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Pray!
Let’s face it, we have been going through life and it all seems to be going pretty well. Then something happens; whether a friend tells...
Shawn Oudshoorn
Jul 11, 20182 min read
Christian Philosophy? (6)
HOW SHOULD I LIVE? Does it matter how I live? This is the philosophical question of ethics, which is said to be “the search for the...
Rev. David Vanbrugge
Jun 27, 20183 min read
Christian Philosophy? (5)
WHAT AM I? Am I purely biological? Am I body and mind? Am I a soul captured by some dust? Am I the same person as I was ten years ago,...
Rev. David Vanbrugge
Jun 25, 20184 min read
Christian Philosophy? (4)
UNDERSTANDING THE CHRIST-CENTERED METAPHYSICS OF COLOSSIANS What is real? Nothing? Perceptions? Material things? The eternal? The...
Rev. David Vanbrugge
Jun 20, 20184 min read
A Call to Modesty in Dress
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published a couple of years ago in our FRC denominational magazine, “The Messenger.” It was...
Joni Bouma & Corrie Nevin
Jun 18, 20187 min read
A Father’s Love
My daughter in love Life covered in roses Sweet fluttering heart fooled By this one who proposes No Genuine spirit To be found in the lad...
Art Burggraaf
Jun 15, 20181 min read
Christian Philosophy? (3)
UNDERSTANDING THE CHRIST-CENTERED EPISTEMOLOGY OF COLOSSIANS “How do I know?” is usually called the epistemological question....
Rev. David Vanbrugge
Jun 13, 20184 min read
Christian Philosophy? (2)
HOW DOES PAUL’S ARGUMENT IN COLOSSIANS RELATE TO PHILOSOPHY? Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the...
Rev. David Vanbrugge
Jun 6, 20184 min read
Christian Philosophy? (1)
Many Christians have warned against the perils of philosophy, arguing that it is, at best, human speculation.1 These people often quote...
Rev. David Vanbrugge
Jun 4, 20183 min read
Digitally Addicted? Take This Test
From the Editor: About a year and a half ago Dr. David Murray made a questionnaire with 29 questions to help you figure out how addicted...
Dr. David Murray
May 31, 20181 min read
Survey: Your View of Marijuana
Calling all Young People! An elder in the URC churches is taking a survery—and he wants you to participate. The survey is anonymous,...
Rev. Tim Bergsma
May 24, 20182 min read
Questions In The Psalms
First I have to say to you all: Congratulations! Your “Ask a Pastor” questions have completely overwhelmed us pastors and have now...
Rev. Tim Bergsma
May 22, 20182 min read
Young Men, Get Ready to Submit in Marriage
Since summer is the time of weddings, that means spring (for the pastor) is the season for premarital counseling. Once a week (or so) my...
Rev. Tim Bergsma
May 17, 20184 min read
Ruth
Entreat me not to leave thee I’ll be ever at your side When you’ve sorrowed I have sorrowed When I cried You dried my eyes I will always...
Art Burggraaf
May 11, 20181 min read
The Sins of One’s Youth
Scripture teaches us that the effects of sin are always serious. They are threefold: 1. Death in various forms The Bible teaches that sin...
Rev. Lawrence W. Bilkes
May 8, 20184 min read
The Church at War & Her Weapons
Perhaps one of the greatest tensions in the Christian life is that a we are at peace but also at war. We are at peace with God through...
Rev. Maarten Kuivenhoven
May 3, 20183 min read
Why Do Believers Have to Die?
Recently, I stood at the graveside of a dear Christian friend. Before addressing the gathered family and friends, I once again pondered...
Dr. David Murray
Apr 25, 20183 min read
iPhones, and Samsungs, and – Oh My! What Entertains Me?
Entertainment today is great. I mean really great. The XBox? The iPhone? Galaxy S7, 8, 9? 4K TV’s? Nothing in the history of the world...
Rev. Tim Bergsma
Apr 23, 20181 min read
Why Work?
“Work”- When you hear the word what comes to mind? Is it the daily grind of producing purposeless papers or mixing concrete for long...
Scott Dekorte
Apr 16, 20186 min read
Through the Bad AND the Good
Writers write best when they are writing on their own terms. They write best when they are passionate about something, and deep feelings...
Abby Tolsma
Apr 9, 20183 min read
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