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Reformed Witness Hour News - April 2025

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News from the Reformed Witness Hour

April 2025

 

Help Us Get the Word Out!

Join us this month for four Christ-themed messages which tell of the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ.

From The Power of Christ’s Resurrection:

The truth of the resurrection of Jesus Christ is the foundation of the Christian faith and belief.  He or she who, by the grace of God, believes the resurrection of Jesus Christ believes the gospel.  And believing the gospel of Jesus Christ, he shall, without doubt, find eternal life therein.

We read in I Corinthians 15:3, 4, “For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures.”  By this faith, faith in the crucified and risen Savior, we are saved.  Believing in the glorious truth of the resurrection today, we are more than conquerors through Him who has died for us and is risen.

 

Be sure to tune in on Easter Sunday to hear this foundational message of the Christian faith!


CHaak GT PRC

April 6

The Suffering of the Cross

Isaiah 53

Rev. C. Haak

April 13

The Power of the Cross

Romans 8:1

Rev. C. Haak

April 20

The Power of Christ’s Resurrection

1 Corinthians 15: 3-4

Rev. C. Haak

April 27

The Resurrection of the Body

1 Corinthians 15:35-38

Rev. C. Haak


A New Radio Station

RWH launched its broadcast on a new radio station, WLTJ (Q 92.9), in March. Based in Pittsburgh, WLTJ is a contemporary commercial station that, while secular, features programs by motivational speakers on Sundays, often with faith-based perspectives. Our program will now air on WLTJ every Sunday at 8:30 a.m. We are also pleased to continue our broadcast on WORD 101.5 in the Pittsburgh area, airing Sundays at 10:00 a.m. However, we have concluded our partnership with WJAS station due to low listenership. Rev. Mahtani has already developed a good rapport with the new station, and we are excited about the opportunities this partnership brings for further evangelism and outreach.

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Who is listening to RWH?

RWH broadcasts on 17 radio stations across 15 locations in the U.S. and Canada but reaches a global audience through internet and podcast platforms. Here is a glimpse of our digital reach!

Countries With Most Downloads (Past 6 Months) - Top 5 Rankings Highlighted

 

  September

 October

  November

  December

  January

  February

United States

1,470 (1)

4,386 (1)

2814 (1)

889 (1)

778 (1)

920 (1)

Cambodia

192 (2)

166 (2)

325 (2)

172 (2)

121 (2)

861 (2)

United Kingdom

79 (3)

134 (3)

29 (3)

42 (3)

37 (4)

51 (3)

Australia

28 (5)

33

19 (5)

21

29 (5)

18 (5)

Germany

16

103 (4)

12

29 (4)

11

9

Canada

46 (4)

99 (5)

22 (4)

22 (5)

26

29 (4)

Singapore

       

73 (3)

3

States With Most Downloads (Past 6 Months) - Top 5 Rankings Highlighted

 

   September

  October

   November

   December

   January

   February

North Carolina

  136 (4)

36

2190 (1)

323 (1)

68 (3)

115 (2)

Virginia

  33                  

166 (3)      

30                

19               

31            

21              

Michigan

  201 (1)

149 (4)

96 (2)

91 (2)

73 (2)

92 (3)

Illinois

  95

76

50 (3)

42 (4)

24

34 (5)

Texas

  45

413 (2)

27

62 (3)

64 (4)

49 (4)

Washington

  37

2.723 (1)

48 (4)

26

17

18

South Carolina

  21

146 (5)

6

11

4

19

Ohio

  151 (2)

124

13

38

134 (1)

270 (1)

California

  141 (3)

37

28

29

33 (5)

28

Oregon

  117 (5)

9

9

7

8

9

Iowa

   

22

41 (5)

26

19

Florida

   

40 (5)

22

27

27

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Reformed Witness Hour - May 2025

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May 2025

We have four more Christ-centered, gospel-themed messages for the month of May. Join us for the first four installments of Rev. Haak’s series on the Beatitudes found in Matthew 5.

Be sure to invite friends, family and neighbors to listen as well.

