In the Northern part of the Dutch province of Groningen you find a village with the name Uithuizermeeden, close to the coast of the “Waddenzee” (where the Frisian Islands are). This place is never in the news. The Church with Manse is of the Liberated Reformed Churches of The Netherlands. There are about 800 members; […]
When we hear the word “theologian,” a certain picture is conjured up in our minds. A grim-faced man is sitting over a desk with heaps of books piled around him. The man has one hand holding up his head and is trying to write with the other. Perhaps he is an elder of some sort […]
The fifth psalm is a morning meditation. Many years later we find a quotation taken from this psalm and quoted in the New Testament (Rom. 3:13). I cannot help but think: how few people will today meditate like the saint in this psalm. Today there is a very different tenor in the meditations of those […]
Come with me, let’s drink and dance and play; Life is so short; take pleasure while you may. We pass this way but once, you know; Let’s live it up before we go. Hey, what is that which I just said? “Before we go.” Go where? To realms of dead? I do not want […]
I woke up this morning. It was a short night. Going to bed late last night, I got only five and a half hours sleep. But, I am awake. I need my shower to get things rolling. Shower should be quite hot. I like it very hot, almost scalding. Better hurry, though, or I might […]
There is no question that the many victories of the Islamic empire in the 7th and 8th centuries terrorized the lands in their path. In a short period of time Tierney says that, “The followers of a new prophet, Mohammed, snatched away from the Byzantine Empire all the ancient Christian lands of the eastern Mediterranean […]
The lull. Lightning flickers in the distance. Thunder rumbles softly. As the towering wall of dark clouds draw near, an eerie light and strange silence settles across the land. The birds stop singing and scurry for shelter. The sky grows darker and comes swiftly like the gaping mouth of a fish ready to swallow down […]
Please note that these devotionals are designed to be used with our Psalter. Your devotions will be greatly enhanced if you read the text and sing or read the corresponding Psalter number. I hope they can also be used in our schools with the children. January 12 (inadvertently missed last month) Psalm 5:4-6 Do […]
In the world today there are many different versions of the Bible. Some try to make the Bible more “interesting,” and others want it to be easier to understand. I believe that the King James Version stands to be the most superior Bible even now, when it is almost 400 years old. In 1604 there […]
“Philip, Philip, come quick!” Josh whispered back to me as I scrambled up the slope. “Hurry!” Looking through the trees on top of the hill, I saw why Josh was so excited. We had been hiking on the nature trail all morning and so far had seen only squirrels and sparrows. But now, below us […]