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MINISTERIAL CALLS

Extended:

To Rev. A.A. Brugge of Lethbridge, Alberta, by the congregation of Sioux Center, Iowa.

To Rev. E. Hakvoort of Norwich, Ontario, by the congregation of Zwijndrecht, the Netherlands.

To Rev. H.A. Van Zetten of Benthuizen, the Netherlands, by the congregation of Markham, Ontario.

To Rev. A.T. Vergunst of Waupun, Wisconsin, by the congregations of Houten and Kapelle- Biezelinge, the Netherlands.

Declined:

By Rev. G. Beens of Kootwijkerbroek, the Netherlands, to the congregation of Picture Butte, Alberta.

By Rev. E. Hakvoort of Norwich, Ontario, to the congregation of Zwijndrecht, the Netherlands.

By Rev. A.T. Vergunst of Waupun, Wisconsin, to the congregation of Houten, the Netherlands.

By Rev. A.H. Verhoef of St. Catharines, Ontario, to the congregation of Covell Avenue, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Obituaries

DEN HOED, Andrew – Age 84, April 16, 2018; Sunnyside, Washington; Wife – Marie (nee Kranendonk); Children – Archie & Mari den Hoed, Bill & Jill den Hoed, Jane & John Van Wingerden, Barbara & Tim Kwekel, Andy & Robin den Hoed, Andrea & Christopher Westerbeek; Sisters – Jane Bestebreur, Anna den Hoed, Mae Timmermans, Lydia De Vos, Wilma den Hoed; Brothers – Rev. John, Art, Joe; 25 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren; predeceased by brothers Walter & Adriaan and granddaughter Andee Jo den Hoed. (Rev. J. den Hoed, Psalm 37:18, graveside Psalm 130.)

DENSEL, William – Age 82, April 16, 2018; Wayne, New Jersey; Wife – Pearl (nee De Young); Children – Marilyn & Bill Fulton, Dr. Donna Densel, William & Christine Densel; Sister-in-law – Alice De Young; Brother-in-law – Henry Reganess; 6 grandchildren; predeceased by sister Gertrude Reganess and brother Benjamin Densel. (Rev. C. Vogelaar, Hebrews 13:14.)

MOL, Willemijntje Louise – Age 75, April 6, 2018; Tillsonburg, Ontario; Husband, Aalbert; Children – Jan & Carolyn Mol, Theo & Rachel Mol, Elisabeth & Marco Mossel, Pieter & Hilda Mol, Asti Mol; 14 grandchildren, 1 great-grandchild. (Rev. E. Hakvoort, 1 Peter 3:18a.)

RUS, Henrietta (nee Van Voorst) – Age 93, March 25, 2018; Corsica, South Dakota; Husband – John L. (deceased); Children – Henry & Marcia Rus, Arlene VandenHoek, Jack Rus, Shirley Van Voorst, Arnie & Wanda Rus; Sister – Marie Bakker; Brother – Jake Van Voorst; Sister-in-law – Dorothy Van Voorst; Brother-in-law – Jack Dibbet; 25 grandchildren, 52 great-grandchildren, 18 great-great-grandchildren; predeceased by daughter Jeanette and her husband Marlin Johnson; son Lerry Rus; sons-in-law John Van Voorst and Norman VandenHoek; grandson Jeremy Rus; greatgreat-grandson Peyron Ymker; brothers John, Rich, and Gerrit Van Voorst; sisters Minnie van Bochove, Gertrude Van Beek, and Priscilla Dibbet; brother-in-law John Bakker; and sister-in-law Freda Van Voorst. (Rev. E.C. Adams, John 3:5&6.)

New Titles from Bible Truth Books

The Pilgrim’s Progress—A Brief Introduction by Rev. P. Blok—A small, tastefully illustrated summary of The Pilgrim’s Progress. This small book is comprised of 57 brief summaries about various sections of The Pilgrim’s Progress, each with a color illustration and two Scripture references. As such, it could also serve as a book of daily readings. Hardcover, 121 pages, $9.50.

Place Prepared in the Wilderness by A. Stoutjesdyk—Several years ago, the Synodical Education Committee asked Mr. Adrian Stoutjesdyk to write a textbook for high school students on North American church history. This work was finished in 2016, but all copies from the first printing were quickly sold. The book has now been reprinted and is available for purchase. Starting in the 1600’s and continuing until 2000, it explains how Christianity reached our shores, about missionary efforts among the Indians, and about the Great Awakening. It tells of the first waves of Dutch immigrants in the 1800’s and helps students understand both how and why our congregations were formed. Hardcover, 315 pages, $21.40.

