“Wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me out of the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord.’’ Romans 7:24, 25 Good Bible students, who believe the Sacred Scriptures to be the Word of God, have all pointed out that the entire book of Romans can be divided into […]
Impossible you say! It is and should be impossible among men. The child of God is called to live antithetically in the midst of this world. We are to oppose all that which is of sin in our own life and in the life of the world of wicked men. On the other hand, it […]
Not too many years went by of Rev. Ophoff’s work as pastor of the congregation of Hope before he became actively embroiled in the common grace controversy. As we noticed already in another connection, the controversy over common grace had long agitated the church before it became an ecclesiastical issue at the Synod of 1924. […]
The Bible in many places speaks of how we must treat the other members in the church. One of the most frequently used phrases is “love one another.” The Bible also speaks of “brotherly love.” In John 15:12, Jesus says, “This is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I have loved you.” Yet, […]
Although this Bible is not one in modern speech, following, as it does, so very closely with the King James Version and the preceding versions; it may be classified under the above heading in that it is one of the twentieth century English versions of the Bible. In that sense it is “modern.” In the […]
January 19, 1977 Dear Jack and Jill: Yes, this is the second time I am writing from this sunny clime. I see by our daily paper that it is still below zero in Chicago. That ice and snow would not last very long here. We are surely glad that there is no ice on these […]