First RCN woman permitted to preach in church services
According to Nederlands Dagblad (Netherlands Daily) 8th June 2018, a female theologian and church worker, Gerry Bos, has officially received permission to preach in...
The RCN: from deformation to Liberation to deformation 3
Having shown how, prior to the Liberation of 1944, life in the churches was characterised by spiritual decline, and how the Liberation caused life...
The RCN: from deformation to Liberation to deformation 2
In the previous instalment, Br Ballast spoke about how, prior to the Liberation of 1944, life in the churches was characterised by spiritual decline—contentment...
The RCN: from deformation to Liberation to deformation 1
A recent speech by Rev Moesker was published on this website in a series of articles titled “Are we following the Decline in the...
Colonists with Heavenly Citizenship
“For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ…” (Phil. 3:20)
When Christ ascended into...
The Burning of the Wooden Shoes 2
Here follows the second and final part of Christopher J Gordon’s pertinent warning.
Social Justice or Gospel Injustice?
The pressures being laid upon Reformed churches...
The Burning of the Wooden Shoes 1
The attempt by churches to make themselves more acceptable to the world and to attract more members has led to a decline in those...
Your Calling with respect to the School with the Bible (4)
Finally, we hold on to the School with the Bible because we confess God the Holy Spirit and our sanctification. We persist with it,...
Your Calling with respect to the School with the Bible (3)
Our attitude toward the School with the Bible is also determined by the second Article of our confession: We believe in God the Son...
Your Calling with respect to the School with the Bible (2)
In this second instalment, Prof B Holwerda explains that we have the School with the Bible because we believe in God the Father and...
Your Calling with respect to the School with the Bible (1)
What follows is an address by the late Prof B Holwerda to a school association meeting in 1941. Having lost none of its...
Praying for Christian school teachers
This article by Jack Huizenga of the Canadian Reformed Teachers' College was published in Clarion, April 6 2018, and is republished here with the...
News Items – RCN and China
Some brief news items on events in the GKv (RCN) and in China:Mary on Palm SundayAndré van Aarle, a Roman Catholic deacon, will be...
A Rugby Player’s Bold Witness
I know little about sport and even less about rugby, but a rugby player named Israel Folau has featured prominently in the Australian secular...
Is Xi the new Lord and Saviour of China?
The oppression of Christians in China takes many forms. Now poor Christian villagers are urged to “replace religious artefacts in their homes with posters...