The Canon of the Books of the Old and New Testaments Proven to Be Inspired by Robert Haldane—First published in 1830, this book is a detailed yet plain defense of the divine origin of both the Old and New Testaments. Haldane draws extensively from the early church fathers in the first centuries A.D., providing a glimpse of the truths which they believed. At the same time, he also shows that the Apocryphal books are neither inspired nor trustworthy. Hardcover, 192 pages, $15.60.

From the Upper Room by Rev. P. Blok— Throughout his more than 40 years as a minister, Rev. P. Blok has experienced many things. In this book, which is meditative in nature, you will find reflections and memories regarding the encounters with old pilgrims and their wisdom. They tell of the ways of the King in His Holiness and, at times, of God’s work in children. The thoughts in the upper room also go back to the past—to the moments with the Lord and the times when He opened His Word. Then the Fountain was often full of waters which both strengthened and renewed. Heartily recommended. Hardcover, 117 pages, $6.10.

The prices shown do not include postage.

Bible Truth Books
P.O. Box 1290
Grand Rapids, MI 49501-1290
Phone / Fax: 616-776-2593
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Classis East Youth Conference

June 29-30, 2018

The Classis East Youth Conference is scheduled to be held on June 29&30, 2018, in Franklin Lakes, NJ. All young people ages 16 and older are invited to attend. Rev. J. den Hoed and Rev. C. Vogelaar hope to present topics. We wish to extend a special invitation to our young adults, as separate activities are planned for them. All attendees are required to register. To do so, please visit www.Franklin Lakes Conference.org (password: conference 2018) or contact Corné Vogelaar at Corne@RBFangus.com or 908-234-1377. We look forward to a profitable time together with our young people and young adults.

Classis Far West Youth Day

July 21, 2018

The Chilliwack NRC will be hosting the annual Classis Far West Youth Day on July 21, 2018, DV. We welcome all young people ages 16 and older for a time of learning, activities, and socializing. Accommodations for the weekend following can be arranged for out-of-town guests. There will be a welcome evening on Friday, July 20, for out-of-town guests to meet their host families. For further information and registration, please go to the website www.bnrcyouth.com/registration.

Young Adult/Post High School Youth Camp

Northern Michigan—August 2-4, 2018

This three-day/two-night trip is being planned by the Kalamazoo Young Adult Committee under the oversight of the Kalamazoo NRC Consistory. The conference will be held at a beautiful lodge in Boyne Falls, Michigan, where we hope to provide meaningful topics and discussions. For further information please contact Mrs. Konnie Kleppe at konniekleppe@hotmail.com or call 269-375-9504. You can find additional information and sign up for this camp at www.KalamazooRetreats.org. The password to enter the site is: conference.

60th Wedding Anniversary

On April 8, 2018, our dear parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents, John & Judith Overeem were privileged, with thanks to the Lord, to commemorate their 60th wedding anniversary

“Whatsoever He saith unto you, do it” (John 2:5b).

P.O. Box 54, Picture Butte, AB T0K 1V0

The New Testament for Israel

The New Testament in Hebrew is primarily produced for the Hebrew people in Israel whose mother tongue is Hebrew. The Old Testament was originally written in the eminent and august language of Hebrew. However, the writers of the New Testament, such as the evangelists and the apostles, used the Greek language. We do not have the original manuscripts of their books and epistles anymore. They simply have perished. What we have are copies of their texts.

Now there are many of those copies. Throughout the centuries people have copied the text of the books of the Bible. This was mainly done in the monasteries. Altogether there are more than 5,000 manuscripts of the books of the Bible or parts of the Bible. There are no other documents of ancient times of which there are that many copies. We may see God’s hand here: He has preserved His most precious Word throughout the ages. This is a wonder of God’s providence.

There are quite a few differences between the various manuscripts. In many cases these differences are minor, but some may also produce major discrepancies pertaining to the deity of Christ or other fundamental doctrines. Sometimes words or sentences are omitted or, in other cases, words and sentences are added. The main issue here is: Which is the correct and most reliable manuscript or text produced from the manuscripts? Every serious translator, in whatever language, will have to deal with this issue. What is the origin of the basic text open in front of me? Upon which manuscripts is this text based, and are these the best manuscripts? This is crucial even before one word is translated. It is of great importance that the translator has a reliable and trustworthy text.

