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                                          The Eternal God:
Meditation
Prof. Robert Decker                       Our Guide

   "For this God is otir God for             Thus, the poet calls Gods          the gods of pleasure who have
ever and ever: he will be our             people to walk about Zion and         no strength, who cannot save
guide even unto death."                   observe her towers and mark           from sin or deliver from death,
                        Psalm 48:14       well her bulwarks and consider        the idol gods who depend on the
                                          her palaces! Gods people must         will of man to save. In distinction
                                                                                from a11 these, this God, Whose
   In this Psalm the poet extols          see in the church the glory of
                                                                                glory is revealed in Mount Zion,
the beauty and strength of Mount          God revealed. Gods people must
                                                                                the church, and by Whose power
Zion, God's church. Zion is the           also know that that beautiful
                                                                                the church is preserved, this God
place where God dwells in cove-           church will never be destroyed
                                                                                is the one, true, and living God!
nant fellowship with His people.          but will stand forever. They must
                                                                                   This God is eternal and
It is the city of God, the great          know this because this is Gods
                                                                                forever. God is the "I AM THAT I
King. It is the place where God is        glorious church.
                                                                                AM" Who has no beginning and
known, loved, praised, and wor-             Further, Gods people, observ-
                                                                                no end. God is before all things.
shiped. The marvelous beauty of           ing the glory and strength of
                                                                                God has life in Himself and has
Zion is the fact that God, in all         Gods church, are to tell it to the
                                                                                need of nothing outside of
His glory, is revealed there in His       generation following. What is it
                                                                                Himself. He is the triune God:
church.                                   that they and we must tell the
                                                                                Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. This
  That church is indestructible.          generation following? That this
                                                                                eternal God lives the perfect
Though hated by Satan, and                God is our God for ever and
                                                                                covenant life within Himself. The
though the whole world of sin             ever: He will be our guide even
and unbelief is arrayed against           unto death. Correctly translated,     Father begets the Son, the Son is
her, Gods church cannot be                the verse reads: This God, our        the only begotten of the Father,
destroyed. When the kings of the          God, is eternal and forever: He       and the Holy Spirit proceeds
earth assemble themselves                 will shepherd us even unto            from the Father to the Son and
against the church (vss. 5, 6)            death. In other words, this God,      from the Son to the Father. All
they marvel at her glory. They            our God, whose glory is revealed      this is within the perfection of
are troubled; terror takes hold of        in the church, by Whose power-        Gods one divine, glorious being.
them and they hasten away.                ful, sovereign grace the church is    This God, our God, has no need
Gods church stands unmoved!               saved and preserved so that not       of the creature. God is absolutely
                                                                                sovereign!
  Why is this? The answer is that         even the gates of hell can prevail
                                                                                   This eternal God determined to
the church in no sense and in no          against her, this God, our God, is
way depends upon man, human               eternal and forever: He will          reveal His glory in Jesus Christ
ability, or human strength. God,          shepherd us even unto death.          and in the church in Jesus Christ
not man, established the church           This we must tell the generation      in the new creation. This eternal
and will establish her for ever           following.                            God sovereignly determined the
                                                                                way to reach that purpose: the
(vs. 8). God, not man, is known             Who is this God? The psalmist
in her for a refuge (vs. 3). God is       answers, "This God." This God, in     deep, mysterious way of sin and
the sure defense of His church!           distinction from all the idol gods    grace! Thus the eternal God has
                                          of human invention and imagina-       forever elected a people in Christ
                                          tion; the many gods of wood and       Jesus before the foundations of
                                          stone who cannot speak, or hear,      the world and reprobated the
Prof: Decker is professor of Practical    or move; the idol gods of human       rest in the way of their own sin.
Theology in the Protestant Reformed       conception, the gods of money,        This God created the world by
Seminary.

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and for Jesus Christ by the word                   does this by His grace and Holy        the beginning of perfect joy, of
of His mouth in six days. This                     Spirit through those whom He           fellowship with our eternal God
eternal God sent His only begot-                   calls. God does this chiefly by        in glory. God will be our guide;
ten Son into the world to make                     means of the preaching of His in-      He will shepherd us even unto
atonement for the sins.of the                      spired, infahible  Word and by the     death, and through death take us
elect on the cross. This eternal                   use of the sacraments. That God        to the glory of His presence.
God raised Jesus from the dead                     shepherds us means as well that           And that is absolutely certain.
as a sure seal of our justification                He rules us by His grace so that       Our eternal God will be our
and as the firstfruits of them that                we willingly serve Him in love.        guide. There may be no doubt
slept! This eternal God exalted           -,       God protects us from all our           about this! Our eternal God will
Christ to glory giving Him the                  `- enemies, preserves and sustains        surely be our shepherd even unto
life-giving Spirit to lead us into all             us through every trial, every suf-     death. Therefore, Gods church
truth! This eternal God governs                    fering, and through all of our.sor-    shall surely stand.
and upholds all things by His                      rows. God gives us grace suffi-          This is what we must tell the
power so that all things serve the                 cient for our every need and           generation following. God's Zion,
realization of His purpose. This                   guides us every step along our         His church, is full of the glory of
eternal God will be revealed in                    way, the way which He in His           God. Gods church is indestructi-
the final appearance of the Lord                   wisdom and love has determined         ble! Because it is God's church!
Jesus Christ. He will judge the                    for each of us.                        And this God, our God, is eternal
living and the dead, destroy the                     Our eternal God will shepherd        and forever; He will shepherd us
heavens and the earth in the fire                  us everiunto  death. This means        even unto death!
of His wrath, and create a new                     simply that from the moment of           Whatever may be said of Pro-
heaven and earth in which                          our birth to the moment of our         fessor Hoeksema, this must be
righteousness shall dwell. And                     death God will shepherd us. He         said. This is precisely what he
there Gods glory will shine in                     never leaves or forsakes us, not       told us. This is what he always
the redeemed, glorified church                     for a split second. God cares for      told his wife. This is what he
forever, world without end!                       us to the very end.                     always taught his children. And
  This God, Who is eternal and                       And because this is true,            this is what he told all of us in
forever, is our God! He created                    nothing can be against us,             the churches.. In all of his preach-
us in Adam in the beginning and                    nothing can separate us from the       ing and lecturing in our churches
He recreated us in Christ Jesus,                  love of God in Christ Jesus our         and in churches in various parts
redeeming us from our sin and                     Lord. All things are for us! Even       of the world, in all of his
delivering'us from our death.                     death is for us! 0, I know, death       teaching (30 years of it) in our
God made us living members of                     is horrible from every human            seminary, as well as in all his
the church, chosen in Christ to                   point of view. Death is often           writings, he always said: "This
life and glory, and gathered by                   preceded by terrible sufferings.        God, our God, is eternal.and for-
the Son of God out of the whole                   We saw that with our dear one           ever: He will be our guide even
human race by His Word and                        the past weeks. That strong body        unto death!" And he did this not
S p i r i t .                                     became so'weak and that boom-           in his own strength. He did it by
  This God is our God! He                         ing voice became barely a               the grace of God alone. Now that
established His covenant of                       whisper. Death is the end of all        God has delivered Professor
friendship and fellowship with us                 our earthly relations. We have          Hoeksema from.this vale of tears
and our children. God maintains                   lost a husband,`a father, a grand-      into the joy of His presence, let
and realizes that covenant! This                  father, a brother in the Lord, and      us be reminded. of the weighty
God causes all to work for our                    a co-worker in the ministry.            calling of God upon each of us
good and salvation. And this                      What is worse, death is the ex-         who remain. Tell this, God says,
God, our God, does all, of this ac-               pression of the wrath of God            tell this to the generations follow-
cording to His counsel and by the                 against sin. ,Death is part of the,     ing. Just this, nothing more,
power of His sovereign, par-                      curse! `It is no wonder that the        nothing less! This God, our God,
titular grace!                                    apostle refers to death as the last     is .eternal and forever: He will be
  This eternal God will be our                    enemy (I Cor. 15)!                      our guide even unto death!
guide even unto death. The text,                     But all that has been changed!         And what shall we say? Only
correctly translated, reads, "He                  Death has been'swallowed up' in         this: great is the Lord and greatly
will shepherd us." This means                     the victory of the cross and            to be praised in the city of our
God will nourish and feed us. No                  resurrection, of Jesus Christ. No       God and in the mountain of His
man does this. Our eternal God                    longer is death the end. Death is       holiness.  q

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                                       Protestant Reformed
                                       Christian Schools -
                                       CovenantaKooperation

  In the goodness of the risen         gives the means is a "noble             study the Bible with them, lead
and reigning Christ, Protestant        duty," to use the words, of The         them in singing psalms and good
Reformed Christians in North           Psalterk versification of- Psalm        hymns, and discipline them.
America are able to educate their      90, with specific reference to the      There is the'friendship of other
children in Christian schools yet      covenant parents' desire that           covenant children. On the play-
another year. Under the govern-        Jehovah's glory appear to their         ground of our schools is fulfilled
ments of the United States and         children and the parents' work          the prophecy of Zechariah 8:5:
Canada, we have freedom to in-         that follows from this desire. This     "And the streets of (Jerusalem)
struct our children according to       "nob1-e duty" is covenant-work.         shall be full of boys and girls
the demands of the covenant.           The covenant people work on             playing in the streets thereof."
This mitigates somewhat the glar-      behalf of Gods covenant in obe-            This does not yet take into ac-
ing inequity, that Christian           dience to their covenant-calling.       count the safeguarding of the
parents are compelled to pay for         The schools are born of'believ-       children from deception and
the education of the children of       ing parents' vow at baptism, to         depravity promoted not only in
others in the state schools by a       instruct and bring up their             the avowedly godless schools of
full measure of taxes, in addition     children in the Reformed faith as       the state, but also in some Chris-
to providing for the education of      taught in the PRC to the utmost         tian schools - doubt and con-
their own children. This is in-        of their power. The instruction is      tempt regarding Scripture; infatu-
justice. The financial hardship        the truth.. On the basis of Holy        ation with evolution; approval,
caused by this injustice is suffer-    Scripture, reverenced as the in-        and even advocacy, of revolu-
ing for Christ's sake, which God       spired and inerrant, but also           tion, unchastity-(now including
will reward.                           covenant, Word of God, the              homosexuality), and feminism;
  For many Protestant Reformed         schools teach the knowledge of          and disregard of, as well as op-
parents in the United States, the      God in Jesus Christ the Lord,           position to, the antithesis
Christian schools to which they        Creator and Redeemer of the             between the elect church and the
send their children are Protestant     world. They teach the knowledge         reprobate world, to name a few
Reformed Christian schools.            of creation and-history, arena          of the demons lurking in the
These are not merely schools           and action of the Head of the           s c h o o l s   t o d a y .
established, governed, and taught      covenant. The children:are                 Our work in the schools is for
by PR people, but are schools          regarded, and taught to regard          the benefit- of our children - not
that pass on to covenant children      themselves,  as.covenant children,      merely for perishing wealth, or
and young people the PR under-         who are to be reared to full           name, or earthly comforts, but
standing both of the Reformed          spiritual maturity by this instruc-     for our children! Our children, j
faith and of the Reformed life as      tion. There is exhortation in the       dear to us and precious to the
confessed in the Reformed              schools to be godly in thought,        God Who bought'them too with
creeds.                                desire, speech, and deeds. There       the blood of His Son, must
  The establishment of these           is warning against rebellion, lazi-     receive the traditions of the
schools wherever it is possible to     ness, unkindness, and corrupt          Reformed faith. Our children
have them, the maintenance of          talk. Soundly Reformed; creedally      must be equipped to live the
them, and the improvement and          committed Reformed men and             Reformed life in the world. Our
enlargement of them as God             women pray with them, read and         children must stand for the faith

