God has granted us the blessings of salvation in an orderly and experiential manner. The distinct order in which the blessings are applied to God’s people is based on three important truths. First of all, this plan of salvation is based on the sovereignty of God. God is sovereign over all things, specifically the salvation […]
We consider the Word of God found in Matthew 1:21, and the great truth: “Jesus Saving, Not Begging”! Most everyone is familiar with the words appearing in Matthew’s gospel, chapter one, verse twenty-one: “Thou shalt call His name Jesus, for He shall save His people from their sins.” This is how Jesus is presented in […]
In our last article, we gave to our readers a quote from one of Rev. Ophoff’s Standard Bearer articles in which he began his attack upon the conditional theology which was being taught in out circles and which led to the schism of 1953. It is not our purpose to enter into the entire controversy […]
The Upward Calling—R. E. O. White—Eerdmans—202 pp. The Upward Calling completes Rev. White’s trilogy, the other two books being The Stranger of Galilee (Beacon Lights, June-July 1961) and Beneath the Cross of Jesus. One who has appreciated the Baptist minister’s stylish simplicity in previous writings will not be disappointed in this book. The grand topic […]
Dear Wesley: Many times I have reminisced about our former conversation relative to conditional theology. I am inclined to believe that you do not hold to the “theology,” actually, as it is not in harmony with the Westminster Confessions. In our own Reformed Confessions, “conditions” do not appear except in the mouth and in the […]
Our attention was drawn to a headline on the church page of the “Grand Rapids Press” last month which boldly proclaimed the following: “Membership in Christian Reformed Church passes 200,000 mark.” The article in connection with this headline noted that the Christian Reformed Church, which hopes to celebrate its centennial next year, has grown very […]
Young people, may we ask you for a few minutes of your time to consider with us the most important question of your life? No, we do not have in mind the question of your life’s occupation, nor the question of marriage, nor that of the church, however important these and other related questions may […]
Semi-arminianism is Arminianism in a reformed dress. It is a type of Arminianism that looks like a lamb but is really a wolf. To make good this statement requires that we first have regard to Arminianism proper. Its basic tenets are the following: 1) Faith is a condition to salvation. 2) The will of man […]
Several years ago, the Rev. Hoeksema wrote a pamphlet under the title, “The Gospel,” which has been published and reprinted more than once by the Sunday School Society of the First Protestant Reformed Church. In the interest of the truth vs. errors of those that have schismatically left our churches, and who, even today, continue […]
Would you say the spiritual life of the child of God is an easy way of life? With the recent conditional controversy still causing pain and anguish in the hearts of many who might sometimes have failed to grasp the extent of the doctrinal implications in all the phases of the argument, can we agree […]