A Spiritual House Preserved: A Century in the River’s Bend, Calvin Kalsbeek, editor. Reviewed by Bruce Koole.
This review examines Hope Protestant Reformed Church's comprehensive centennial memoir, which documents a century of the church's life through various historical writings, memoirs, and sermons. The reviewer highlights how the book effectively demonstrates the church's faithfulness and spiritual preservation despite significant ministerial vacancies, framing the congregation's history around the foundational biblical theme of the church as a spiritual house built on Christ. This resource serves as both a model for church historical documentation and a testimony to God's sovereign grace in sustaining a reformed congregation.
A Spiritual House Preserved: A Century in the River's Bend, Calvin Kalsbeek, ed. Jenison, MI: RFPA, 2016, 728 pages + xxii, $44.95. [Reviewed by Bruce Koole.] Hope Protestant Reformed Church has set the standard for church memoirs with their book entitled A Spiritual House Preserved: A Century in the River's Bend. This is a book well worth spending the time it takes to digest its seven hundred and fifty pages of material. Hope's anniversary committee deserves summa cum laude for the vast...
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