“That God is triune means that God is a covenant God. He lives a covenant life. By the term covenant we do not mean an agreement, an alliance, or a contract, but a bond of perfect friendship and living fellowship in most intimate communion. Friendship is that bond of fellowship between persons by which they enter into one another’s life in perfect knowledge and love, so that mind is knit to mind, will to will, heart to heart, and so that they have no secrets from one another”. ~from Knowing God and Man by Herman Hoeksema, RFPA 2006 Pg 51.
Earlier in the book Hoeksema teaches that the witness of the church is that God is Creator. He moves from that, to the truth that God is the living God. “When the scriptures reveal God to us as the living God, the implication is that this...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
A dead Christ cannot save the church. Neither could he bring the kingdom of God to completion. He must needs rise and ascend and receive the promise of the Holy Spirit. Wondrous evangel of Easter! Jesus is risen indeed! And he received that...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
“Therefore, creation was an act of self-revelation on the part of God. By it he made himself known as God who is God indeed, the one who is infinite in power and wisdom, glorious in all his perfections. Through the act of creation, God...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"We know God in Christ Jesus our Lord, and not merely with our head. Intellectually, as theology knows him; we also know him with our heart, spiritually, so that we taste that he is good and the overflowing fountain of all good. We know him and...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"We know God in Christ Jesus our Lord, and not merely with our head. Intellectually, as theology knows him; we also know him with our heart, spiritually, so that we taste that he is good and the overflowing fountain of all good. We know him and...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
We bid a fond farewell to Prof. Cammenga this evening. We give thanks to God for His provision of such faithful preaching which He provided for us through Prof. Cammenga. The Bread of Life which he brought, like the blessing of manna in the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
She witnesses the word of God that she hears. … Therefore, when the church speaks, her speech must always assume the form of a testimony. She must preach, and to preach is to witness. The church speaks only through revelation [what God says...[ abbreviated | read entire ]