Are Human Rights Biblical?
Human rights are relatively new. It was only following the atrocities of WW II that human rights became a global movement. Already after WW...
Bonhoeffer: Dead End Theology
Seven years ago, Dutch DGK minister Rev E Heres wrote:
“It is remarkable how much attention there is in our time for the German theologian...
Reformation Day
Some people say: doctrine divides but service unites, so let’s focus on what unites us, on what we have in common, rather than on...
A School of Sons and Daughters (2)
The following is the second and final part of Dr C van Dam's speech.
Memory Work
Scripture makes clear that parents have to entrust the...
A School of Sons and Daughters (1)
Now that our reformed schools are opening their doors for Term 4, I pass on the first of two parts of a speech Dr...
Balaam’s Counsel
"Look, these women caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to trespass against the LORD in the incident of Peor, and...
Netflix and that sort of stuff
I recently received this message from a fellow elder:“With the growing trend, even in our own circles, to subscribe to video on demand services...
After the fall into sin is everyone still in God’s image?
I’ve written about this before in relation to reformed education but the frequency with which I read and hear, in our church life and...
Joy in the Lord
"Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you" (1 Thess. 5:16-18).
In...
Joy
“… our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in the power of the Holy Spirit and with full conviction …...
Genesis 3:15 – the antithesis and a glorious victory
All history is the story of the antithesis. It started in paradise and will end when the Lord Jesus returns. Only God knows when...
Genesis 3:15 – the antithesis reveals God’s gracious salvation
Imagine having been given everything to make you eternally, gloriously happy and then throwing it all away in order to become a miserable slave...
Genesis 3:15 – the antithesis and hostile separation
The Longest Warfare
The history of mankind is a history of battles; some very brief, others lengthy. The shortest recorded war—the 1896 Anglo-Zanzibar War—lasted only...
Jude’s epistle and us (2)
The previous article ended with a quote from a speech Brother Peter ‘t Hart held at a Women’s League Day about the book of...
Jude’s epistle and us (1)
Some prophets and apostles use powerful language. Take Jude. You stand amazed at such a passionate, thunderous denunciation of men “marked out” for “condemnation”....