The translators of the Dutch Statenvertaling and the English Authorized (King James) Version used the group of manuscripts known as the Textus Receptus (the received text) as their basic Greek text. This text was considered authoritative in the church for many centuries. It was not until the late 1800s that people started to doubt its superiority when newly discovered Greek manuscripts of the New Testament led some to criticize the Textus Receptus. Scholars noted many variants in these recently accessible manuscripts which deviated from the received text and tried to make a reconstruction of what they believed to be the original text. This was just impossible, but now the majority of modern translations of the Bible are based on their “Critical Greek Text.”

What if someone in Israel today wants to read the New Testament in the modern Hebrew language? There is a modern version available based upon the Critical Text. There is also a translation made by Dr. Franz Delitzsch, a Lutheran scholar, dating back to 1877. His monumental work was originally produced from the Critical Greek Text; later, he essentially conformed it to the Textus Receptus. However, he did not use the modern Hebrew language which was developed by Eliezer Ben Yehuda but instead used the old biblical Hebrew. There are many similarities between old and new Hebrew but also big differences. Some of the old words found in the Hebrew of the Old Testament have a totally different meaning today. For example, the old Hebrew word for mediator now means pimp or a brothel keeper. You can imagine this can lead to problematic misunderstandings. Another major difference was the quotation of the texts from the Old Testament. Delitzsch did not just translate the Greek text but, instead, just copied the Hebrew text from the Old Testament, which sometimes did not exactly match the Greek of the New Testament. Later, Delitzsch’s work was partially corrected, but often words were just taken out and other words added rather than the text being fully revised.

There are two main objections against the Delitzsch translation. First is the reliability. As mentioned above, it was not originally based upon the Textus Receptus. Another objection is the lack of clear readability of the text. For the many immigrants in Israel who are wrestling with the Hebrew language, the Delitzsch translation is too difficult to understand.

One organization that has faced these objections is the Trinitarian Bible Society, which is closely related to the Gereformeerde Bijbel Stichting (GBS) in the Netherlands. In the year 2009, a revision project was started, led by Rev. J. Goldby, minister of the Free Presbyterian Church from Scotland and leader of the translation team, to produce a more accurate, up-to-date edition of the Hebrew New Testament.

For the Hebrew project, an organization in Finland proved very helpful, but it had to withdraw its financial support at that time, and the Trinitarian Bible Society could no longer sustain the project. Therefore, they joined hands with the GBS, the Board for Israel, and the Stichting Isaac da Costa Fonds to take the project forward. (More information can be found online at www.nieuwetestamentinhethebreeuws.nl.)

A question could arise: Is this really necessary? The people of Israel today have access to the New Testament, so why another translation? However, the important question is: Do these people have a reliable translation, without the many omissions and changes found in the Critical Text?

This project seeks to help TBS in Israel by contributing to the producing of a revision of the Delitzsch New Testament which is understandable for all. A translation team of experts is already working on it. Therefore, we should fully support this project out of love for the Jewish people inside and outside Israel. It was the Hebrew people of Israel who originally gave the New Testament to the Gentile world. Now we can give it back to Israel with the prayer that it may please the Lord to take away the veil that is still on their hearts when reading Moses, the veil which God is able to take away (2 Corinthians 3:16) as He speaks through His Word. It is our prayer that the Jewish people may come to a saving knowledge of Christ and His preciousness.

Besides your prayers, we also need financial support. Therefore, we are extremely thankful for your free gifts and donations. They are very welcome and helpful! You can deposit your money into the account in Holland NL70 RABO 0321 7073 46 GBS Leerdam– The Netherlands marked for the Delitzsch project.

— Rev. J.B. Zippro, Groningen, the Netherlands

Education

EBEN-EZER CHRISTIAN SCHOOL, ST. CATHARINES, ONTARIO, is inviting applicants to fill a full-time educational assistant position. The position will be available in September 2018, D.V. We would be gladdened by an application from someone who is qualified, versatile, and dedicated and who also loves the doctrine according to godliness. For more information on this position, please contact Mr. A. Vrugteveen by e-mail at principal@ecschool.ca or telephone at 905-563-3077. Please send applications to the secretary of the school board, Mr. G. Brouwer, 1385 Third Ave., St. Catharines, Ontario L2R 6P9 or contact him by telephone at 647-271-8984 or e-mail at gerry@projectforesight.com.

