A Century of the “Standard Bearer”
This historical article by Joshua Engelsma commemorates the centennial of the Standard Bearer magazine, tracing its origins in the Christian Reformed Church in 1924 and its connection to Herman Hoeksema and Henry Danhof. The piece provides insight into the birth and development of a publication that has served as a vehicle for defending and promoting Reformed theology, particularly the doctrine of sovereign grace, over its hundred-year existence. It serves as a valuable historical overview of the magazine's role within the Protestant Reformed movement.
INTRODUCTION On October 1, 2024, the Standard Bearer (SB) celebrated a century of existence. For one hundred years the SB has been written, typeset, edited, mailed, read, and discussed. That is one hundred thick, black- bound volumes. Thousands of individual issues. Tens of thousands of articles. Millions of words. This is a milestone worth commemorating. Certainly it is not a cause for proud boasting; to the naked eye the SB has always appeared as a small, despised magazine. But this is an...
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