Christ’s Seven Letters for Office Bearers (Revelation 2-3)
This week the Free Reformed Church in Kelmscott hosted a conference for “past, present and future” office bearers of Free Reformed Churches in Kelmscott...
CanRC synod – Rev Batteau’s address and Rev Janssen’s response
The General Synod of our Canadian sister churches (CanRC) is presently being held in Dunnville, Ontario. As is common practice, one of the delegates...
Misusing Matthew 18
“Have you followed the way of Matthew 18?” That question has stopped a number of people in their tracks. Someone approaches a person in...
Ascension
The LORD reigns, He is clothed with majesty... The floods lift up their waves. The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters... (Psalm...
Two Types of Reformed?
It is a wonderful privilege, by God’s grace, to be reformed. But can there be two types of reformed people, the one faithful to...
In Search of a Label
Recently a Dutch friend sent me a news article showing that the bond of reformed schools of our Dutch sister churches (RCN/GKv) is in...
Preserving a Family Tradition[i]
“When I was a boy in my father’s house … he taught me and said, ‘Lay hold of my words with all your heart,...
Obadiah’s encouragement for us today
Obadiah is the shortest book in the Old Testament but continues to encourage God’s people in the ongoing warfare Satan and his followers wage...
Resurrection – Christ’s and ours
“But each one in his own order: Christ the first-fruits, afterward those who are Christ’s at His coming” (1 Corinthians 15:23).
Rev C Bouwman began...
“Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews”
"Now Pilate wrote a title and put it on the cross. And the writing was: JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS. Then many...
Sport and Play
We live in a country wherein, as in so many other countries, sport plays a prominent part. Its appeal is reflected in the broad...
‘Safe Schools’ program anything but safe
A few years ago the federal Labor government of Australia agreed to commit $8 million dollars to a ‘Safe Schools’ program aimed at preventing bullying...
Rev C Stam and Covenantal Education
When I read recently that Rev C Stam had been taken up out of this earthly life by the Father, I was reminded not...
Evangelical and Reformed Worship: What’s the Difference?
As evangelical services continue to attract young and even older members from Reformed congregations in which they were raised, it is well to ask,...
Sharia Law and Church Closures in Indonesia
Australia’s nearest neighbour, Indonesia, has a population more than ten times that of Australia, and almost 90% of it is Muslim. Is this a...