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  in the future, not only at church,               upheld a Michigan law requiring        responsibility, is a cooperative ef-
  but also in the home, in the                     children to be taught by certified     fort on the part of the covenant
  marketplace, and in the                          teachers. Michigan parents who         community. What parents cannot
  laboratory.                                      do not have their children taught      do on their own, they do
     Protestant Reformed Christian                 by certified teachers are law-         together in the school, with the
  education is a worthy cause!                     breakers.                              help of others who love the cove-
     It is worth every dollar and                     Even when one or the other of       nant, even though they them-
  every sacrifice of its supporters.               the parents is a certified teacher,    selves are not parents. Our
  It is worth the support of every                 it is more than doubtful that he is    schools are a bright and shining
  member of these churches, and                    able to teach his child, much less     instance of the communion of the
  of others outside the churches                   several children at different          saints. The communion of the
  who may delight in what the                      grade levels, all the subjects         saints is by no means merely that
  schools are striving to do. It is                necessary for children at the end      we smile at each other on a Sab-
  worth every hour of work by the                  of the 20th century in North           bath morning, but it is a young,
  boards, committees, and ladies                   America. To accomplish this, the       unmarried man with a good job
  auxiliaries. It is worth the lives               association of parents in the          dropping a hundred-dollar bill in
  and gifts of our brightest and best              Christian school must avail them-      the collection plate for the Chris-
  men and women in the service of                  selves of the knowledge and            tian school; and it is the old
  teaching. The present shortage of                ability of many teachers, who          grandfather attending meetings
  teachers should stir parents and                 have prepared themselves to            of the society for Christian educa-
  consistories to urge capable                     teach particular subjects by at        tion.
  young men and women to con-                      least 4 years of college and who         We need each other. We need
.sider teaching in our schools. It                 devote all their time and energy       every member of the church. We
  should confront some young                       to these subjects. Giving an ade-      are called by God to a great
  people with the question, "Does                  quate education to the children is     work in truly Reformed and
  Christ call (and privilege) you to               an essential aspect of "the good       covenantal education. We are so
  devote yourself to Him in PR                     Christian school" mentioned in         small. Unity is essential.
  Christian education?"                            Article 21 of the Reformed               If PR schools are a cooperative
    The children themselves ought                  Church Order of Dordt. This con-       covenant-work, all our people
  to be told the worth of the                      viction is the reason why PR           ought to be involved - unmar-
  schools to which they have just                  people generally have frowned          ried as well as married; the
  returned for another year. We                    on attempts to force a PR school       young as well as the grown-ups;
  parents should sit down with                     into existence when it is impos-       the childless as well as the
  them for a few minutes, to ex-                   sible to give a good, solid, well-     parents. There is only one
  plain what the schools are all                   rounded academic education, as         criterion for support: love for the
  about, so that they work hard to                 radicalism. Recognizing his in-        covenant of God with the
  learn and to lead godly lives at                 ability, the home-schooler in-         church's children.
  school. Laziness, disobedience,                  variably buys some program, to           Financially, this kind of
  cruelty, or a foul mouth has no                  assist him in teaching. I have         cooperation should enable boards
  place in a covenant school.                      looked over some of these home-        to keep the tuition down, lest
    Parents should send their                      schooling kits. They are funda-        overburdened parents are
  children to our schools when this                mentalistic in religious orienta-      crushed, and to pay our teachers
  is possible. This holds as well for              tion - permeated with the free-        not only a living wage, but as
  those inclined towards home-                     willism, legalism, dispensational-     high a wage as possible. Both of
  schooling, as for those who lean                 ism, and "America for God-ism"         these goals are vitally important.
  towards another Christian school,                that are characteristic of             It is encouraging to hear that
  or even towards the schools of                   American fundamentalism. None          boards are exerting themselves-
  the state. I do not refer to home-               that I have seen is covenantal         to realize these goals by appeal-
  schooling (where this is legal) in               and Reformed. But this must            ing to the entire covenant com-
  case there is no PR school                       replace the solid Reformed,            munity for money.
  available, but to home-schooling                 covenantal curriculum prepared           Are there weaknesses in our
  that turns its back on existing,                 and taught by PR teachers!             schools? Are there occasions for
  qualified, competent PR schools.                   What more than anything else         disappointment, not -only for
    In some instances, home-                       should weigh with our people is        parents, but also for teachers and
  schooling is illegal. This summer,               that the education of our              students? Are there changes that
  a Michigan Court of Appeals                      children, although a parental          someone likes to see made?

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  Of course! Just as there are            And pray!                                May know Thee in all-their,,
problems in our homes.                    God of the covenant,                         thinking, willing, working,
  But they may not become                 Prosper the faithful, if im-                 and playing
reasons for giving up on the                perfect, labor                          In Thy world
schools, any more than the con-           And costly, if cheerful, sacrifice       And may praise Thee in the
scientious father and mother give         Of Thy covenant people in our                world to come.
up on their Christian home,                 schools,                               For the sake of Jesus Who said,
because of weaknesses and even            So that our sons and daughters,          "Suffer the children to come to
bitter disappointments.                   Who are not ours,                            Me...
  Rather, work! Work from with-           But Thine own                             for of such is the Kingdom...."
    in to correct, maintain, and          (Look-on their baptism in Thy            For of such is the Kingdom!
    build up.                               Son's blood!),                         Amen.  Cl .                          -DJE





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  In the recent July 1st issue,         vice to the parents which was            Thou hast lit up with ardor rare
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himself Christian MUST have a           battlefield scene, revealing the         The wondrous and mysterious
copy of this, and read it! And ap-      putrefying sores, and the blood                 grace
ply it. I have read it through so       and pus oozing from the ban-             Of ever looking on Thy face.
many times now, hi-liting it as I       dages of the warriors. The eyes                             -S.B. March 15, 1928
go in yellow marker pen, that the       of grandparents and, I suppose,
ENTIRE THING IS NOW                     of many parents were opened to
LITERALLY GOLD! If you are not          the temptations our young people
going to be able to immediately         face, unlike in variety and inten-

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                                                  Professor Homer C.
 In Memoriam
Prof. Herman Hanko                                Hoeksema

   One of the great wonders of                                                            evaluation based on our inability
salvation is that God does not                                                            to see the superb craftsmanship
save a mass of people; He saves                                                           of God in building His temple.
a church, the body of Christ. The                                                           From our point of view Homer
formation of the church from all                                                          Hoeksema lived too short a time.
eternity is the work of a master                                                          He lived too short a time from
Designer, an Architect of infinite                                                        the viewpoint of his wife, his
ability, a Craftsman of incredible                                                        children, and his grandchildren
skill. There is purpose in the                                                            who loved him. He lived too
salvation of the church and pur-                                                          short a time by his own reckon-
pose in the careful choice of each                                                        ing, for he eagerly looked for-
member of that church, for each                                                           ward to escape from the burdens
member is a member of the body                                                            of his editorial work on The
of Christ (I Cor. 12), a stone in                                                         Standard Bearer, to an easement
the temple of God (Eph. 2:19-22),                                                         of his heavy load in the
a branch grafted into the Vine                                                            seminary, to a time when lesser
(John 15: l-5).                                   Prof. Homer C. Hoeksema                 demands would be placed upon
   But God Who chose His church                   1923.1989                               his time and energy; he wanted
according to infinite wisdom                                                              to have time for thought, for
from all eternity also sovereignly                then Gods work in our lives is          reflection, for study, for writing.
determines the whole life of each                 His chipping away, polishing,           Yes, especially for writing. He
elect. This sovereign determina-                  shaping, forming, transforming of       had not had much time for this
tion is not arbitrary and                         dirty useless rocks .gradually to       throughout his ministry, and he
capricious planning; Gods deter-                  make us into shining stones of          had at least four projects in
minations are in such perfect                     His dwelling place.                     various stages of completion to
wisdom that every part of our                          Each saint has his own place in    which he could now turn his at-
lives, down to the smallest                       glory where he serves the               tention. His work was not really
details, are to prepare us for our                greater glory of the whole              over; in fact, from one point of
own unique place in the final                     church and the greatest glory of        view his life up to his 66th birth-
glory of the whole church and                     God in Christ. But then also each       day had been a kind of prepara-
Christ in heaven. The Psalmist                    saint has his own purpose in life
                                                  -                                       tion for his last years when the
speaks of God hiding our tears in                      that short and passing life        fruits of an active ministry, study,
His bottle because each tear                      which he lives here in this valley      and reflection could be put into
which rolls down our cheeks is                    of tears. It is not possible for us     books which would serve the-
precious in Gods sight, as part of                to see that great purpose of God        church of Christ in years to
His work in shaping us and fitting                either in our own lives or in           come. A new history of the Prot-
us for our place in glory. If the                 someone else's life. We usually         estant Reformed Churches; a
church in heaven can be com-                      think that people either die too        completion and partial re-writing
pared to a temple (Eph. 2:19-22),                 soon or live too long. They are         of his Old Testament History
                                                  taken away before their work is         material; a commentary on
                                                  finished, or they live on when
Prof Hunko is professor of Church                                                         Isaiah; a book on the doctrine of
                                                  they have no work or purpose
History and New Testament in the                                                          Scripture which could serve as a
Protestant Reformed Seminary.                     any longer in life. That is our         supplement to the Reformed