CALVIN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL, COALHURST, ALBERTA, invites applications from teachers of any subject or grade level for positions commencing in August 2018. All applicants must be eligible for Alberta certification. For more information regarding the school and the available positions, please contact the principal, Mr. Marc Slingerland, at school 403-381-3030, at home 403-331-4574, or at marc.slingerland@ccschool.ca. Applications should be e-mailed to office@ccschool.ca.

MT. CHEAM CHRISTIAN SCHOOL, CHILLIWACK, BRITISH COUMBIA, currently has openings for the 2018-2019 school year at both the elementary and secondary levels. In planning ahead while keeping in mind what the Lord says through James, “If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that” (James 4:15), we ask those who are interested in teaching to consider MCCS. Applicants must hold or be eligible for BC certification and subscribe to the faith identity of the MCCS Society and the Reformed Congregations of North America, which are based on the King James Version of the Bible and the Three Forms of Unity. Salary will be commensurate with experience and postsecondary education. Inquiries should be addressed to Mr. Jan Neels, Principal, at jneels@mccs.ca. Please send your application along with supporting documentation to Mr. Jan Neels, Principal, jneels@mccs.ca and to the board secretary, Mr. Eric Van Maren, at eric@vanmarengroup.com.

NETHERLANDS REFFORMED CHRISTIAN SCHOOL, CORSICA, SOUTH DAKOTA, is seeking applicants to fill a full-time elementary position beginning August 2018, D.V. This position is for grades 3-5 in a multi-grade classroom setting. The applicant should be highly self-motivated and versatile and love the old truths and paths. For more information on this position, please contact the school board president, Mr. Ken Van Brenk, at 605-732-4296. Applications should be sent to 26684 390th Avenue, Stickney, South Dakota 57328.

NETHERLANDS REFORMED CHRISTIAN SCHOOL, ROCK VALLEY/SIOUX CENTER, IOWA, is seeking applicants for a music teacher to begin at any time. Elementary educators: openings are anticipated for intermediate/ upper elementary teaching positions for the 2018-2019 school year. Please send all inquiries regarding these positions to Principal D. Breuer, 712 20th Ave. S.E., Rock Valley, IA 51247, e-mail dbreuer@nrcsia.org, or call 712-476-2821.

PLYMOUTH CHRISTIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is accepting teaching applications for openings in the 2018-2019 school year. Interested Pre-K–6th grade applicants should send or e-mail their résumés and/or questions to the school principal, Mr. Nathan Bleeker, 1000 Ball Ave. N.E., Grand Rapids, MI 49505 or e-mail nbleeker@plymouthchristian.us.

PROVIDENCE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL, KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN, invites applicants for elementary teaching position(s) for the 2018-2019 school year. Prospective applicants are asked to contact the principal, Mr. Tom Kwekel, at Tom.Kwekel@gmail.com.

REHOBOTH CHRISTIAN SCHOOL, NORWICH, ONTARIO, is seeking qualified applicants to fill a number of different positions. As a kindergarten through grade 12 school with more than 900 students and 80 full- or part-time staff, the needs and opportunities change often. For information about current employment opportunities, visit www.rcsnorwich.com or contact the director, Mr. John Heikoop, at director@rcsnorwich.com or 519-863-2403 ext. 223.

TIMOTHY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL, CHILLIWACK, BRITISH COLUMBIA, is seeking applicants who feel the desire to pursue a Bible teaching position. Duties of this position include middle school and secondary Bible instruction. It is our hope and prayer that this position may attract an applicant who has a personal Spirit-wrought desire to tell, explain, and share the truth of God’s Word and train in applicable apologetics along with instructing in the preciousness of Reformed doctrine. It is also desirable that applicants may be able to teach other subjects at a secondary level (however, this is not mandatory) and be certifiable to teach in British Columbia. Membership in the Netherlands Reformed Congregations (NRC) is a prerequisite to applying. Please feel free to contact Mr. Doug Stam, principal, at 604-794-7114 or dstam@timothychristian.ca or Mr. Wim Neels, board president, at 604-997-0967 or wimneels@timothychristian.ca for further information and/or clarification.

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