“… in order to prevent deviation” by T L Bruinius
How important is the Confession? How important are the Three Forms of Unity? How important is the binding to these Forms?These are critical questions. Questions which in...
Karl Barth, true or false prophet? (2) by Rev S de Marie
Barth on Christ and his atoning suffering
Kamphuis refers to what he has learned from Barth, especially his teaching on the suffering of God and the...
Karl Barth, true or false prophet? (1) by Rev S de Marie
Karl Barth (1886-1968) is widely considered to be the most influential Christian theologian of the 20th century. Reformed writers have, in past decades, pointed...
“I will put enmity…”
Genesis 3:15 has often been called the protoevangel, the first record of the gospel. Or it is called the Mother Promise, the promise that...
“Office-bearers giving leadership in Christ’s Church” by Rev PKA de Boer
The following speech by Rev PKA de Boer was held at an annual office bearers' conference in the Free Reformed Church of Mt Nasura...
Press review – criticism expressed by overseas delegates to RCN’s Synod Ede
Reformatorisch Dagblad, 29th March 2014, reported that representatives of churches abroad gathered at Synod Ede of the Reformed Churches of the Netherlands (RCN, aka...
Address of Australian Deputies to Reformed Churches Netherlands Synod Ede March 2014
Esteemed delegates of Synod and honoured guests,
On behalf of the Free Reformed Churches of Australia, we may extend greetings in the Name of our...
RCN Adrift and the Lesson for Us
Twenty years ago, in 1994, the 50th anniversary of the Liberation was celebrated in our Dutch sister churches—the Reformed Churches of the Netherlands (RCN)—as...
A Letter to the Apostle Paul
From time to time one reads in the Christian press attempts to downplay doctrinal differences. Such attempts work to close the mouths and stop...
1500 Conscientious Objectors Write to RCN Synod
An appeal by 1500 concerned church members was declared inadmissible by synod of the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (RCN – Dutch sister...
The Church Service – Part 4 (Final)
The Church Service(part four - final)
In previous instalments attention has been given to what a church service is all about and how this is...
“Has sin not been abolished?” by S de Marie
Under the heading ‘Pope has not abolished sin' an article taken from the Church News magazine was published in a number of newspapers earlier this month....
Hermeneutics Conference, Hamilton, January 2014
Why all this sudden interest in hermeneutics? It’s because our Dutch sister churches, the Reformed Churches of the Netherlands (RCN), are reinterpreting Scripture in order...
“Read what it says” by T L Bruinius (about the new hermeneutics)
Read what it says, leave alone what you read! This is the old reformed starting point for how we should read the Bible. It is the...
Man Up – We are to serve
As another year is closing and the time of Christmas is on hand, most people would be preparing for that end of year function,...