The Trust Test

There is a story about a famous fellow who walked across the Niagara Falls on a tight-rope. Whether the story is entirely factual, I...

How do we handle trials?

Living in a fallen and sinful world, Christians are not exempt from experiencing trials, tribulation and suffering. Struggles and afflictions are never far away. Throughout history...

The two sides to the church

Look back over the history of the church and there will always be things to criticize – and with good reason. The church owes...

Your Word is the Truth (John 17:17)

Relativising the TruthThe other day I was leafing through a birthday album on the counter of a bookstore. Each day of the year carried...

Teach Us to Number Our Days

This year-change article is by Dr C van Dam.As the last day on the last page of the calendar announces the end of one year...

God’s supreme power is shown when He brought His only begotten Son into the world

"And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered" (Luke 2:1).There is divine irony throughout history. When men in high places appear to rule supreme, God shows that He is the One who is...

Organized Death in The Netherlands

As Western civilization becomes more and more secularized and essentially neo-pagan, the effects are felt in every aspect of life, including the value one...

Church membership governs political and social action

The late Rev D vanDijk, who gave good leadership during the critical events at the time of the church liberation of 1944, was not...

Mike Pence on China and the USA

In October the USA vice president, Mike Pence, very frankly and bluntly expressed the USA’s concerns about China.The Chinese government, he said, is...

The mother promise that is being fulfilled in the great world battle

The two parties engaged in the battle Revelation 12:1-6 speaks of a fiery red dragon seeking to destroy a woman, first while she is pregnant...

The LORD – on whom we depend

What follows is broadly based on notes of a sermon Rev PKA deBoer preached on Psalm 124 in the Free Reformed Church, Mt Nasura,...

The Coming Digital Totalitarian State

The extent to which the Chinese Communist Party is willing to go in order to control the Chinese people is astounding. In a remarkable...

The Church – Bearer of the Truth

Today, October 31st, the day Luther nailed his 95 theses to the Wittenberg church door 501 years ago, is a day to remember the...

The Way of the Lie

And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie (2 Thessalonians 2:11). The way of the lie began...

Trust and Obey

There’s a Christian song titled ‘Trust and Obey’. Whatever the merits or otherwise of the song, the two key words of the title are...