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Dogmatics of his father; another       back again in a way that was                Two things happened at this
on the doctrine of the atonement       clearly understandable. His ser-        time which were unalterably to
- the notes on this subject alone      mons were masterpieces-of ex-           shape his life. The first was his
filled two bulging files. So much      egesis, his writings clear and          father's stroke in Sioux Falls,
to do, and now the time to do it.      understandable, his instruction         South Dakota in the early sum-
  On July 17, 1989 at the age of       always precise and complete.            mer of 1948. Although Rev.
66, God said to Homer Hoeksema,        God had made him the man he             Hoeksema recovered from his
"You have done all you can do          was that he could labor in the          stroke and spent many more
and must do in this life; your         Seminary to teach others the            profitable years in his work, he
work is finished on the earth;         work of preaching. All his life         never wrote or typed another
your place is ready for you in         was preparation for that.               word himself; all his articles for
glory and you are shaped perfect-        His education was the three-          The Standard Bear& and other
ly for that place; I call you to       fold covenant tie which is the          magazines, all his sermons, all his
greater and perfect service            heritage of every child in the          correspondence, all his speeches,
above." It was a call he could not     covenant: School - Baxter St.           all his books, went through his
decline and would not have             Christian School and Grand              son's typewriter. It was recorded
declined if he could. One rests in     Rapids Christian High School;           on one of the first recorders on
the perfect wisdom of our Father       Church - First Protestant Re-           the market, an extremely heavy
Whose ways are not our ways            formed Church on the corner of          and clumsy wire recorder which
and Whose thoughts are not our         Fuller and Franklin; Home - by          weighed about 70 pounds and
thoughts (Is. 55:8).                   his God-fearing parents. His            had large spools of miles of wire
  We cannot see the perfect plan       father had a great influence on         on them. How well I recall this
of God in Homer Hoeksema's life.       him, not only because he was a          recorder in Seminary; and how
We can, perhaps, see small bits        man of some importance in the           frustrating it was to see tangles of
and pieces. Some of these bits         ecclesiastical world, but because       wire spread over the classroom
and pieces ought to be brought         he liked to walk, every day. He         floor when the recorder mal-
together in the hope that each         would often take one of his             functioned.
will fit somewhere in the perfect      children along, and many times             The second event which
picture when some day we see it.       would take Homer. From young            shaped his life was the beginning
  Homer was born in the par-           days Homer and his father talked        of his labors in the pastoral
sonage of the Eastern Ave. Chris-      easily and comfortably together.        ministry in September of 1949.
tian Reformed Church on                  Sometimes God calls to the            The Lord called him to the con-
January 30, 1923 and was bap-          ministry in unexpected ways and         gregation in Doon, Iowa where
tized in that same church, for his     even relatively late in life. But it    he labored for almost six years.
father was pastor there. It was a      is not always that way. If you          Service in the pastoral ministry is
time of great struggle, for already    would have asked Homer to pin-          essential to successful teaching in
the battle lines were being drawn      point the time when God called          the Seminary. The Constitution of
between the defenders and op-          him to the ministry, he would           the Theological School speaks of
ponents of common grace. And           have looked puzzled; and, after         the fact that professors who are
the battle lines would be drawn        some reflection, would have             called to this work ought
at the doorstep of the Eastern         answered: "I cannot really recall       preferably to have had ex-
Ave. parsonage. The Protestant         a time in my life when I con-           perience in the pastoral ministry.
Reformed Churches would be             sidered being anything else but a          But it was clear already in the
born just two years later, with        minister." And so it was on to          parsonage that Prof. Hoeksema's
Homer's father as the spiritual        college, first of all with a fresh-     gifts lay in teaching. He was a
father of the new denomination.        man scholarship from high school        superb preacher: a master ex-
  Homer Hoeksema's gifts were          in his pocket. He graduated in          egete, a skilled homiletician, a
primarily the gifts of instruction.    1944 and attended the Seminary          forceful speaker. But his gifts
He possessed his father's keen         of the Protestant Reformed              were not the gifts of a pastor, of
analytical mind with which he          Churches then meeting in the            a visitor of the sick, a comforter
was able to penetrate quickly in-      basement of First Church.               of the sorrowing, a strengthener
to the heart of a question or          Graduating from Seminary in             of the weak. He could do this
issue. He was able to lay an issue     1947, he followed his Seminary          work and did do this work, but
open, show clearly all its parts,      instruction with two years of           his strengths lay elsewhere. And
show the relationships of each         post-graduate work in the               these strengths were to be used
part to every other, and put it all    Seminary.                               in the service of the truth of God.

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   While he was in Doon  the                        to be obtained. Prof. Hoeksema           seminary subjects, but also to in-
storms of the controversy over                      often spoke of the fact that he          clude a full seminary program
conditional theology finally                        came to the Seminary only under          with a four-year course of study
broke. It was a busy time in                        the pressure of Gods call. I sup-        and elective courses for the
Doon's parsonage, and the lights                    pose that this is really true of         students. The curriculum was
in the study burned into the wee                    every minister. Once having              organized along more suitable
hours of the morning. Rev. H.                       worked in the pastoral ministry,         divisions of subjects - something
Hoeksema was once again the                         a faithful minister wants nothing        made possible by three full-time
leader in the defense of the truth                  else. To go to the Seminary              professors. A Journal was pub-
of the sovereign, unconditional,                    means to be outside the main-            lished, now in its 23rd year.
and particular character of the                     stream of the life of the churches;      Course content was upgraded as
promise of the covenant; but all                    it means to crawl into a corner          professors were able to devote
his writings were prepared for                      where theological studies occupy         full-time attention to seminary in-
publication in Doon's parsonage.                    one's time almost exclusively; it        struction.
The hours between 12:00 mid-                        means to live a somewhat ec-               But above all, emphasis was
night and 2:00 A.M. were re-                        clesiastically lonely life; it means,    laid upon the fact that the
served for this work, for then the                  above all, to cease being a pastor       seminary had a right to exist on-
house was quiet.                                    of a flock. Professors still preach;     ly so long as it remained faithful
   But Prof. Hoeksema was the                       but the difference between               to the distinctive heritage of our
only ministerial voice in the West                  preaching as a guest minister in         Protestant Reformed Churches.
to defend the heritage of the                       many different churches and              At the center of this work stood
truth of Gods covenant, and                         preaching to one's own sheep is          Prof. Hoeksema. The denomina-
Doon's parsonage became the                         great and not understandable to          tion became, in a sense, his con-
center of the whole of Classis                      one who has not had to do it.            gregation; his chief tool of com-
West's faithful people. From most                     Yet the work of the seminary           munication, instruction in the
of the congregation in Classis                      was important, for without this          seminary; his chief work, to re-
West came cries for help because                    work the churches would have             mind the .churches by whatever
ministers were unfaithful and no                    no ministers to preach for them.         means available to him that we
longer wanted the truth. They                       And so Prof. Hoeksema's life for         have a heritage precious and
were difficult and -busy years, but                 the next thirty years would be           glorious, a heritage which is our
the Lord blessed these labors too.                  devoted to the work of the               only right of existence in the
   In 1955 Prof. Hoeksema ac-                       seminary. And the result is that         welter of denominations, a
cepted the call to South Holland.                   the seminary today is quite a dif-       heritage given by God through
Although the controversy of 1953                    ferent place from what it was            the battles of 1924 over common
was over, much still had to be                      thirty years ago.                        grace and the free offer of the
done to put the denomination                          During Prof. Hoeksema's                gospel and through the battles of
again on a firm footing. The split                  tenure in seminary many                  1953 to maintain the truths of
had been destructive and many                       changes took place - most due            Gods everlasting covenant of
years would pass before the                         to his foresight, organizational         grace.
denomination recovered. Con-                        ability, dedication to the cause of        In his last year in college Prof.
gregations had to be built up,                      the churches, and determination          Hoeksema began dating Gertrude
property issues settled, and deci-                  to hold securely to the truth of         Jonker. They were married on
sions obtained from the courts                      Gods Word. The seminary                  December 19, 1946, Professor
concerning who constituted-the                      moved from the basement of old           Hoeksema's last year in
true Protestant Reformed                            First Church to spacious quarters        Seminary. God blessed this mar-
churches. The years in South                        on Ivanrest Avenue in Grand-             riage with four children: Mark,
Holland engaged Prof. Hoeksema                      ville. For the first time, the           Eunice, and Lois were born while
in this type of work in addition                    mechanics of the operation of the        the Hoeksemas lived in Doon;
to his busy congregational ac-                      seminary were organized:                 Candace was born while Prof.
tivities.                                           records were kept, licensing was         Hoeksema was serving the South
   In 1959 he received the call to                  obtained, official transcripts were      Holland congregation.
the seminary. Rev. Ophoff could                     made possible, and many other              Ironically, perhaps the happiest
no longer do the work and Rev.                      details too numerous to mention          year of Prof. Hoeksema's life was
Hoeksema was clearly nearing                        were organized. The curriculum           his last year. This year was spent
the end of his usefulness in the                    was revised and expanded, not            ministering to a small congrega-
seminary. A new professor had                       only to include various pre-             tion about as far away from

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Grand Rapids as it is possible to         ning much work. I thought, when               Synod meetings, and of his be-
go - the congregation of the              I heard that my colleague had                 loved congregation in Burnie,
Evangelical Presbyterian Church           terminal cancer, that it would be             Tasmania. He had lived for the
of Burnie, Tasmania. The                  difficult for him to die. It was not.         welfare of the church; it sus-
children were married; the work           One always faces a struggle to be             tained him in his last hours.
in the Seminary made it possible          reconciled to Gods way when                     He spent these last months
to escape for a year; the need in         Gods will is so different from                visiting friends, relatives, and
Tasmania was great; Prof.                 what we anticipate and want. But              fellow saints. He was happy and
Hoeksema was always vastly in-            the struggle lasted only through              content, submissive to the Lords
terested in the church of Christ          the long trip from Burnie back to             way, eager to go to glory to be
throughout the world; and it was          Grand Rapids. The remainder of                with Christ, confident of the safe-
an opportunity to return to his           his life was peaceful and happy.              ty and final victory of the church
first love - the pastoral ministry.       The miracle of God's grace as-                which he had so long served.
It was there, after nine months of        tounds.                                         Faithful adherence to our
ministering to Gods people, that            Prof. Hoeksema lived not days               precious heritage as churches is
he learned of his terminal cancer.        or weeks, but three months. Dur-              due, by Gods grace, in large
The doctor told him that he must          ing that time, until too weak                 measure to the faithful labors of
count the remainder of his life in        even to think, he maintained a                our beloved professor. May God
terms of days or weeks, but not           vibrant interest in the life and af-          sustain his widow, his children,
months.                                   fairs of the church of Christ - of            and grandchildren; and may the
  It is usually not easy to die. It       the Protestant Reformed                       church which he loved
is harder to die when one is plan-        Churches during their annual                  prosper. 0
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                                          Knowing the love
In His Fear
Rev. Arie  denHartog                      of Christ

