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...

Canadian Reformed Churches address to Synod Meppel (April 2017) about their relationship

Last month delegates from Australia, Canada, Africa, USA, Brazil, Asia, Europe and elsewhere visited Synod Meppel 2017 of the Reformed Churches of the Netherlands...

Searching for the Permanent Home

a fugitive and a wanderer you shall be on the earth ... and he (Cain) built a city. Genesis 4: 12b, 17 and (Abraham) lived in tents, ......

Hezekiah, the Reformer

After Israel was divvied up into two kingdoms, we don’t read of any good king arising in Israel anymore. But a few arose in...

Seeing Clearly

Look at the picture above.  What do you see?  Some of you will automatically see a beautiful young woman from a different era.  Others...

Priority in everyday life

This article by Rev. S. de Marie is based on a speech titled ‘Christian and Career’ which he presented January 14, 2017.Our society pays...

An Overlooked Blessing

Current Western “wisdom” includes the mantra: “Keep religion out of politics”. After all, running a government has nothing to do with religion. So, Christians,...