CHaak GT PRC

May 4

Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit

Matthew 5:3

May 11

Blessed Are They That Mourn

Matthew 5:4

May 18

Blessed Are the Meek

Matthew 5:5

May 25

Blessed Are They Who Hunger and Thirst

Matthew 5:6

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Reformed Witness Hour - March 2025

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March 2025

We have five Christ-centered, gospel-themed messages by Rev. Carl Haak for the month of March. Help us share these messages with friends, family, and neighbors!

CHaak GT PRC

 

March 2

Not Weary in Well-Doing

Galatians 6:9

March 9

The True Christian Life

2 Timothy 4:7-8

March 16

Spiritual Lethargy

Song of Solomon 5:1-8

March 23

Grace for Today

Matthew 6:34

March 30

Freedom

Romans 8:2

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Covenant Reformed News - February 2025

Covenant Reformed News
February 2025 • Volume XX, Issue 10


 

Are the Ungodly Really in God’s Image? (2)

Last time, we introduced the widespread but erroneous view that totally depraved sinners are in the image of the infinitely holy God in an alleged “broader” sense. To our previous critique we now add three more arguments.

First, what about the nature of the divine image in man? The inspired Scriptures give us explicit statements as to the contents of the image of God in which the elect are recreated, and Adam and Eve were created (Eph. 4:24; Col. 3:10; cf. Ecc. 7:29), namely knowledge, righteousness and holiness, as is recognized in the Reformed creeds (e.g., Westminster Shorter Catechism, Q. & A. 10).

But what is the imago dei that unbelievers are supposed to bear? Typically, some or all of the following are mentioned: rationality, morality, volitions, affections, personhood and speech, etc. These things do indeed characterize man—whether believing or unbelieving—but there are no biblical texts that specify the nature of a divine image in the ungodly. Nor is there any solid exegesis of even a single verse of Scripture that identifies the content of an image of God in the wicked.

Second, what about the number of the divine image(s) in man? According to the theory that absolutely everyone is in the image of God, there are necessarily two images of God in man (and angels): the biblical imago dei, consisting in knowledge, righteousness and holiness (Eph. 4:24; Col. 3:10), and the “broader” imago dei. The unbeliever bears one image of God, while the believer possesses two divine images: the imago dei in the apostolic sense and in the “wider” sense. Before the new birth, the elect possess one imago dei, the image of God in its “broader” aspect. Through being born again, the elect receive a second divine image.

But where does God’s Word ever speak of two images of God in man? Or of unbelievers having one image and believers having two images? Or of the elect possessing one divine image before regeneration and two divine images after it?

Third, what about the idea of the divine image in man? According to the very first biblical reference to the imago dei, those who are in God’s image are also in His likeness, for “God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness” (Gen. 1:26; cf. v. 27; 5:1). Moreover, someone who is in the likeness of another is the likeness of another, and someone who is in the image of another is the image of another (cf. I Cor. 11:7; II Cor. 4:4; Col. 1:15). Besides uniting the image of God and the likeness of God, Scripture also joins these concepts to the glory of God. Since God is glorious, those who are His image and likeness are glorious too! Thus believing men are “the image and glory of God” (I Cor. 11:7; cf. II Cor. 3:18; 4:4, 6; Heb. 1:3).

But is it true that the ungodly are the image and likeness and glory of God? Are Emperor Julian the Apostate, King Louis XIV, Karl Marx and Jeffrey Epstein really the image, likeness and glory of God? Satan is the image of God, the likeness of God and the glory of God? This important biblical concept carries a lot of theological freight. Surely, identifying the wicked as God’s image is wrong!  Rev. Angus Stewart

 

Why Was David Not Executed for Adultery and Murder?

Our question for this issue of the News has to do with David’s sin with Bathsheba: “If Old Testament law required that all murderers and adulterers be stoned to death, why was David not executed for his (known) sins of adultery and murder? Was he above the law? Did the law not apply to him? Did his merely being sorry for his deeds absolve him of any liability to capital punishment?”

The readers of the News have a knack for asking difficult questions. There are times when the questions leave me a bit dismayed because of their difficulty. Sometimes I have to work on them and think about them for quite a while. Nevertheless, I appreciate them, since they force me to look into things I have never considered before and to study the Word of God anew.

The law requiring the execution of an adulterer is found in Leviticus 20:10: “And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death” (cf. Deut. 22:22).

