This month on the blog, we're highlighting RFPA translators! Without these hardworking men and women, the RFPA would not have the reach it currently does. Navigate to the RFPA's YouTube channel today for our latest interview with Portuguese translator Thiago McHertt.Read More
This month on the blog, we're highlighting RFPA translators! Without these hardworking men and women, the RFPA would not have the reach it currently does. Navigate to the RFPA's YouTube channel today for our latest interview with Hindi and Tamil translator Sam Salve.Read More
Do you have an extra 76 seconds in your day? How about sitting down with author Rev. Bill Boekestein as he talks about his upcoming book, Finding My Vocation: A Guide for Young People Seeking a Calling? Learn why he wrote a book on the Reformed, biblical doctrine of vocation and why it’s a doctrine that’s so important for Christian young people to know and understand.
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This month on the blog, we're highlighting RFPA translators! Without these hardworking men and women, the RFPA would not have the reach it currently does. Navigate to the RFPA's YouTube channel today for our latest interview with Spanish translator Jorge Carbajal.Read More
This month on the blog, we're highlighting RFPA translators! Without these hardworking men and women, the RFPA would not have the reach it currently does. Navigate to the RFPA's YouTube channel today for our latest interview with Burmese translator Rev. Titus.Read More
This month on the blog, we're highlighting RFPA translators! Without these hardworking men and women, the RFPA would not have the reach it currently does. Navigate to the RFPA's YouTube channel today for our latest interview with Hungarian translator Balint Vasarhelyi.Read More
You’ve probably heard the word “vocation” before, particularly when people are talking about their work. Many Christians intentionally use this word when they describe their occupation because it correctly acknowledges that God provided them with the job they hold.
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The following review was written by Kristen Brands, an elementary school teacher in West Michigan, on the publication Ignited by the Word. This review was originally published in the June 2024 issue of the Beacon Lights, a monthly magazine written for Reformed Christian young people and young adults. Read More
The following review was writtenbyEmma Nienhuis on the bookCommunion with God by Herman Hoeksema (Jenison, MI: Reformed Free Publishing,2011). This review was originally published in theGrandville Gleaner.Read More
Have you noticed, reader? To coincide with our centennial anniversary, the Reformed Free Publishing Association has recently begun using a new logo in our emails, conference displays, and cover designs.Read More
Not all of God’s children respond to chastisement properly. Parents know that from their own children—sometimes they submit to chastisement, but often they complain, whine, and are even defiant when their parents discipline them. Sometimes Christians become discouraged through chastisement—then they must lift up the hands, which hang down; and the weakened knees. Sometimes Christians are bitter through chastisement—then they must watch diligently against the root of bitterness. We have looked at these warnings in previous blog posts.
This text describes the worst case—apostasy. Sometimes people turn from the faith altogether because of the hardships of the Christian life. Such people are like Esau—and the root of their apostasy is profanity.
Last week Tuesday, June 4, the annual Standard Bearer meeting was held at the Protestant Reformed Theological Seminary. Once annually, the editors and writers of the SB meet to decide on topics, rubrics, and writers for the upcoming volume year.Read More
The word “bitterness” expresses the meaning of the sin: it means “harsh,” “sharp,” “cutting,” or “cruel.” In English, bitter is the opposite of sweet. We find the reference to “bitterness” in Deuteronomy 29:18, “Lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood.” The writer to the Hebrews refers to that verse in Hebrews 12:15. It is not a direct quote, but it is a clear allusion to that text. Gall and wormwood are bitter-tasting herbs. The idea here, however, is of a bitter tasting, poisonous fruit. The bitter root bears gall and wormwood, which are its bitter fruit. Read More
Chastisement must be distinguished from punishment. Punishment is vengeance of the judge upon the wicked aimed at their destruction. Chastisement is the correction of a father to his child, aimed at his improvement. In verses 5–6, the writer to the Hebrews reminds his readers of what they had forgotten: “And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him; for whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.” They had forgotten that chastisement is a token of God’s love.Read More
