temptations such as unprecedented material wealth, television, and entertainment, this is again a reminder to be diligent. The […]
Recently, one of our staff did some extra work and obtained a very interesting article. It was the address given at the second annual convention of Young Men’ s Societies in 1921, and quite pertinent for today. It is reprinted from “The Young Calvinist,” published by the American Federation of Reformed Young Men’s Societies, and […]
It is a privilege and a great delight to me that this evening I may deliver the inspirational address at the opening session of the Convention of Protestant Reformed Young People. The task assigned to me is wholly a pleasurable one. I take it that this convention is proof of the fact that in our […]
In the August-September issue of Beacon Lights there appeared an editorial on “Mission Minded” from the pen of Rev. A. Mulder which, in my opinion, contained such a mixture of untrue charges against our Protestant Reformed Churches and constituents and of false conclusions concerning our denominational mission activity that it should not go unanswered. One […]
Lesson XXXVII (Revelation 14: 9-13) Retribution for the Worshippers of the Beast 1. Vss. 9-11. Retribution for the worshippers of the beast. a. A third angel announces the punishment that will be inflicted upon the worshippers of the beast. 1) Babylon is fallen 2) Now is described the lot of those that drank “of the […]
LESSON XXXV (Revelation 14:1-5) With the Lamb on Mount Zion (On the whole the text of the Revised Version is better here than that of the King James Version; hence, it is followed in these notes.) 1. Vs. 1. The Lamb on Mount Zion and the 144,000. a) This vision stands in contrast to the […]
LESSON XXXI (Revelation 13: 1-3a) The Beast 1. Vs. 1. a) “And I stood upon the sand of the sea.” The R.V. is more correct: he stood upon the sand of the sea. 1) The reference is to the dragon. 2) He went to arise, in order that he may give his power to make […]
LESSON XXVII (Revelation 11:14 -19) The Seventh Trumpet 1. vss. 14, 15a a. “The second woe is past”; The last three trumpets are three woes. 1) The first of these was the plague of the locusts out of the abyss; 9:1-11 2) The second was the judgment of the triple monsters; 9:13-21. 3) Now, after […]
LESSON XXIV (Revelation 11: 5, 6) The Power of the Two Witnesses 1. Vs. 5. a. “And if any man will hurt them”: (1) The expression indicates that it is the desire of “men” to hurt them. But the question is: in what sense: in the physical or in the spiritual sense? (2) It is […]