The law of Moses requiring the death of a murderer is found in Leviticus 24:17: “And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death” (cf. Ex. 21:12-14; Num. 35:16-21).

In the ordinances given to Noah after the flood, God established the death penalty for murder long before the Mosaic law: “Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man” (Gen. 9:6). The fact that in the beginning men and women (unlike animals) were created in the likeness and image of God (1:26-27) is one of the reasons why there ought to be a death penalty for murder in our day also. Paul writes, “if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil” (Rom. 13:4; cf. Acts 25:11).

All this, however, does not answer our question, since it should be evident from all these passages that David fully deserved the death penalty for his crimes. Why then was he not put to death either by God or by man?

Is the king above the law? Some argue for that position and use the example of David as proof. Many kings and rulers have taken that view of themselves, and have used the notion that they are above the law as an excuse for gross wickedness. In the United States, sitting presidents have immunity from civil and criminal charges regarding their official acts and duties. Is this why David was not punished?

It should be noted that one’s high position in commonwealth or church does not excuse one’s sins but rather aggravates them. This is clearly set forth from Scripture in Westminster Larger Catechism, Questions and Answers 150 and 151. David’s sins were worse because of his lofty office of king, because he broke the express letter of the law of God, because they were a public scandal (II Sam. 12:14) and because they involved the complicity of others, Bathsheba and Joab. There was, and is, no excuse for David’s sins.

David himself admitted that he was worthy of death when, after hearing Nathan’s parable of the rich man who took the poor man’s lamb, he said, “As the Lord liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die” (5). That he deserved death was also Nathan’s word to him after he repented: “The Lord also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die” (13). There is no ground in the story of David’s sins in II Samuel 11-12 for the foolish notion that any man, ruler or ruled, is above the law of God.

Especially in the church, there must be penalties for gross and public sins committed by an ecclesiastical leader: deposition from office and, if he remains impenitent, excommunication, the church’s equivalent of the death penalty. No one is immune. Indeed, the penalties for an office-bearer ought to be more severe (including removal from ecclesiastical office), because his position and example aggravate his sin.

David escaped the death penalty, as II Samuel 12:13 indicates, only because God was merciful to him and for no other reason. That God put away his sin simply means that God forgave him as David himself confesses, “I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin” (Ps. 32:5).

There are a number of things that must be said about the mercy that was shown to David. He avoided the death penalty, as well as the eternal penalty for sin, but he did not escape totally unscathed. The son whom he had begotten with Bathsheba died, as Nathan had prophesied (II Sam. 12:14, 18). Moreover, God told David through Nathan, “Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife. Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun. For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun” (10-12). David suffered the consequences of his sin for the rest of his life. God is merciful, but He is also just and He will not be mocked. He will always show that He hates sin and does not overlook it.

Jehovah shows the same mercy that He manifested to David to other great sinners also, three of whom especially come to mind. One was the woman taken in adultery (John 8:1-11). Jesus, though He never indicated that the woman did not deserve death, was interested first in exposing the hypocrisy of the Pharisees. When their hypocrisy was exposed, He showed divine mercy to the woman when He said to her, “Neither do I condemn thee” (11). Lest anyone think, however, that He did not care about the sins that the woman had committed, He told her also to sin no more (11).

Another was Paul the persecutor. Regarding himself, he says, “Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief” (I Tim. 1:13).

A third to whom such mercy has been shown is the poor sinner who has written this article, a sinner whose sins are far worse than David’s or Paul’s and whose sins are aggravated by so many things. Great mercy has been shown to him also.

This is to say that everyone of us deserves not just the death penalty for the sins he commits but deserves far worse. Blasphemy, murder, adultery and such like deserve the death penalty, and are we not all guilty of such sins, if not publicly, then in our hearts and thoughts? Are not the wages of sin, any sin, all sin, eternal death (Rom. 6:23)?

“Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire” (Matt. 5:21-22). Who is blameless?

“Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart” (27-28). Who is not in need of mercy?

What can anyone say to excuse himself or herself? Shall I complain about the mercy shown to David when I am in as great need of mercy as he was? Is not my insisting that David deserved the death penalty only my self-condemnation? If I am not the publican in the parable of Jesus “standing afar off, [who] would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner” (Luke 18:13), then who am I?

