But…Together…Grace: Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the PRCA (and the RFPA)

The following blog post is taken from the opening devotions of the PRCA100 event which...

Book Review - "A Fantastic Way to Refresh and Sharpen Our Minds"

Reading this book is a fantastic way to refresh and sharpen our minds on what we believe, and why we actually believe it. Rev. Hoeksema really emphasizes the importance of knowing what is right and wrong on topics like church order and governance, common and particular grace, and being spiritually resilient and steadfast in our faith through controversy and schism. Knowledge of how men handled these things in the past and where they went wrong is a very valuable tool for us today as we strive to uphold God's truth in the church.

Book Review - "The Protestant Reformed Churches in America" (Part Two)

It is helpful to keep in mind, when reading this section, that defending the truth of God against errors that are maintained about Him has never been something optional for God’s church, or merely an academic exercise. The Lord has willed that false doctrine always threatens the church. One of His purposes in this is to spur the church to uncover and develop more of the truth about Him. So, a generation or two removed from this history, we can recognize that what we are learning, He specifically brought to pass for our growth in knowing and loving Him.  

Book Review - "The Protestant Reformed Churches in America" (Part One)

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the PRC, the Reformed Free Publishing Association has published the 3rd edition of this book, first published in 1936. This has given opportunity for me, a Protestant Reformed believer, to once again read about the events that directly effected the lives of my grandparents, parents, my wife and I, and our children. What were the issues from Rev. Hoeksema’s perspective? In what ways does Herman Hoeksema speak to me who was born 4 years after Hoeksema had already been brought to heaven? Are there things I can learn from this that are relevant today?

The Standard Bearer: Loving Service of the Church

The Standard Bearer exists for Christ’s church. Our writers labor for the magazine because they love the church too. You read our magazine most likely because you also love the church...

Afraid of the Gospel (10)

Conditional theology is an insult to God!

Thus we wrote in a former article. And we would have you note that we say that conditional theology is an insult to God. We do not say that every use of the conditional form is to be condemned. To use what, in grammar, is called the conditional form does not necessarily mean that you are presenting conditional theology and are making statements that are insults to God.