To leave the GKv (RCN)
In 2013 my wife and I were in Holland and spoke with a couple of widowed cousins about the decline in the GKv. We...
Division
Some people speak and write as if division was always sinful; and should be avoided at all costs. True, division is due to sin....
Goals of Reformed Education and the Curriculum
Why do we send our children to our own church schools? Is it so that so that they get taught the same education as...
Next step for GKv: unity with NRC
Once a church takes steps in a certain direction it is often hard to change course. We see an example of that in the...
RCN (GKv) decide for women in office!
It was probably inevitable in view of the very sad decline in the Reformed Churches of the Netherlands (GKv) over the last couple of...
The Bible in the curriculum: perspectives on teaching and learning
“The earth is the LORD’s and the fullness thereof” (Psalm 24:1).Certainly, the Bible in the school, you will agree. No opening devotions can take...
Korea addresses Synod Meppel
The Kosin Presbyterian Church in Korea addressed the RCN (GKv) general synod at Meppel 7 April 2017. Their observations about the difference between reformed...
“Unless the LORD builds the house…”
“Unless the LORD builds the house those who build it labour in vain” says the psalmist. And he's referring not just to physical building...
What makes reformed education ‘reformed’?
Reformed people are very much involved with the education of their children. That is not surprising, since the Bible has much to say about...
Not of the world, but in the world
"I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one" (John...
FRCA deputies’ address to RCN Synod Meppel
Rev Anderson and Rev Hagg, representing the Free Reformed Churches of Australia, recently addressed the Synod (at Meppel) of the Reformed Churches of the...
Cinema attendance?
I was brought up at a time when going to the cinema was forbidden for church members. It was preached against from the pulpit,...
Ascension Fruits
"And now, O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was" (John 7:5).
One of...
The Reason for Current Massive Immigration
Last week, ABC news published an article titled “Childless couples 'on track to be Australia's most common family type'”. It stated that: “A society...
Who Reads Scripture in Public Worship?
Many Protestant churches today allow unordained male and female members of the congregation to be readers in church services. Our Dutch sister churches, the...