“From the Qur’an to the Bible” “From Muhammad to Jesus” FROM THE QUR’AN 1. The Christian Scriptures Many Muslims and their Clerics speak of the Holy Bible as Muhammad never would. They speak of Christians and Jews having corrupted the Bible, that it’s not trustworthy. Muhammad did not speak in this way and neither does …
The power of Self-deceit!
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? (Jeremiah17:9) "The easiest thing of all is to deceive oneself; for what a man wishes he generally believes to be true" (Demosthenes). "We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves" (Goethe). "Nature never deceives us; it is always we who deceive ourselves" (Rousseau). "Despite their …
Trinitarian Redemption!
The result, the development of the rebirth is faith, conversion, sanctification, and also its completion: the presentation before the Father without spot or wrinkle. The Father with his creative power establishes the bond of the covenant, opens the paternal home for his elect children, keeps the inheritance ready for them, and watches over them with …
Jesus Only?
We hear people speaking in their prayers to the Saviour only. We hear them singing in their hymns to Jesus only. It is a kind of Jesus-only worship. A Reformed person does not join them. He calls this one-sided and shallow. He certainly can still approve of a song that comforts his soul, such as …
God’s Sovereign Elective Grace !
Rev. George Ophoff (1891-1962) was one of the founding fathers of the Protestant Reformed Churches in America. In 1922, he was ordained into the ministry of the Word and became the first pastor of Hope Christian Reformed Church (later Hope Protestant Reformed Church) in Walker, Michigan, where he served for 7 years. In 1925 he …
Sovereign, Saving Grace!
"Because in him there is found some good thing towards the Lord God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam" (1Kings 14:13) Such was the testimony which the Lord gave by his prophet of young Abijah, the son of wicked Jeroboam. The father was branded even to a proverb, for his abominable wickedness. Behold, the …
Nobody’s Dad!
As I was quietly musing, one lonely Father’s Day, I thought of sons and daughter, and how we used to play; Alone as I was sitting, and quietly wondering why, I find myself alone, just left alone to die. I’m nobody’s Dad, I’m nobody’s Dad, Just left alone and feeling so sad; No daughter’s kisses, …