What Nathan said to David is not only the explanation why Israel’s king was not put to death for his crimes but it is also the gospel, the only good news that sinners under condemnation and in danger of eternal judgment will ever hear: “The Lord also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die” (II Sam. 12:13). Nor is there any reason for such amazing mercy but a cross set on a hill outside Jerusalem, where once our Lord was crucified. That mercy is not shown to those whose sins are less than the sins of others or who are less deserving of eternal condemnation, but it is shown to all who repent and believe in Him who died on that cross.

Because we are such terrible sinners that none of us would ever repent and believe of ourselves, the God of all grace and the Father of mercies grants repentance and faith to some (Acts 11:18; Eph. 2:8; Phil. 1:29). He does this so that they may say with David, “Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compass him about. Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart” (Ps. 32:10-11). Rev. Ron Hanko

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Covenant Reformed News - January 2025

 

Covenant Reformed News
January 2025 • Volume XX, Issue 9


 

Are the Ungodly Really in God’s Image? (1)

There are three parties that all professing Christians agree are in God’s image or the imago dei according to Scripture: first, the eternal and incarnate Son of God (II Cor. 4:4; Col. 1:15; Heb. 1:3), second, pre-fall Adam and Eve (Gen. 1:26-27; 5:1), and, third, all those born again by the Spirit of Christ (e.g., Eph. 4:24; Col. 3:10).

But there is disagreement regarding unbelievers: Is fallen and unregenerate man in the image of God? This is the most controversial question involved in the whole subject of the imago dei. It is also a very important issue, especially in our day, when the notion that everybody is in God’s image has taken hold of many and is being used to promote all sorts of unbiblical teaching, including man’s free will (Rom. 8:5-8), the unequal yoke between believers and unbelievers (II Cor. 6:14-7:1), the salvation of unevangelized pagans (Rom. 10:14), women in church office (I Tim. 2:12), homosexual marriage (Matt. 19:4-6), etc., as well as to deny scriptural doctrines, such as total depravity (Rom. 3:9-19), eternal punishment (Matt. 25:46), etc.

The majority view in Christendom today is that all the unregenerate possess God’s image in a “broader” and lesser sense, whereas the regenerate have been restored to the imago dei in a fuller and richer way. The “wider” and unlosable aspect of the imago dei, they claim, includes man’s intellectual powers, volitional freedom and natural affections. They allege that every fallen and unbelieving human being retains the image of God, since he or she continues to possess an immaterial soul or spirit and conscience, with the ability to think, make decisions, use language and form moral judgments. In this series of articles, Lord willing, we will present numerous arguments against this popular but dangerous error.

First, if the ungodly are really in the image of God, then the man of sin (II Thess. 2:3) is in the image of the God of righteousness! To use some of his other names, according to this theory, the son of perdition (3) is the image of the Lord of heaven, the wicked one (8) is the image of the Holy One of Israel and the Antichrist (I John 2:18) is the image of Christ, the image of God par excellence! What sense does it make to identify as Jehovah’s image the coming beast who will open “his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven” (Rev. 13:6)? Can one who is truly in the image of God declare that he alone is God and the only object of worship (II Thess. 2:4)? Is the beast who will require all to worship his own image under pain of death (Rev. 13:12-15) really in God’s image?

Second, if fallen man is in the image of God because he possesses the power of reason and volition, then Satan himself and his demons are also in the imago dei. Nay more, as Martin Luther, arguing against the supposed “broader” sense of the divine image, points out, the devil “has these natural endowments, such as [a prodigious] memory and a very superior intellect and a most determined will, to a far higher degree than we have them.” Thus Satan is a particularly splendid image of God, possessing the divine likeness (in its “wider” aspect) far more than any believer! Rev. A. Stewart

 

Law and Grace

After writing quite a few articles in the News on the law of God, I had intended to move on to other matters. But then I received a rather urgent request from a brother in England, asking me to comment on the following statement which he believes to be erroneous, as also do I. The erroneous statement is: “The Ten Commandments have nothing to do with us [i.e., believers] now in keeping them. It is Jesus Christ who is keeping it [i.e., God’s moral law] for those who are in Him. He has obeyed it for us; He did everything for us. We are to walk and live by His faith in us through the Holy Spirit. We do nothing, but believe and trust Him by the help of the Holy Spirit in our new born-again nature. The kingdom of God is now in us spiritually by the new covenant which God the Father made with His Son. That is the true gospel of good news and it is glad tidings of great joy to us. We have a new nature in us through regeneration by the Holy Spirit.”

