The 1912 Psalter was the product of nine denominations working together to provide a single Psalter for use in their congregations. The times have been few when God has given so many Reformed denominations to work together. Yet, even then, three of the nine denominations were already moving toward hymn-singing along with psalm-singing in church. […]
There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise: The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings’ palaces. — Proverbs 30:24, 28 The littlest spider grasped her thread in her hands and spun her web between the branches of a tree. She wove the thread back […]
Four Little Things Upon the Earth (3): The Locusts Tricia Mingerink There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise: The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands. — Proverbs 30:24, 27 The littlest locust buzzed along with his swarm of […]
Four Little Things Upon the Earth (2): The Conies Tricia Mingerink There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise: The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks. – Prov. 30:24,26 The littlest coney was covered with brown fur, with […]
Four Little Things Upon the Earth Part 1: The Ants Tricia Mingerink There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise: The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer. – Prov. 30:24-25 As the early summer sun beamed down a […]
The Wittenberg Hymnal was comprised of songs that were inspired by the Psalms and other parts of the Bible, but they were not as close word-for-word as possible. Nor did this songbook have a song and tune for every Psalm in the Bible. When John Calvin fled to Strasburg, Germany in 1538, he set out […]
Before the Reformation, singing in church was often done by a group of performers instead of the whole congregation. The Reformers believed that the whole congregation should sing to give praise to God together and be an active part of worship. By 1524, only seven years after the Reformation began, Martin Luther, working with a […]
It was the summer after my senior year of high school. I went to the Young People’s Convention. Perhaps you’ve heard stories about the convention from your older brothers and sisters? I enjoyed the conventions, but my favorite memory is not the banquets or hanging out with friends or the games or anything you’ve probably […]
The tree planted by the river’s side is mentioned several times in the Bible (Psalm 1:3; Jer. 17:8). It isn’t a specific kind of tree that is mentioned, but its location is important. In this passage, the tree is planted. Someone moved the tree to this spot so that it could have water and grow. […]