Christian Alliances?
Although we are not ‘of the world’ we are nevertheless in it. Many of us work together with those who are not of the...
As Image Bearers of God
We know from Genesis 1 that God created everything perfectly. The last to be created were people—Adam and Eve—as the crown on God’s creation...
Dutch Decision on Female Ordination of Elder Weighed and Found Wanting (2)
MiriamThe second reason Synod Meppel gave for admitting women to the office of elder is: “They could be called thereto by God,...
Dutch Decision on Female Ordination of Elder Weighed and Found Wanting (1)
The grounds which Synod Meppel used to justify their decision to allow churches to ordain women to all ecclesiastical offices were given on July...
Temples of the Holy Spirit
The 7th commandment teaches us that one of the most beautiful things given by God – the bedroom embrace between husband and wife –...
Luther and Schools
Luther appealed for schooling for all children – boys and girls. How modern for his time! He sought this because he was convinced that...
Saved by the Atom Bomb
Tomorrow, 6th August, 72 years ago, on a clear sunny day, three US B29 bombers approached the Japanese industrial city Hiroshima. One flew high...
Luther and bringing up children
The purpose of bringing up childrenThe central purpose of nurturing and educating children is that they serve God. And to serve God is to...
Not Equality, but Respect for Office Bearers
We live at a time when there is constant emphasis on equality – particularly by the ideologues, such as the gender brigade: there must...
ICRC patience with RCN (GKv) exhausted
Whilst the ICRC, in its aims and purposes, reflects a pluriformity of the church concept, and thereby compromises what we confess about the (true)...
ICRC – Right to Exist?
The decision of the International Conference of Reformed Churches (ICRC) to suspend membership of the RCN (GKv) has been big news on some Christian...
Character, Aim and Purpose of the School
As the reformed church schools in Australia begin a new term it’s good to remember the strong bond between church and school. Our schools...
GKv (RCN) in Bondage to Today’s Culture
In this article Prof Dr C Van Dam shows how the RCN (GKv) decision on women in office is symptom of a deeper problem:...
Concerned members discuss leaving the RCN (GKv)
Why refer, yet again, to something happening in the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (RCN or in Dutch GKv) on the other side of...
‘Same-sex Marriage’
Australians are confronted with a relentless push for ‘same-sex marriage’. ARPA is urging its members to email Federal Members of Parliament and Senators. As...