The brother then adds the following comments: “I think [he] is very wrong in saying that we do not have to obey or keep the law which Christ’s commanded. [He] is saying that we are saved by grace and have no need to keep the law, because we cannot do it, and that, because Christ is in us, He keeps the law for us.”

There are a number of matters to address in all of that, including the notion that we do not have to keep the law. That flatly contradicts what Jesus Himself says in John 14:15: “If ye love me, keep my commandments.” It is argued that Christ is not speaking of the Ten Commandments but of His commandments. But, as we have pointed out in recent articles, Matthew 5:21-48 makes it clear that Jesus’ commandments are essentially the same as the Ten Commandments that were given at Mount Sinai. Christ makes explicit reference to the law as given at Horeb in Matthew 5:17-20. There He also shows us that keeping and teaching the Ten Commandments is crucial.

If we do not have to keep the commandments, then Christians may indulge in idolatry, blasphemy, Sabbath breaking, rebellion against authority, murder, fornication, theft and every kind of evil speaking without any fear of consequences. Then the answer to Paul’s second rhetorical question in Romans 6:1 is an antinomian yes: “What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?”

What is so ironic about the statements of the person whose views are being critiqued here is that the erroneous statement claims, “We do nothing, but believe and trust Him,” but even believing or trusting is something that Christ commands. Indeed, it is what He commands above all else! Jesus says to Thomas, “Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing” (John 20:27). Jesus says to His disciples, “Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me” (14:1). These are commands! That faith is God’s gift, and a matter of the gracious work of the Holy Spirit in us, does not change the fact that believing is something commanded by the gospel.

Would the person whose views are being analyzed deny that we are active in believing, as some claim? He already says, regarding obedience to the commandments, “It is Jesus Christ who is keeping it [i.e., God’s moral law] for those who are in Him. He has obeyed it for us; He did everything for us.” It is only a very small step from that to saying that it is really Christ who does the believing or trusting as well. The Canons of Dordt rightly state that human beings are not “senseless stocks and blocks” (III/IV:16).

In the churches to which I belong, there was a controversy in this area a few years ago and some left us. The idea that we are active in anything, even in believing, is seen as a denial of salvation by grace, and so all the commands of Scripture are understood, not as requirements for us but, only as showing our inability. That leads to the notion that the “new man” in Christ is really not me at all but the Holy Spirit. That, in turn, leads to the teaching that believers in their entirety are still totally depraved, dead in trespasses and sins, which is a denial of the regenerating and renewing work of the Holy Spirit.

Thankfully, the person whose views are being criticized does not appear to hold that latter view for he says, “We have a new nature in us through regeneration by the Holy Spirit.” It is that new nature that loves God, obeys Him, believes in Christ, is sorry for sin. It is the believer, renewed and regenerated, who says, “For I delight in the law of God after the inward man” (Rom. 7:22) and “So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God” (25).

That “It is Jesus Christ who is keeping it [i.e. God’s moral law] for us who are in Him. He has obeyed it for us; He did everything for us,” is partly true. He kept the law for us as our justifier, doing all the law required as our Head, and so delivering us from the punishment of sin and eternal damnation. There is nothing left for me to do by way of making myself “right” with God. He has done everything necessary. All that is now commanded of me is that I show my thanks to God for what Christ has done by obeying Him and thus showing my love for Him in deeds as well as in words.

Even in that, He does not leave me to myself and my own efforts, for God gives me His Holy Spirit to work within me both the willing and the doing of what He commands (Phil. 2:12-13). Nevertheless, when all is said and done, I am the one who obeys, is thankful to God and lives a Christian life. My thankfulness and obedience have no merit in them. I cannot, and I do not need to, merit with God. Christ’s merits are my righteousness and acceptance with God. My thankfulness is not a reason for pride, because I owe every word of thanks and every grateful deed to God’s grace. Thankful and obedient, I thank God for my thankfulness and obedience.

