What is mission work, and what are the means employed? Are we doing all we can in both instances? These and many other questions are being asked by our young people, and various are the answers. Let us pause a few moments to see what our mandate is that was given us by the King […]
The growth of the use of radio broadcasting as a medium to witness to the truths of the Reformed faith is emphasized by the recent observation of the three hundredth broadcast of the Reformed Witness Hour in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Much has been accomplished since the first broadcast was aired, and we are grateful that […]
Does the radio have a place in the mission endeavors of the Protestant Reformed Church? That question is often raised, and all too often it is answered in the negative. The question in itself is a just one: for if the radio cannot be used in mission work, we should stop using the radio as […]
In the “Christian Beacon,” a fundamentalist publication, dated September 25, 1947, we came across a lengthy article written by the editor-in-chief, the Rev. Carl McIntire, under the above caption. The article calls in question the justifiableness of an action taken recently by the National Association of Broadcasters as it enacted legislation regarding, among other organizations […]
Every discussion about a thing will best proceed from an investigation of the name which it bears, for the name ever sizes and presents the most distinctive features of the thing. In the name we have the true declaration of the innermost nature. So too, the name Protestant Reformed. When the name “Protestant Reformed Churches” […]
“This is the Reformed Witness Hour.” At four o’clock every Sunday afternoon these familiar words ring through the air! But why should they? Are there not enough religious programs on the air already? Why should we, such a small denomination, take upon us the additional burden of broadcasting just another religious program? Indeed, it is […]
There was a time when a Protestant Reformed radio broadcast was considered a fantastic dream; the time ended two years ago, when the Protestant Reformed Hour, a broadcast sponsored by the Young Men’s Society of First Church, Grand Rapids, made a small, but significant beginning over radio station W.L.A.V. The quality of the broadcast was […]
Sunday afternoon, A. D. 1941. November, the ninth. The dock in the radio studio WLAV stood at precisely 4:15. At the wave of the baton the choir of six male and six women voices struck up the opening theme song, “Established in the highest heavens, the Lord has set His throne, and over all His […]
That is what the Young Men’s Society of the First Protestant Reformed Church of Grand Rapids, Michigan, said about a year ago, when the proposition was broached that our Churches should go “on the air”. The result is that a 26- week contract has been signed with the broadcasting station WLAV, which has its outlet […]