As the mountains…so the Lord
Joel Minderhoud offers pastoral comfort to Reformed believers facing various trials—schism in the churches, vacant pulpits, illness, death, and societal sin—by expounding Psalm 125:2 to remind them that God's sovereign protection surrounds His people as immovably as mountains surround Jerusalem. Through meditation on Scripture's use of mountains and rocks as symbols of God's power and strength, the article encourages believers that in Christ they are "more than conquerors" regardless of their present sufferings.
Mr. Joel Minderhoud, science teacher in Covenant Christian High School and member of Hope PRC in Walker, Michigan As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth even for ever. Psalm 125:2 It is good for God's people to know and to be reminded that the Almighty, unchanging God is ever round about His people. Especially is this true when we reflect over the year that is passing. Most readers of the Standard Bearer are well aware of recent...
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