  I have taken my subject for             comparison our own prayers are                them separately. The apostle con-
this article from a verse found in        often so carnal and so narrow in              cludes his prayer with a grand
Ephesians 3. The inspired apostle         their concern. Paul bows the                  doxology of praise to God.
of our Lord in this passage               knee before the Father of the                   We shall consider in this article
speaks of the prayer which he ut-         Lord Jesus Christ of Whom the                 particularly the petition that we
ters for the church of Ephesus            whole family of heaven and                    might know the love of Christ.
and by implication for all of the         earth is named. He prays that the             The reference is not to our love
true church of Jesus Christ. It is        church may be strengthened with               for Christ but rather to Christ's
one of the greatest prayers               might by the Spirit of Christ in              love for us. How great a matter it
recorded in the scriptures. I urge        the inner man. He prays that                  is to know the love of Christ. If
the reader of this article to turn        Christ may dwell in the hearts of             we know that love truly accord-
to his Bible and read the whole           the saints of God at Ephesus. He              ing to what it is we will never
prayer of the apostle in Ephe-            prays that the Ephesian Chris-                cease to stand in awe and amaze-
sians 3: 14-2 1 before proceeding         tians might know the love of                  ment, we will fall down and wor-
to read this article. What great          Christ which passes all knowl-                ship before the Lord. The knowl-
petitions the apostle prays. By           edge. He prays that they might                edge of the love of Christ will
                                          be filled with all the fulness of             have a sanctifying influence on
                                          God. So great are each of these               the whole life of the child of God.
Rev. denHartog  is pastor of the Prot-    petitions that it would be worth
estant Reformed Church of Run-                                                          If we truly know the love of
dolph, Wisconsin.                         our while to consider each of                 Christ it will be impossible for us

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again to be careless concerning                     loved us in Christ long before we       them as it were continually in
our life. We will by the knowl-                     were ever born, before we ever          His hands so that none of them
edge of the love of Christ be con-                  lived on the earth. From eternity       ever perish. We see the amazing
strained to live our whole life in                  He has known us in love, our            greatness of the love of Christ
gratitude to Him and for His                        names were written in the palms         when we consider that this love
glory. The knowledge of the love                    of His hands.                           is so powerful that it saves all
of Christ will fill the child of God                  -The greatness of the love of         those whom the Father hath
with joy and great comfort. All of                  Christ is seen in its absolute          given to Him, not allowing even
scripture testifies of the greatness                sovereignty. God loved us in            one of them to perish. So power-
of the love of Christ. According                    Christ when we were yet sinners,        ful is the love of Christ that
to the apostle in this beautiful                    when we were wholly unworthy            nothing, no creature in heaven
prayer the love of Christ is so                     of that love in ourselves, when         or in earth, no matter how great,
great that it passes our knowl-                     we were His greatest enemies.           not in the present nor in the
edge. By the grace of God we                          The greatness of the love of          future, shall ever be able to
can know that love through the                      Christ is above all revealed in His     separate us from the love of
Spirit of Christ in our hearts. The                 work. So great was the love of          Christ. Those who hold to the
apostle prays that we might be                      Christ for us that He humbled           heresies of Arminianism will
able to comprehend that love.                       Himself and came down from              never be able to understand the
Yet at the same time we shall                       heaven to take upon Himself the         great wonders of the love of
never be able fully to compre-                      form of a servant. In the great-        Christ. These suggest that Christ
hend it. It is infinite in its great-               ness of His love for us Christ suf-     will still somehow let the objects
ness, it is too wonderful for us.                   fered the reproach and humilia-         of His love perish. Though He
Our finite minds will never be                      tion of wicked men. We behold           loves certain men He will still
able to comprehend fully its                        the amazing wonder of the love          finally forsake them in hell. But
amazing wonder. We stand in                         of Christ at the cross where our        this is certainly a very poor and
awe and amazement before it.                        Lord suffered in bitter torment         even blasphemous view of the
Through all eternity we will                        and anguish under the wrath of          love of the Son of God for His
wonder at it.                                       God because of our sin. Never           own. We will behold the amazing
   The apostle speaks of the                        will we be able to comprehend           wonder of the love of Christ
breadth, and length, and depth,                     fully the greatness of the sacrifice    when we behold the innumerable
and height of the love of Christ.                   and of the suffering which our          host of the elect of God gathered
It is doubtful whether the apostle                  Lord endured at the cross. And          in the love of Christ out of every
intends to assign one specific                      all of that is a display of the         tribe and tongue and nation of
aspect of the love of Christ to                     wonderful love of Christ. We can-       the earth and standing before the
each of these dimensions. His                       not think of the cross without          throne of God in heaven clothed
general purpose in speaking in                      thinking of the love of Christ. It      in the white robes of the
this manner is to impress upon us                   is especially at the cross that we      righteousness of Christ. The
the amazing wonder and                              understand a little of what John        greatness of the love of Christ is
greatness of the love of Christ. At                 says when he writes, "Having            not dependent on numbers alone.
the same time it is the apostle's                   loved His own which were in the         Yet we see the love of Christ in
intention to make us think of                       world, He loved them unto the           the vast number of the elect that
some of the great aspects of the                    end" (John 13:l). We know some-         it embraces. Though the saints of
love of Christ. We cannot know                      thing of the love of Christ for us      God at any given time in the
the wonder of the love of Christ                    when we consider the fact that          earth may be few, yet they will
unless we do that in a very con-                    He ever lives in heaven to make         finally be revealed as a host that
crete way. Think for example of                     intercession for us on the basis of     no man will be able to number.
the sovereignty and eternity of                     His perfect sacrifice on the cross.     In the great day of the Lord
the love of Christ. God loved us                      We know the love of Christ            Jesus Christ it will be revealed
in Christ from eternity. He has                     when we consider what a tender          that not even one of those whom
chosen us in Christ from before                     and affectionate and sympathetic        God the Father gave to His Son
the foundation of the world. This                   High Priest He is to all those who      are lost. All of them will be mani-
is more than merely a doctrine of                   come to Him and call upon Him           fested in heaven as kept by the
the Reformed faith. This is an ut-                  in times of need. We know the           sovereign love of Christ.
terly amazing fact of the love of                   amazing greatness of the love of          Together with the apostle Paul
Christ. To think of it absolutely                   Christ when we consider how He          we must ever pray that we might
staggers the imagination. God                       preserves all of His own, keeping       know the amazing wonder of the

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love of Christ. That we must pray         of knowing that love thoroughly,            This involves no mere mystical
for this implies of course that on-       spiritually, and experientially. We         contemplation but a whole-
ly God can give us the full and           learn of that love through the              hearted desire and effort to apply
true knowledge of that love.              pure preaching of the holy                  ourselves to knowing the truth of
Knowing that love involves more           gospel. If we truly pray for such           the gospel. May this desire and
than merely knowing it doctrinal-         knowledge it must mean of                   prayer be continually ours, for
ly and intellectually. Paul speaks        course that we really desire to             ourselves and for our church. 0
                                          know that love more and more.
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                                         A  Church  Building  in  Edmonton
                                         Rev. Thomas Miersma


                                         The  Ruling  Elder"  Conference
Contributions                            Rev. Ronald Cammenga



A Church Building                                                                     Catechism is taught with
in Edmonton                                                                           restricted use of blackboards and
                                                                                      other facilities because the class-
  During the period of more                                                           room functions as the other
than a decade of its existence                                                        church's Sunday School class-
since its organization, our Ed-                                                       room and their materials may not
monton congregation has been                                                          be disturbed. Worship services
without a church building of its                                                      may be delayed while the con-
own. It has worshiped in rented                                                       gregation waits quietly in the lob-
buildings belongings, first of all to                                                 by until the other church finishes
the Anglican church, and in the                                                       a special service which has run
past few years to an Evangelical                                                      overtime. If the other church's
Lutheran church. It is with much                                                      coffee hour becomes noisy, a
thanksgiving that in the past year                                                    worship service must persevere
our Edmonton congregation in                                                          in the midst of distractions.
Canada has been enabled to pur-                                                          Renting is also a hindrance in
chase a church building of its                                                        other ways. Anglican and
own, together with a parsonage                                                        Lutheran churches, for example,
to replace its former one.                                                            despite the fact that they also
  Renting a church building has                                                       trace their history to the Prot-
certain consequences in the life          Sanctuary, with temporary platform estant Reformation, have an altar
of a congregation. It means that                                                      in the center with the pulpit set
the life of the congregation and          or catechism is determined by               off to the side, a fact which also
its worship is in part shaped by          the availability of the building,           reflects the state of preaching in
circumstances over which it has           which is set by the church who              these churches in Canada. More-
no direct control. Use of the             owns the building. Special ser-             over, one must put up with other
building for worship, Bible study,        vices must be adapted to fit the            elements which not only detract
                                          other church's schedule. Society            from Reformed worship but also
Rev. Miersma is pastor of the Prot-       meetings must be cancelled                  offend. At Christmas, for exam-
estant Reformed Church of Edmon-          because the other church has a              ple, in the Lutheran church
ton, Alberta, Canada.                     function and needs the building.

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which our Edmonton congrega-                        on February 17, 1989 in Edmon-           As to the buildings themselves,
tion rented for many years it was                   ton. Finding a suitable church         the church and parsonage are
the custom to have a tall                           building itself which was central-     situated on four adjacent lots on
Christmas tree erected next to                      ly located and reasonably accessi-     the northwest side of the city of
the altar complete with or-                         ble to the whole congregation          Edmonton. They belonged to the
naments, tinsel, and blinking                       was no small matter. Edmonton          Anglican church and a congrega-
lights. Other of our churches                       is the fifth largest city in Canada    tion which was declining and be-
which have had to rent school                       and the Edmonton congregation          ing disbanded by the Anglican
gymnasiums complete with                            is widely scattered. To purchase       Diocese. The buildings are not
basketball nets have no doubt                       the buildings the old parsonage        therefore new but are about
had similar experiences. A con-                     had to be sold to provide the          twenty-five to thirty years old.
gregation which is renting a                        bulk of the downpayment. More-         Because of the decline of the
building finds it financially dif-                  over, changes in the province of       Anglican congregation, the
ficult to build. The rent supports                  Alberta's regulations governing        church building in particular had
the other church's building and                     the size of downpayments for           been allowed to deteriorate.
does not further the congregation                   mortgages on church properties,        Unlike the building of a new
itself. For a small congregation                    which occurred about the time          building, therefore, the purchase
with limited resources, which                       negotiations began, almost             of the church was not the end of
receives subsidy from the                           prevented its conclusion. The Ed-      much labor but the beginning,
churches, this is all the more                      monton congregation gratefully,        both to repair the building and to
frustrating as the church will                      records with thanksgiving the          make it suitable for Reformed
never be able to be self-                           generous help of her fellow saints     worship. The church building is
supporting as long as it is rent-                   and sister churches who set aside      able to seat about two hundred
ing. Church extension work is                       custom to aid her in her im-           adults and will meet the needs of
also not aided by it as the con-                    mediate need to reach the re-          the Edmonton congregation for
gregation appears to those                          quired downpayment. It is a rich       many years. The parsonage was
without as a group having no                        blessing to experience and to be       built and designed as a par-
permanence as a church.                             able to acknowledge both the           sonage, with a study for the
  It was truly with a profound                      love of Christ for one another in      minister and separate entrance.
sense of gratitude to God for His                   the fellowship of the churches           In the first few weeks after
blessings, therefore, that the pur-                 and our heavenly Father's care         gaining possession, the most
chase of the church building                        and provision for His church as        urgent change in the church
together with its adjacent par-                     He leads us in His providence,         building was made. The pulpit,
sonage was concluded, after                         and in His wisdom removed              which was set virtually on the
many difficulties, in November                      every obstacle.                        east wall of the church, was
and December of this past year,                                                            moved to the center and a tem-
and a dedication service was held                                                          porary platform was constructed
                                                                                           where the Anglican altar once
                                                                                           stood. Other remnants of its
                                                                                           Anglican parentage will also
                                                                                           slowly disappear or be modified
                                                                                           for Reformed worship. Hinged
                                                                                           retractable kneeling benches, for
                                                                                           example, which are a feature of
                                                                                           the pews and part of Anglican
                                                                                           worship, have become footrests
                                                                                           for the present. Repair work has
                                                                                           also begun by the congregation,
                                                                                           especially with the coming of
                                                                                           warmer weather, to restore and
                                                                                           preserve the buildings that they
                                                                                           may serve the needs of the con-
                                                                                           gregation and the worship of
                                                                                           God. Cl

