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A Cheerful Giver

One of the ways in which church members support the building of the spiritual house of God is through giving. This is certainly not the only way that the church is gathered and built up, but it is an important means. Consider all the causes of God’s kingdom that are promoted through the financial support of members. In the Protestant Reformed Churches, each congregation takes a weekly collection for the “General Fund.” Through this fund the preaching of the gospel in...

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I is for Ice

T is for Tree: A Bible ABC written and illustrated by Connie L. Meyer The unifying theme of T is for Tree is God’s promises to his people and his almighty power to fulfill those promises. One of the most important reasons the author chose to write an ABC book was to introduce young children to a variety of Bible texts.Using twenty-six letters of the English alphabet, children will learn about topics ranging from the rainbow as the sign of the covenant, to God’s directive hand...

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It shall be well with the righteous

"...[Solomon] says, '…yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him' (v. 12). The fear of God is the beginning and true foundation of wisdom. It is the way of blessing. He repeats the idea: there is the person, the God-fearer, and there is his walking by faith in true wisdom fearing before God. By implication he turns from the way of evil to walk by faith in childlike obedience. For he...

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MP3 of Radio Interview with Rev. Martyn McGeown

If you did not have an opportunity to listen in on Friday to Rev. McGeown's interview on Iron Sharpens Iron, you can do so now by clicking the link below. Last week Friday, on January 5, Rev. Martyn McGeown had a radio interview with Chris  Arnzen, the national, religious radio host of Iron Sharpens Iron, on his book, Called to Watch for Christ's Return.        Click on the icon to listen.

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Grace or Work?

“And if by grace, then it is no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then it is no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.” —Romans 11:6  What do you desire? To be saved by grace or by works? That is the question. Shakespeare would say: To be or not to be, that is the question. And it fits here too. To be or not to be in the arms of God unto...

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TODAY! Radio Interview on 'Called to Watch for Christ's Return' with Rev. Martyn McGeown

TODAY from 4:00-6:00pm EST, Rev. Martyn McGeown will be interviewed by Chris Arnzen on his radio program Iron Sharpens Iron. The subject will be his recent book, Called to Watch for Christ's Return. Visit www.ironsharpensironradio.com and click on the livestream box to tune in and listen from any device. The program can also be listened to by phone at (563)999-9206; press #3 for Christian Radio when prompted. Listen for a discount code to be given on air to use when ordering the book (only for a limited time)! Be...

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The Privilege of Seminary Training: Personal Spiritual Development

Anyone who has talked to a seminary student or asked his pastor about his years in seminary will likely hear stories about the many great challenges of those years. The work is often difficult, and the amount of work that is placed before the students can be overwhelming for even the most gifted students. Seemingly every student of the seminary has some story to tell of a painful practice preaching session or a graded paper filled with a flood of red...

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Christ is coming again!

"Called to Watch for Christ's Return is a stirring call to stay vigilant in these last and evil days...any reader's heart will thrill in reading [the] last chapter, which explains, in part, the glories of the new heavens and the new earth."—Rev. Ryan Barnhill

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Radio Interview on 'Called to Watch for Christ's Return' with Rev. Martyn McGeown

This coming Friday, January 5, Rev. Martyn McGeown will be interviewed by Chris Arnzen on his radio program Iron Sharpens Iron from 4:00-6:00 pm EST.  The subject will be his recent book, Called to Watch for Christ's Return. Visit www.ironsharpensironradio.com and click on the livestream box to tune in and listen from any device. The program can also be listened to by phone at (563)999-9206; press #3 for Christian Radio when prompted. Listen for a discount code to be given on air to use when ordering the book...

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A New Year’s Day Message: Diligent in Sanctification

“Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.” 2 Peter 3:14 Be diligent! That ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless!  Diligent in sanctification!  And sanctification, you know, is that work of God's grace in you whereby he delivers you consciously from the pollution and dominion of sin, and renews you in conformity with the image of Christ, and enables...

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What time is it?

"Shall we be afraid for Christ’s church or for ourselves personally in this final hour? Fear not, little children of our heavenly Father, because this final hour belongs to him. The Father has closely connected this hour to the central hour on his clock of the crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension of Christ our Lord. The hours on his clock, even the last moments of the final hour with all of its darkness and persecution for the church, are all the hours...

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Considering the Ministry

You have probably heard it from your own pulpit. You have probably seen the announcement in the bulletin. You have probably read about it in the Standard Bearer. You have probably heard it discussed at Sunday coffee. You may have even prayed about it yourself. There is an urgent need in the Protestant Reformed Churches for more preachers of the gospel. This is not a new need, but one that’s been around since Jesus told his disciples, “The harvest truly is...

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A White Christmas

Our flesh so quickly associates a snow cover with the celebration of Christmas, and then it gives the pre-eminence to the incidental and loses the essential. The white snow on the ground becomes in our thinking essential as a part of Christmas. Its absence detracts from the significance of the holiday for us, even though it has absolutely nothing to do with the true meaning of Christmas.  Even then in these areas where snow is so common in December, the holiday is by no...

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Social Constructionism (6): Shaping a worldview of doubt and uncertainty

In my reading, I’m usually not attracted to articles written in a series. For starters, I want the option of reading everything the author has to say in one sitting. Secondly, unless the author can produce new installments on a timely basis, I don’t have the patience to wait four months before I read the next article. This lamentably leads me to my opening point: I’ve done everything in this series of posts that I dislike as a reader. Mea Culpa....

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