The Marks of the True Church
Hoeksema examines the essential marks that distinguish the true church of Jesus Christ from false claimants in the modern era. Using Daniel's faithful worship during the Babylonian captivity as a theological foundation, he argues that while the church's external circumstances have changed dramatically since Old Testament times, the spiritual principles for identifying God's true people remain constant. This pamphlet addresses the practical challenge of discerning authentic churches amid competing ecclesiastical claims in the twentieth century.
To gain the proper perspective with respect to our subject, we must go back in our thoughts to Old Testament days. You will recall that in the land of the captivity in the days of Darius the Mede the enemies of Daniel persuaded the king to issue a decree that no one, for a period of thirty days, should ask anything of any god or man, except of the king. In that connection we read that when Daniel knew of the king’s decree, he deliberately went to his house and prayed three times daily with his...