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"The Ruling Elder"
Conference
  A very worthwhile conference
on the office of ruling elder was
held June 22-24 at the Loveland
Protestant Reformed Church in
scenic Loveland, Colorado.
  The featured speaker at the
conference was Prof.. Robert
Decker, professor of New Testa-
ment and Practical Theology at
the Theological School of the
Protestant Reformed Churches in                       Participants in the conference
Grand Rapids, Michigan.
  The conference consisted of                          bearers, supervision of the labors             great profit. And the discussions
four sessions, each followed by a                     of the minister, and the Re-                    were lively. It was an enjoyable
discussion period.                                    formed practice of family visita-               time for everyone.
  The first session dealt with the                    tion.                                              The four conference speeches,
fundamental principles of the of-                          The work of the elders in the              as well as the two Sunday ser-
fice of ruling elder, as well as a                    visiting of the sick was the sub-               mons, are available on cassette
general overview of the duties to                     ject of the concluding session.                 tape. Cost of the three tapes con-
which Scripture calls the elders.                     Many practical suggestions were                 taining all six messages is $6.00.
  In the second session Prof.                         given to aid the elders in carry-               Orders may be sent to: Loveland
Decker gave detailed instruction                      ing out this important aspect of                Protestant Reformed Church, 705
in the Biblical qualifications for                    their calling.                                  E. 57th St., Loveland, CO
elders. Careful attention was paid                         Two sermons were preached                  80538.  q
to the passages in I Timothy 3:1-7                    on Sunday as follow-up to the
and Titus 1:5-9.                                      conference. Sunday morning
  In the third session, the Pro-                      Loveland's pastor, Rev. Ron Cam-
fessor began treatment of the                         menga, preached on James 5:14,
elders' care of the congregation.                      15, under the theme, "The
The emphasis here was on the                          Elders' Visitation of the Sick." At
government of the congregation,                       the evening worship service Prof.
supervision of fellow office-                         Decker preached on Hebrews
                                                       13:7, 8, taking as his theme,
                                                      "Remembering Our Rulers."
Rev. Cammenga is pastor of the
Protestant Reformed Church of                              The conference was well at-
Loveland, Colorado.                                   tended. The instruction was of                 Prof. Decker at the lectern





                                                    Index of Volume 65

                       SUBJECT INDEX                                           Adam's Sin
1988                                                                             Small Shadow of a Mountain of Sin, A . . . . . . JAH            59
   Editorial Review of 1988                                         GVB 304    Adam's Spiritual Death
                                 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Abortion                                                                         Blessed Shadow, A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JAH 418
   Horror of Abortion, The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GVB 330            Antichrist
   Sex-Selection Abortions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HH 332            Man of Sin Foreshadowed (l), The . . . . . . . . . JAH 449

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 Arianism                                                                          Does `Reformed' Make a Difference? . . . . . . . DJE 413
   Athanasius and the Arian Heresy (1). . . . . . . . CJT 189                      Protestant Reformed Christians Schools  -
   Athanasius and the Arian Controversey (2) . . CJT 305                              Covenantal Cooperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE 485
 Art                                                                            Christmas
   Redeemed Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GVB 357           Christmas Joy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .HH 123
 Ascension                                                                      Church and State
   Jesus' Ascension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JDS 339          Church and State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      97
Assurance                                                                       Church Government
   CanIBeSureIAmaChristian?  . . . . . . . . . . . BLG 335                        Reformed Church Government - A
Athanasius                                                                            Reformation Heritage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JLK 139
   Athanasius and the Arian Heresy (1) . . . . . . . . CJT 189                  Church News
   Athanasius and the Arian Controversey (2) . . CJT 305                          News From Our Churches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BW                  23
Augustine                                                                         News From Our Churches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BW                  47
   Augustine and the Pelagian Heresy (1) . . . . . . CJT 344                      News From Our Churches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BW                  70
   Augustine and the Pelagian Heresy (2) . . . . . . CJT 402                      News From Our Churches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BW                  94
   Augustine and the Pelagian Heresy (3) . . . . . . CJT 445                      News From Our Churches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BW 143
Belgic Confession, Art. 36                                                        News From Our Churches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BW 167
   Church and State in Article 36 of the                                          News From Our Churches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .BW 191
         Belgic Confession . . . _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HH 117       News From Our Churches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .BW 215
   Church and State in Article 36 of the                                          News From Our Churches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BW 239
         Belgic Confession (2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HH 133        News From Our Churches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BW 262
Benediction                                                                       News From Our Churches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BW 309
   Benediction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JDS 411      News From Our Churches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BW 334
Bethel Introduced                                                                 News From Our Churches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BW 359
   Editorially Speaking . . . . . . . . . _ . . . . . . . . . . DJE 365           News From Our Churches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BW 382
Bethel PR Church                                                                  News From Our Churches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BW 406
   Jesus Builds His Church: Organization                                          News From Our Churches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BW 431
         of Bethel PR Church. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RVO 369           News From Our Churches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BW 454
Bible                                                                             News From Our Churches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BW 478
   What Is Debatable?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GVB 331            News From Our Churches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BW 502
Bible Study                                                                     Church Order, Art. 08
   Judges - Jehovah Delivers His                                                  Ministers Without Regular Seminary
        Unworthy People (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JLK     44           Training. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RLC     18
   Judges - Jehovah Delivers His                                                Church Order, Art. 09
        Unworthy People (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JLK     85        Novices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RLC    81
   Judges - Jehovah Delivers His                                                Church Order, Art. 10
        Unworthy People (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JLK 209           Considering and Accepting Calls . . . . . . . . . . RLC 162
   Judges - Jehovah Delivers His                                                Church Order, Art. 11
        Unworthy People (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JLK 256           Support and Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RLC 200
   Judges - Jehovah Delivers His                                                Church Order, Art. 12
        Unworthy People (concl.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JLK 351              Ministerial Resignation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RLC 235
   I and II Samuel - The                                                        Church Order, Art. 13
        Beginnings of a Nation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JLK 400           Emeritation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RLC 254
   I and II Samuel - The                                                        Church Order, Art. 14
        Beginnings of a Nation (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JLK 427            Leave of Absence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RLC 322
Books                                                                           Church Order, Art. 15
   Recommended Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GVS 477                  Supervision of the Ministry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RLC 377
Cain's Killing of Abel                                                          Church Order, Art. 16
   Rapid Development of Sin, A . . . . . . . . . . . . . JAH 327                  Duties of the Minister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RLC 422
Cain's Offering                                                                 Civil Disobedience
   Idolatry and Heresy Introduced . . . . . . . . . . . JAH 229                   Evangelicals Resort to Civil Disobedience . . . . . JL 298
Catechism Instruction                                                           Civil Government
   Feed My Lambs - Command to Catechize. . . DJE 461                              Editorially Speaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE           76
CERCS                                                                             Christian and Civil Government. . . . . . . . . . . RDD                    99
   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JM     56       Editorially Speaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE 100
Charismatics                                                                      Reformed Faith on Civil Government, The. .. DJE 101
   Reconstructionists and Charismatics . . . . . . . GVB                 15       Calvin's Concept of the State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JJH 103
Children                                                                          Caesar's Calling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RLC 106
   Editorially Speaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE 461           Our Duty to the State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JDS 108
Christian Education                                                               Duty of the Church/State . . . in
   Cost of Christian Education, The . . . . . . . . . . GVB 225                      Preaching, Praying, Positions . . . . . . . . . . DHK 113

