2 Timothy 2:2: And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. Note: The first article, about preparing for and entering the seminary, can be found in the September issue of Beacon Lights. Questions about the […]
2 Timothy 2:2: And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. Note: In early November 2019, Mr. Jim Regnerus, principal of Trinity Christian High School in Hull, Iowa, asked me to give a chapel speech to […]
O blessed Father, the great God of spiritual Israel, of Thine elect over the whole world; we, raise this prayer especially on behalf of the youth of the church, who are Thy chosen, on whom Thou dost look with loving eyes of favor, for those in the strength of their youth—the covenant young people. Their […]
Speech at the Young People’s Convention, Redlands, 1999. In this final installment, Rev. Gritters gives us some practical helps for witnessing and testifying of the truth. PRACTICAL HELPS But still you say, “I don’t feel prepared to talk about creation, or life and death.” So I would like to give a couple of suggestions as […]
Convention Discussion Outlines Texts to have at hand: Matthew 6:19-24, 33; II Thessalonians 2:10-12; I Timothy 6:10ff; I John 2:15-17. The heritage of the PRC young people is a call from the church to love and lay up heavenly treasures. If you study themes and discussions of past conventions, you’ll see that this was a […]
Speech given at the Young People’s Convention, Redlands, 1999. In the last issue, Rev. Gritters pointed out in his convention speech that our witness well may include at least four topics: Creation, Death, Life, and What God Has Done For Me. In this next part of his speech, he explains the real advantages of this […]
Speech given at the Young People’s Convention, Redlands, 1999 The theme that Redlands gave me to speak on tonight is “Witnessing and Testifying For the Truth.” The theme text is: “Be ready always to give an answer.” My theme fits in the text in this way: Last night Rev. Koole spoke about being ready to […]
When I was in seminary, much of my income came from coating roofs of mobile homes. The work took me all over the Grand Rapids area, and into the homes of some unusual people. Often the people knew that I was studying to become a minister, so they would feel free to tell me about […]
This article is adapted for young people from a speech given for Holland Protestant Reformed Church’s Evangelism Committee. How do Christians behave to make marriage last? Young people, pastors know too many things that ruin marriages. Every minister and elder in our churches has seen so much sorrow in marriages, so much dishonor of […]
This article is adapted for young people from a speech given for Holland Protestant Reformed Church’s Evangelism Committee. (I wrote last time that Christian young people want Godly marriages because the glory of God is at stake. Motives are everything. If we want a happy, Christian, marriage only because we want to be happy and […]