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2013 RFPA Annual Secretary’s Report

Calvin Kalsbeek·2013-11-15
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This 2013 RFPA Annual Secretary's Report by Calvin Kalsbeek opens with a powerful allegorical narrative about redemption and grateful service, drawing a parallel between a slave girl's liberation and the believer's response to Christ's redemptive work. The piece reflects on the enduring message of free redemption that has motivated the publication of the Standard Bearer as it approaches its 90th year, emphasizing how divine grace transforms the heart to willing obedience and service.

The tears of a slave girl just going to be put up for sale drew the attention of a gentleman as he passed through the auction mart of a Southern slave state. The other slaves of the same group, standing in line for sale like herself, did not seem to care about it, while each knock of the hammer made her shake. The kind man stopped to ask why she alone wept, and was told that the others were used to such things, and might be glad of a change from the hard, harsh homes they came from, but that...

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Author
Calvin Kalsbeek
Date

2013-11-15

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Standard Bearer
Topics
Sovereign GraceSanctificationPRCA History
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