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  Nation of Laws or Lawlessness? A . . . . . . . . . . . JL 1.15               Grace
Classical Boundaries                                                             Particular Grace Foreshadowed . . . . . . . . . . . JAH                 10
  Caution, Go Slowly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HCH 392          HCH
Comfort                                                                          Word of Thanks to HCH . . .
  God: Our Refuge and Strength. . . . . . . . . . . . . JDS 147                        And an Interview, A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE        6
Condolences to Hoeksemas                                                         Editorially Speaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE 365
  Editorially Speaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE 437           Professor Homer C. Hoeksema . . . . . . . . . . . . HH 488
Conference                                                                     Henry VanderWal
  Office Bearers' Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WB 350                Interview With Henry VanderWal:
Confession of Faith                                                                    Present-Day Colporteur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE 415
  Liturgical Use of the Confession                                             Homosexuality
       of Faith, The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 353      Homosexuality (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HH         8
  Confessing Faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ . JLK 473         Bold Enough to go Against Scripture . . . . . . . GVB                   62
Contact Committee                                                                Homosexuality (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HH        83
  News from the Contact Committee . . . . . . . . . HH 263                       Homosexuality (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HH 152
Convocation Speech                                                               Homosexuality (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HH 232
  Much That Is Required, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HH 32               Idol Worship
Counsel of God                                                                   Little Children, Keep Yourselves
  Secret and Revealed Things, The. . . . . . . . . . AdH 154                           From Idols. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AdH 372
Covenant                                                                       Imitating God
  Promise to Us and Our Children, The . . . . . . . JDS 459                      Imitators of God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JDS     3
  Protestant Reformed Christian Schools  -                                     Introducing `Journey'
       Covenantal Cooperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE 485              Editorially Speaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE 149
Covenant PR Church                                                             Introducing Norristown
  Dedication of the Covenant PR Church . . . . . RAF 203                         Editorially Speaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE 317
CRC                                                                            Introducing Peace
  C.R.C. Yearbook 1989 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GVB 422               Editorially Speaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE 126
Creation                                                                       Jamaica
  Creation Issue, The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GVB 178           Jamaica: Hurricane Gilbert and
Dancing                                                                                Our Mission Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DD 183
  Redeemed Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GVB 357         Janssen
Defense of Church                                                                Janssen Controversy Re-examined . . . . . . . . GVB 303
  Survey of Zion's Defenses, A . . . . . . . . . . . . . GVB 435               Jesus
Defense of Faith                                                                 Jesus: The Way, the Truth, and the Life . . . . . JDS 387
  Strong Language in Defense of Faith . . . . . . . GVB 142                    Labor Unions
Distinctiveness                                                                  Court Affirms Conscientious Objection
  Disappearing Distinctive Difference, A . . . . . JAH 374                             to Labor Unions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JL 397
Divorce and Remarriage                                                         Letters
  May the Deserted Believer Remarry? . . . . . . MLB 321                         Seminary Letter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HH      34
Editor                                                                           Re Women Voting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KWH 176
  New Editor, A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RDD     5       Rutherford and Resistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JC 224
Elder's Conference                                                               Limits to Submission? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CVO 247
  Ruling Elder Conference, The. . . . . . . . . . . . . RLC 495                  New Subscribers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RP 272
Elders                                                                           Nonresistance? Yes! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WE 295
  May Elders Teach? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KWH 158              Nonresistance? No! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HVM 295
Family                                                                           Godly Mothers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NJ 296
  Home: Heartbeat of the Covenant, The . . . . . . RK 464                        Christian Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RVB 320
  To the Utmost of Your Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EG 466                 Resistance. .. Submission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RD 368
Fertilized Ova                                                                   Operation Rescue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MW 368
  Custody Fight Over Fertilized Ova. . . . . . . . . . HH 332                    Revolution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CV 368
Friends                                                                          Remarriage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RG 391
  How Do 1 Handle a Sinning Friend? . . . . _ . . . BLG                 57       Resistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JPdK 417
Future of PR Churches                                                            Sabbath Desecration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CB 418
  Whither the PRC? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .l .  .DJE 150            Furtherance of the Gospel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HD 441
Gnosticism                                                                       Speaking the Truth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AS 487
  Tertullian and the Gnostic Heresy. . . . . . . . . . CJT              65       Direct Approach to Young People . . . . . . . . . JMF 487
  Tertullian and the Gnostic Heresy (2) . . . . . . . CJT               87     Licensing of Parents
God - Our Guide                                                                  Parents: Must You Be Licensed?. . . . . . . . . . . GVB                 90
  Eternal God - Our Guide, The. . . . . . . . . . . . RDD 483                  Love
Godly Walk                                                                       Distinctive Traits of True Godliness:
  Redeeming the Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JDS 243                   Brotherly Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AdH    13

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   Distinctive Traits of True Godliness:                                                      OPC
       Love for the Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .AdH 79                               Orthodox Presbyterian Churches . . . . . . . . . GVB 358
   Loving the Lord Our God with                                                               Peace
       Our Whole Being . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                   . .AdH 205                Peace in Church. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE 126
   Loving the Lord Our God with                                                               Peace PR Church
       Our Whole Being (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .AdH 301                                Peace PR Church of Lynwood, Illinois . . . . GF.DT 182
   Knowing the Love of Christ . . . . . . . . .                          .AdH 491             Pelagianism
Lying                                                                                           Augustine and the Pelagian Heresy (1) . . . . . . CJT 344
   Lying(l) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .HH 395                   Augustine and the Pelagian Heresy (2) . . . . . . CJT 402
   Lying(2)..............................H H 443                                                Augustine and the Pelagian Heresy (3) . . . . . . CJT 445
Mercy of God                                                                                  Pentecost
   Greatness of God's Mercy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JDS                       51        Outpouring of the Holy Spirit, The . . . . . . . . . JDS 363
Missions                                                                                      Perspicuity of Scripture
   Special Issue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .        265         Clear Scripture and Diligent Study . . . . . . . . . DJE                53
   Gospel of the Kingdom Preached                                                             Pornography
       to All the World, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JDS 267                        Freedom from Pornography. . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE 245
   Editorially Speaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE 269                       Prayer's Power
   Can a Reformed Church Do Missions? . . . . . . DJE 270                                       Jacob's Wrestling with God. . . . . . . . . . . . . . KWH 451
   Offer of the Gospel and the Mandate                                                        Presbyterian Magazine
       for Missions, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BW 273                       Presbyterian, The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GVB 226
   Zeal and Devotion to the Work of                                                           Questions
       Evangelism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AdH 275                     Editorially Speaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE        53
   Teamwork in Missions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SRK 278                           RCA
   Missions and the Calling Church. . . . . . . . . . . . KK 280                                Synod of the Reformed Church in
   Personal Involvement in Mission Work . . . . . RVO 282                                            America, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GVB     63
   Mission Work in Singapore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LCK 284                            REC
   Reflections of a Former Missionary . . . . . . . . GCL 286                                   GKNandtheREC,The.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GVB 226
   Brief History of the Northwest                                                             Reconstructionism
       Chicago Mission, A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AS 369                        Reconstructionists and Charismatics . . . . . . . GVB                   15
Morality                                                                                      Reformation
   Old-Fashioned Values? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GVB 42 1                           Decorating the Monuments of
Mother Promise                                                                                       the Reformers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE    27
   Step Toward the New Jerusalem, A . . . . . . . . JAH 160                                   Reports
Mother's Role                                                                                   Annual Secretary's Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JVO             17
   H a n n a h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R D   D   2 1 9      Report of Classis West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RHH          46
Movies                                                                                          Report of Classis East . . . : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JJH      94
   There Are Movies - and Movies . . . . . . . . . . GVB                              41        Report of Classis East . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JJH 213
Natures of Christ                                                                               Report of Classis West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RHH 310
   Two Natures of Christ: The Union of                                                          Report of Classis  East . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JJH 430
      the Human and Divine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RHH                        68      RES
   Two Natures of Christ: The Union of                                                          DemiseoftheRES,The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DJE 221
      the Human and Divine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RHH 137                            Resistance
New Church                                                                                      Rutherford and Resistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JC 296
   Church Building in Edmonton, A . . . . . . . . . . TCM .493                                Resurrection of Christ
New Zealand                                                                                     Touch Me Not. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JDS 291
  News From New Zealand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RGM                            64      Sabbath
  News From New Zealand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RGM 202                                  Sabbath Desecration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HH 333
Nonresistance                                                                                 Satan's Lie
  Another Look at Nonresistance . . . . . . . . . . . DJE 173                                   Satan's Spiritual Subtlety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JAH 249
  Another Look at Nonresistance (2) . . . . . . . . . DJE 197                                 Second Coming
  Nonresistance? Yes! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WE 295                          Parable of the Budding Fig Tree, The . . . . . . RDD 315
  Nonresistance? No! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HVM 295                            Another Sign? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GVB 330
Norristown PR Church                                                                            Shadow of the Coming Man of Sin, The . . . . . JAH 347
  Norristown PR Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KWH 326                              Self-Esteem
Northern Ireland                                                                                WhatAmIWorth? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..BL G 179
  Larne, Northern Ireland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MK 129                          Sheepfold Door
Offer of the Gospel                                                                             Christ the Sheepfold Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RCH 227
  Offer of the Gospel and the Mandate                                                         Shepherds
      for Missions, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BW 273                        True and False Shepherds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RCH 251
  Question to `The Free Presbyterian                                                          Sinful Nature
      Magazine' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE 34 1                    Our Worst Enemy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RJD 131

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Singapore                                                                        Benediction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JDS 411,
   Mission Work in Singapore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LCK 284               Blessed Shadow, A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JAH 418
Speech, Freedom of                                                               Bold Enough to go Against Scripture . . . . . . . . . . GVB                62
   Vaunted Freedom of Speech . . . . . . . . . . . . . GVB 177                   Brief History of the Northwest Chicago
Submission                                                                          Mission, A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .AS 369
   Limits to Submission? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CVO 247           C.R.C. Yearbook 1989 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .GVB 422
   Conditional Submission? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE 293             Caesar's Calling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RLC 106
   Conditional Submission? (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE 3 17            Calvin's Concept of the State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JJH 103
   Resistance. .. Submission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RD 368            Can a Reformed Church Do Missions? . . . . . . . . DJE 270
Suffering                                                                        CanIBeSureIAmaChristian? . . . . . . . . . . . . . BLG 355
   Suffering: A Gift of Grace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RDD 171           ' Caution, Go Slowly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HCH 392
Suicide                                                                         Christ the Sheepfold Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RCH 227
   Clergy Malpractice Case . . . Church No                                       Christian and Civil Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . RDD                99
      Duty to Prevent Suicide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JL 156          Christian Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RVB 320
Sybil Engelsma                                                                  Christmas Joy . . . . . . : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HH 1:;
   Retirement of an Organist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HH 237             Church and State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Synod                                                                           Church and State in Article 36 of the
   Editorially Speaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE 389             Belgic Confession . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HH 117
   OnSynodandSynods...................DJ E 389                                  Church and State in Article 36 of the
   Synod1989...........................RD D 437                                     Belgic Confession (2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HH 133
   Editorially Speaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE 437         Church Building in Edmonton, A . . . . . . . . . . . . TCM 493
Tasmania                                                                        Clear Scripture and Diligent Study . . . . . . . . . . . DJE                53
   Some Impressions from `Down Under' . . . . . HCH                     39      Clergy Malpractice Case Rejected: Church
   Some Impressions from `Down Under' (2) . . . HCH 259                             Has No Duty to Prevent Suicide . . . . . . . . . . . . . JL 156
Tertullian                                                                      Committing the Truth to Faithful Men . . . . . . . . RDD                    29
   Tertullian and the Gnostic Heresy. . . . . . . . . . CJT             65      Conditional Submission? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE 293
   Tertullian and the Gnostic Heresy (2) . . . . . . . CJT              87      Conditional Submission? (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE 3 17
Thanksgiving                                                                    Confessing Faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JLK 473
   Giving Thanks in Everything . . . . . . . . . . . . . RDD            75      Considering and Accepting Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . RLC 162
   Well-Grounded Thanksgiving . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE             77      Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JM       56
Trials                                                                          Cost of Christian Education, The . . . . . . . . . . . . GVB 225
   Trial of Our Faith, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JDS 195        Court Affirms Conscientious Objection to
True Godliness                                                                      LaborUnions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..J L 397
   Distinctive Traits of True Godliness:                                        Creation Issue, The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GVB 178
      Brotherly Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AdH    13      Custody Fight Over Fertilized Ova. . . . . . . . . . . . HH 332
   Distinctive Traits of True Godliness:                                        Decorating the Monuments of the Reformers. ... DJE                          27
      Love for the Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .AdH        79      Dedication of the Covenant PR Church . . . . . . . RAF 203
Truth                                                                           Demise of the RES, The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE 221
   Committing the Truth to Faithful Men . . . . . . RDD                 29      Disappearing Distinctive Difference, A . . . . . . . . JAH 374
   Still the Spirit of Truth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE 366      Distinctive Traits of True Godliness:
   Speaking the Truth in Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AdH 425                  Brotherly Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AdH       13
Vocations                                                                       Distinctive Traits of True Godliness:
   Lord, What Wilt Thou Have Me To Do?. . . . . RDD 475                            Love for the Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .AdH           79
Voting                                                                          Does `Reformed' Make a Difference? . . . . . . . . . DJE 413
   Our Obligation toVote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .MJ 111            Duties of the Minister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RLC 422
Young People                                                                    Duty of the Church in Respect to the
   Editorially Speaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE 46 1           State . . . in Praying, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DHK 113
   Young Person's Struggle for Holiness, The . . . . SH 469                     Duty of the Church in Respect to the
Zion's Defense                                                                     State. .. in Positions, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DHK 113
   Survey of Zion's Defenses, A . . . . . . . . . . . . . GVB 435               Duty of the Church in Respect to the
                                                                                   State . . . in Preaching, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DHK 113
                           TITLE INDEX                                          Editorial Review of 1988 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GVB 304
Annual Secretary's Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JVO         17      Editorially Speaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE .53
Another Look at Nonresistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE 173                 Editorially Speaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE        76
Another Look at Nonresistance (2) . . . . . . . . . . . DJE 197                 Editorially Speaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE 100
Another Sign? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GVB 330     Editorially Speaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE 126
Athanasius and the Arian Heresy (1). . . . . . . . . . CJT 189                  Editorially Speaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE 149
Athanasius and the Arian Controversy (2) . . . . . CJT 305                      Editorially Speaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE 269
Augustine and the Pelagian Heresy (1) . . . . . . . . CJT 344                   Editorially Speaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE 293
Augustine and the Pelagian Heresy (2) . . . . . . . . CJT 402                   Editorially Speaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE 3 17
Augustine and the Pelagian Heresy (3) . . . . . . . . CJT 445                   Editorially Speaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE 365