It is similar as regards my eating and drinking. God does not keep me alive without eating and drinking. I must eat and drink to be strong and healthy. I must not think that my eating and drinking are a denial of God’s sovereignty as the Giver of life. I may not expect that Christ, who is my everything, will do my eating and drinking for me. So I eat and drink, trusting as a Christian that God will bless my eating and drinking.

Moreover, God shows me in different ways that He is sovereign even in that part of my life. He shows me this by occasionally keeping someone alive without eating and drinking (e.g., Moses and Elijah at Mount Sinai), but also by making eating and drinking the death of some by poison or by choking. For others, some of their eating (e.g., grains or seeds for those with diverticulitis) and drinking (e.g., contaminated water) not only does not keep them strong and healthy, but makes them ill.

This brings me to the final part of this article: the supposed conflict between law and grace. Just as the law that I must eat to live is not in conflict with the sovereign work of God in keeping me alive, so the supposed conflict between law and grace is false. This also is the explicit teaching of the Word in Galatians 3:21: “Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.” It is also the teaching of Romans 7:12: “Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.”

Indeed, in the matter of God’s law and His grace, there is more to be said. There is grace in what Jehovah commands, when He speaks to those whom He has chosen and redeemed and justified. The command, to them, is grace. “For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast” (Ps. 33:9). His Word is powerful and effective, so it never returns without accomplishing exactly what God intends (Isa. 55:11). He commands repentance and faith, and by His commands He works repentance and faith in some, His elect, those for whom Christ died and those whom the Spirit regenerates. He commands thankful obedience and by that Word works grateful service in the hearts and lives of His own.

I, redeemed, justified and renewed, begin to serve Him with a love that shows itself not only in words of thankfulness but also in a life of holiness. Until I die, I do so imperfectly and with much sin and struggle, for I am also that old man of which Scripture speaks (Eph. 4:22; Col. 3:9).

So I say with the apostle Paul, “I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin” (Rom. 7:21-25).

Thanks be to God, indeed!  Rev. Ron Hanko

Covenant Protestant Reformed Church
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Reformed Witness Hour News - February 2025

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News from the Reformed Witness Hour

February 2025

 

Help Us Get the Word Out!

For the month of February, Rev. Carl Haak will lead us again with four Christ-centered messages!  

CHaak GT PRC

February 2

True Faith

2 Timothy 1:12

Rev. C. Haak

February 9

Creation

Psalm 19:1-6

Rev. C. Haak

February 16

The Secret Providence of God

Romans 8:28

Rev. C. Haak

February 23

Jesus is My Savior

Matthew 1:21

Rev. C. Haak


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What Radio Stations Broadcast RWH?

RWH is broadcasting in 15 different locations and 17 different stations. Pray for these stations and our program in these areas. Be sure to ask friends and family to share RWH within these communities!

Location

Station

Frequency                

Air Time

Carlisle, PA

WPFG

FM 91.3

Sunday, 8:00am

Chicago, IL

WYLL

AM 1160

Sunday, 4:00pm

Dallas, TX

KWRD

FM 100.7

Sunday, 9:00am

Denver, CO

KLTT

AM 670

Sunday, 10:30pm

Detroit, MI

WLQV

FM 92.7

AM1500

Sundays 9:00am

Fond du Lac, WI

WFDL

AM 1170

Sunday, 8:00am

Grand Rapids, MI

WFUR

AM 1570

FM 92.9

Sunday 4:00pm and

Wednesday 8:00pm

Lynden, WA

KARI

AM 550

Sunday 5:30pm

Pipestone, MN

KLOH

AM 1050

Sunday 8:00am

Pittsburgh, PA

WJAS

WORD

AM 1320

FM 101.5

Saturday 9:00am

Sunday 10:00am

Reedsburg, WI

WCNP

FM 89.5

Sunday 1:00pm

San Bernardino, CA

The Answer KTIE

AM 590

Sunday 6:00am and

Sunday 7:30am

Spokane, WA

KSPO

KTRW

FM 106.5

AM 630

FM 96.5

Sunday 5:00pm

Sunday 9:30am and

Sunday 9:30am

Wingham, Ontario, Canada

CKNX

AM 920

Sunday 8:00am

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland Gospel

AM 846

Sunday 8:30am

 

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