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Editorially Speaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE 389                        Lord, What Wilt Thou Have Me To Do?. . . . . . . RDD 475
Editorially Speaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE 437                        Loving the Lord Our God with Our
Editorially Speaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE 461                           Whole Being . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .AdH 205
Emeritation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RLC 254                   Loving the Lord Our God with Our
Eternal God - Our Guide, The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . RDD 483                                    Whole Being (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AdH 301
Evangelicals Resort to Civil Disobedience. . . . . . . JL 298                                   Lying(l) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..H H 395
Exposition of John 21:1-14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CCL                        91      Lying(2)................................H H 443
Exposition of John 21:1-14 (2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GCL 207                             Man of Sin Foreshadowed (1), The . . . . . . . . . . . JAH 449
Exposition of John 21:1-14 (3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GCL 324                             May Elders Teach? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KWH 158
Exposition of John 21:15-19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GCL 379                             May the Deserted Believer Remarry? . . . . . . . . MLB 32 1
Feed My Lambs - Command to Catechize. . . . . DJE 461                                           Ministerial Resignation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RLC 235
Freedom from Pornography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE 245                                Ministers Without Regular Seminary Training . . RLC 18
Furtherance of the Gospel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HD. 441                           Mission Work in Singapore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LCK' 284
Giving Thanks in Everything . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RDD                           75      Missions and the Calling Church. . . . . . . . . . . . . . KK 280
GKNandtheREC,The.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GVB 226                                  Much That Is Required, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HH                32
God: Our Refuge and Strength. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JDS 147                               Nation of Laws or Lawlessness?, A. . . . . . . . . . . . . JL 115
Godly Mothers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NJ 296                    NewEditor,A.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RDD             5
Gospel of the Kingdom Preached to                                                               New Subscribers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RP 272
   All the World, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JDS 267                       News From New Zealand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RGM                   64
Greatness of God's Mercy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JDS                        5 1     News From New Zealand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RGM 202
H a n n a h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R D   D   `2 1 9    News From Our Churches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BW                  23
Home: Heartbeat of the Covenant, The . . . . . . . . RK 464                                     News From Our Churches , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BW                  47
Homosexuality (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HH                      8     News From Our Churches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BW                  70
Homosexuality (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HH                    83      News From Our Churches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BW                  94
Homosexuality (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HH 152                      News From Our Churches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BW 143
Homosexuality (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HH 232                        News From Our Churches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BW 167
Horror of Abortion, The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GVB 330                            News From Our Churches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BW 191
How Do I Handle a Sinning Friend? . . . . . . . . . . BLG                               57      News From Our Churches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : BW 215
I and II Samuel - The Beginnings                                                                News From Our Churches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BW 239
   of a Nation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JLK 400                  News From Our Churches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BW 262
I and II Samuel - The Beginnings                                                                News From Our Churches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BW 309
   of a Nation (2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JLK 427                   News From Our Churches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BW 334
Idolatry and Heresy Introduced . . . . . . . . . . . . . JAH 229                                News From Our Churches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BW 359
Imitators of God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ; . JDS                  3     News From Our Churches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BW 382
Interview With Henry VanderWal:                                                                 News From Our Churches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BW 406
   Present-Day Colporteur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE 415                            News From Our Churches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BW 43 1
Jacob's Wrestling with God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KWH 45 1                             News From Our Churches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BW 454
Jamaica: Hurricane Gilbert and Our                                                              News From Our Churches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BW 478
  ,Mission Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DD 183                    News From Our Churches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BW 502
Janssen Controversy Re-examined . . . . . . . . . . GVB 303                                     News from the Contact Committee . . . . . . . . . . . HH 263
Jesus Builds His Church: Organization                                          ,'               Nonresistance? No! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HVM 295
   of Bethel PR Church. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RVO 369                           Nonresistance? Yes! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WE 295
Jesus' Ascension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JDS 339                      Norristown PR Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KWH 326
Jesus: The Way, the Truth, and the Life . . . . . . . JDS 387                                   Novices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RLC    81
Judges - Jehovah Delivers His                                                                   Of Appreciation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GVR 176
   Unworthy People (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JLK                     44       Offer of the Gospel and the
Judges - Jehovah Delivers His                                                                      Mandate for Missions, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BW 273
   Unworthy People (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JLK                     85       Office Bearers' Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WB 350
Judges - Jehovah Delivers His                                                                   Old-Fashioned Values? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GVB 42 1
   Unworthy People (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JLK 209                          On Synod and Synods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE 389
Judges - Jehovah Delivers His                                                                   Operation Rescue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MW 368
   Unworthy People (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JLK 256                          Orthodox Presbyterian Churches . . . . . . . . . . . GVB 358
Judges - Jehovah Delivers His                                                                   Our Chief Joy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RJD 471
   Unworthy People (concl.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JLK 351                             Our Duty to the State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JDS 108
Knowing the Love of Christ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AdH 49 1                             OurObligationtoVote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MJ 111
Larne, Northern Ireland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MK 129                           Our Worst Enemy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RJD 13 1
Leave of Absence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RLC 322                      Outpouring of the Holy Spirit, The . . . . . . . . . . . JDS 363
Limits-to Submission? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CVO 247                         Parable of the Budding Fig Tree, The . . . . . . . . RDD 315
Little Children, Keep Yourselves From Idols . . . AdH 372                                       Parents: Must You Be Licensed?. . . . . . . . . . . . . GVB                    90
Liturgical Use of the Confession of                                                             Particular Grace Foreshadowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . JAH                    10
  Faith, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCM 353

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Peace in Church. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE 126               Two Natures of Christ: The Union of
Peace PR Church of Lynwood, Illinois . . . . . . GF.DT 182                                   the Human and Divine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RHH 137
Personal Involvement in Mission Work . . . . . . . RVO 282                               Two Natures of Christ: The Union of
Presbyterian, The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GVB 226                   the Human and Divine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RHH                          68
Professor Homer C. Hoeksema . . . . ( . . . . . . . . . HH 488                           Vaunted Freedom of Speech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GVB 177
Promise to Us and Our Children, The . . . . . . . . . JDS 459                            Well-Grounded Thanksgiving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE                             77
Protestant Reformed Christian Schools  -                                                 What Am I Worth? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BLG 179
   Covenantal Cooperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE 485                      What Is Debatable? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GVB 33 1
Question to `The Free Presbyterian Magazine' . . DJE 341                                 Whither the PRC? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE 150
Rapid Development of Sin, A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JAH 327                        Word of Thanks to HCH . . . And an
Re Women Voting. . . . . . . : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KWH 176                         Interview, A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE                  6
Recommended Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GVS 477                        Young Person's Struggle for Holiness, The. . . . . . SH 469
Reconstructionists and Charismatics . . . . . . . . . GVB                          15    Zeal and Devotion to the Work of Evangelism . AdH 275
Redeemed Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GVB 357
Redeeming the Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JDS 243                                                 TEXTUAL INDEX
Reflections of a Former Missionary . . . . . . . . . . GCL 286                           Genesis 3:15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JAH                 10
Reformed Church Government - A                                                           Genesis 3:15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JAH 449
   Reformation Heritage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JLK 139                  Genesis 32:24-29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KWH 45 1
Reformed Faith on Civil Government, The. . . . . DJE 101                                 Judges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..JL K              44
Remarriage . . . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RG 391            Judges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..JL K              85
Report of Classis  East . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JJH            94    Judges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..JL K 209
Report of Classis  East. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JJH 213               Judges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..JL K 256
Report of Classis  East . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JJH 430              Judges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..JL K 351
Report of Classis  West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RHH                46    I S a m u e l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J L   K   4 0 0
Report of Classis  West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RHH 310                 I S a m u e l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J L   K   4 2 7
Resistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JPdK 417          IISamuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..JL K 400
Resistance. .. Submission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RD 368                     IISamuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..JL K 427
Retirement of an Organist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HH 237                     Psalm 48:12,13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GVB 435
Revolution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CV 368           Psalm 48: 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RDD 483
RuIhrg Elder Conference, The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RLC 495                        Matthew 24:14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JDS 267
Rutherford and Resistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JC 224                    Matthew 24:32-35. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RDD 315
Rutherford and Resistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JC 296                    Luke2:lO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..H H 123
Sabbath Desecration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HH 333                   Luke 12:48b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .HH                  32
Sabbath Desecration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CB 418                 J o h n l O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R C   H   2 2 7
Satan's Spiritual Subtlety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JAH 249                  John 10:2-g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RCH 251
Secret and Revealed Things, The. . . . . . . . . . . . AdH 154                           John14:6...............................JD  S 387
Seminary Letter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HH             34    John 20:11-17. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JDS 291
Sex-Selection Abortions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HH 332                   John 21:1-14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .GCL                  91
Shadow of the Coming Man of Sin, The . . . . . . . JAH 347                               John 21:1-14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CCL 207
Small Shadow of a Mountain of Sin, A . . . . . . . . JAH                           59    John 21:1-14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GCL 324
Some Impressions from `Down Under' . . . . . . . HCH                               39    John 21:15-19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GCL 379
Some Impressions from `Down Under' (2) . . . . . HCH 259                                 Acts 1:9-l 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JDS 339
Speaking the Truth in Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .AdH 425                        -Acts 2:16-18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JDS 363
Step Toward the New Jerusalem, A . . . . . . . . . . . JAH 160                           Acts 2:39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JDS 459
Still the Spirit of Truth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE 366              Romans 13:1-6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RDD                     99
Strong Language in Defense of Faith . . . . . . . . . GVB 142 .                          II Corinthians 13:14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JDS 411
Suffering: A Gift of Grace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RDD 171                    Ephesians 5:1,2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JDS                    3
Supervision of the Ministry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RLC 377                    Ephesians 5:15,16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JDS 243
Support and Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RLC 200                  Philippians 1:29,30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RDD 171
Survey of Zion's Defenses, A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GVB 435.                    I Peter 1:7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JDS 195
Synod1989.............................RDD.43  7
Synod of the Reformed Church in
   America, The ... : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GVB    63                                   BOOK REVIEWS
Teamwork in Missions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SRK 278                     Able and Faithful Ministry, An
Tertullian and the Gnostic Heresy. . . . . . . . . . . . CJT                       65       Miller, Samuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE 2 13
Tertullian and the Gnostic Heresy (2) . . . . . . . . . CJT                        87    All the Saints Adore Thee
There Are Movies - and Movies . . . . . . . . . . . . GVB                          41       Shelley, Bruce. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HH 212
To the Utmost of Your Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EG 466                       Antidote Against Arminianism, An
TouchMeNot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .JDS 291                 Ness, Christopher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE 429
TrialofOurFaith,The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .JDS 195                    Bible Versus Millennial Teachings: An
True and False Shepherds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RCH 251                        Exegetical Critique, Lubbers, George C. . . . . . DJE 308

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Calvin: Geneva and the Reformation                                                 Inspiration and Authority of Scripture, The
   Wallace, Ronald S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HH 381             P a c h e , R e n e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H H   2 0
Commentary on Jude, Manton,  Thomas . . . . . . . DJE 165                          Reforming Fundamentalism: Fuller Sem. and
Commentary on Romans, Haldane, Robert. . . . RDD 454                                 the New Evangelism, Marsden, George M. . . . DJE 405
Francis, A Call to Conversion                                                      Revival, Lloyd-Jones, D. Martyn . . . . . . . . . . . . RDD 166
   Arnold, Duane W.H.; Fry, C. George . . . . . . . . HH 308                       Saved in Eternity: The Assurance of our
God's Everlasting Covenant of Grace                                                  Salvation, Lloyd-Jones, D. Martyn . . . . . . . , . RDD 166
   Hanko, Herman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DJE 238            The Incarnation, Clark, Gordon H. . . . . . . . . . . . DJE 404
God's Hammer, The Bible and its Critics                                            What's Good About the Good News?
   Clark, Gordon H.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , .HH    21           Punt, Neal.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .HCH 212



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                                                     News From
Mr. Benjamin Wigger                                 Our Churches

                                                       MINISTERIAL CALLS                                       tended a call to Rev. R. Cam-
                                                          The Peace P.R.C. of Lynwood,                         menga, presently serving our
                                                       IL formed a new trio of the Revs.                      church in Loveland, CO.
Mr. Wigger is an elder in the Prot-                    R. Cammenga, A. den Hartog,                                The Pella, IA P.R.C. also
estant Reformed Church of  Hudson-                     and J. Slopsema. From this group                       formed a new trio of the Revs.
ville, Michigan.                                       of three the congregation ex-                          W. Bekkering, R. Dykstra, and M.

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Joostens. I have no information        teresting activities were planned,          Canada. "We do hope you are
right now on who they called,               ranging from a hayride to a giant      tuning in to the Reformed
but by the time this comes out in           water slide, to canoeing on a          Witness Hour whenever that is
September you probably will.           -river. _                                   possible. When is the last time
  The Committee for Contact                   The congregations in the West        you have brought our radio pro-
with other Churches has asked               Michigan area were also invited        gram to the attention of friends
Rev. J. Kortering, pastor of our            to join the conventioneers in at-      and neighbors? When is the last
Grandville, MI P.R.C. to labor for          tending three convention               time you have distributed a
a year in Tasmania.                         speeches. On Monday Prof.              pamphlet or other publication of
  If you are current with all the           Decker spoke on "Contentment           our churches? `Ye are My
calls being extended for our va-            in Suffering"; on Wednesday Rev.       witnesses, saith the Lord, that I
cant churches, then the last two            Gritters addressed the group on        am God.' Isaiah 43: 12" Cl
news items should have told you             "Contentment in Self-Denial"; and
that Rev. J. Kortering has de-              on Thursday Rev. Van Overloop
clined the call he received to              spoke on "Contentment Under             IN  MEMORIAM
serve as pastor of our Pella con-           Authority."                                On July 21, 1989,  THVS
gregation.                                    I have a lot of very good             FEENSTRA was called from his
  And finally, Rev. K. Koole who            memories of conventions in the          earthly family, and is now in the
served as pastor of our Hope                past, and I am sure that I speak        everlasting arms of his Lord.
P.R.C. in Redlands, CA has ac-              for those of us who are now                We thank Cod for the exam-
cepted the call he received from            "older," when 1 say that it is our      ple he has been to his family,
the Faith P.R.C. in Jenison, MI.            prayer that this convention             for his dedication to the church,
  One can not help but be struck            served to glorify Gods name and         for his steadfastness in defense
by the words of our Lord in Mat-            that it was spiritually profitable      of the truth.
thew 9:37-38. "The harvest truly            for the young people.                      His warfare is now ac-
is plenteous, but the labourers             CONGREGATIONAL                          complished and he is at rest.
are few. Pray ye therefore the              HIGHLIGHTS                                 "Fear not, for I have re-
Lord of the harvest that he will              The Young Adults Society of           deemed thee, I have called thee
send forth labourers into his               the Byron Center P.R.C. in Byron        by name, thou art mine!"
harvest."                                   Center, MI invited all young            (Isaiah  43:l)
  And . . . somewhat related to             adults in the area to a volleyball-     Bill and Shirley Feenstra
the above. One of our "retired'             softball-steak fry on August 10 at      Everett and Audrey Van Voorthuysen
ministers, Rev. H. Veldman, and             Douglas Walker Park in Byron            Marjorie Armstrong
his wife left in early July to fill         Center.                                 John and Beverly Feenstra
the pulpit of our Edgerton, MN                The Evangelism Committee of           Gerald and Celia Feenstra
                                                                                    Donald and Janice Feenstra
P.R.C. They then moved to the               our church in South Holland, IL         Marvin Feenstra
south into Iowa, where he                   printed some excerpts from dif-         24 Grandchildren
preached in Doon  and Hull, and             ferent mail they received. One          49 Great Grandchildren
then over to our Peace Church in            letter came from an Italian Chris-                                      (Redlands, CA)
Illinois. The Veldmans hoped to             tian Mission in Bedford, England.       RESOLUTION OF SYMPATHY
return home to Grand Rapids in              "May the Lord bless you richly.             The Adult Bible Study of
late August.                                We are always grateful to the           Peace Protestant Reformed
CHURCH ACTIVITIES                           Lord for your precious help to us.      Church expresses its sincere and
  August 14 through 18, the                 Please send some copies of your         Christian sympathy to Mr. and
young people of our Hope P.R.C.             pamphlet, `Pentecostalism in the        Mrs. Wilbur Bruinsma and Mr.
in Walker, MI served as hosts for           Light of the Word,' to use in our       and Mrs. Keith Bruinsma, whose
this year's Young People's Con-             chapel. Please send your pam-           mother and grandmother, MRS.
vention.                                    phlets to the following individual
                                       .                                            ANNA MOREHOUSE, was taken
  One notable change for this               m Italy. He has been dismissed          by the Lord to her eternal rest.
year's convention was a return to           by his Bible School where he was            May they be comforted with
housing conventioneers in the          an instructor, because he is a               words of the Scriptures in Psalm
homes of the host church rather             CALVINIST; and in Italy                 116:15:  "Precious in the sight of
than their being housed at a local          Calvinism is considered a               the Lord is the death of His
college or camp in the area.                demon's doctrine."                      saints."
  From a schedule of events it                And a final note from the Im-         Don Terpstra, President
looked as if a wide variety of in-          manuel P.R.C. in Lacombe, AB,           Deb Poortinga, Secretary

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 RESOLUTION OF SYMPATHY                               and not we ourselves: we are his    Engelsma will speak on "The
    The consistory and congrega-                      people, and the sheep of His        Standard Bearer: Holding the
tion of the Loveland Protestant                       pasture."                           Traditions." Three Board
 Reformed Church extend our                           Don Terpstra, President             members will be elected from
Christian sympathy to Mr. and                         Deb Poortinga, Secretary            the following nomination: Vern
Mrs. Ed Bruinsma Sr. and family                                                           Casemier, Leon Kamps, Gary
in the death of his mother,                           ANNOUNCEMENT                        Nienhuis, Neal Pastoor, Al Rau,
M R S .   A N N A   M O R E H O U S E .                 The Annual Meeting of the         John Veltman. There  wili be
May the bereaved family be                            R.F.P:A. will be held on Thurs-     special numbers and refresh-
comforted by the promises of                          day, September 21, at 8 PM in       ments. Please plan to attend
God's Word and sustained by                           Southwest Church. Prof. D.J.        this important program.
His grace. "Thou shalt guide me
by Thy counsel, and afterwards
receive me to glory." (Psalm
73:24)
Rev. Ron  Cammenga,  Pres.
Mr. Robert Brands, Clerk

RESOLUTION OF SYMPATHY
   The consistory and congrega-
tion of the Loveland Protestant
Reformed Church extends its
sympathy to Mr. and Mrs. John
Heys and family in the death of
her father, MR. PETER A.
POORTENGA. May the
bereaved be comforted in the
knowledge that  ". . . all things
work together for good to them
that love Cod, to them who are
the called according to His pur-
pose." (Romans  8:23)
Rev. Ron Cammenga, Pres.
Mr. Robert Brands, Clerk

RESOLUTION OF SYMPATHY
   The Adult Bible Study of
Peace Protestant Reformed
Church expresses its sincere and
heartfelt sympathy to Mr. and
Mrs. Peter Poortenga jr., Mr. and
Mrs. George Vroom, Mr. and
Mrs. Lee Wiltjer, and Mr. and
Mrs.  Menno Poortenga in the
death of their father, grand-
father, and brother, MR. PETER
A. POORTENGA.
   May they be comforted in the
truth expressed in Psalm  100:3:
"Know ye that the Lord he is
Cod: it is he that hath made us,

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