Rachel’s Grief

Matthew 2: 17, 18: “Then was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah: Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted.”The...

Churchism in Kampen – liberty above all things

Prof. A. de Bruijne, in his column in N(ederlands) D(agblad) of November 9, 2013 under the title “Delen in de gescheurde kerk” (Sharing in the torn church), calls on readers...

Press Review

Is the church institute or organism, visible or invisible? Reformed Perspective of 1 November 2013 placed a couple of articles by Rev W Bredenhof about...

Proposed new Subscription Form in the GKv is less binding

Nederlands Dagblad (ND), recently published an article about a work group of GKv synod deputies appointed to look at revising the Church Order. As...

The Church Service – Part 3

The Church Service (Part 3)  In the church service the Lord meets with His covenant people. It is a continuation of how the LORD met with...

Solution to a problem?

It is now ten years ago that a number of people throughout the Netherlands liberated themselves from unscriptural teachings in the Gereformeerde Kerken -...

The Church Service – Part 2

The Church Service (part two) Seeing that in a church service it is the Lord, through His office-bearers, who calls His flock to be assembled together,...

ONGOING DEFORMATION by T L Bruinius

(Recently GKv synod deputies appointed to study the position of men and women in the church submitted their findings, namely, that Scripture and confession...

The Church Service – Part 1

The Church Service  We usually go to church twice every Sunday, or, at least, that is the expectation. When this is done on a regular...

Reformed Politics: An Important Lesson from History

Politics continues to be an area where, within the Australian Free Reformed Churches, we have difficulty working from the same page. For many years...

Mr Rudd’s Bonhoeffer version of Christianity

Australia’s present Prime Minister, Mr Kevin Rudd, has stated that he is a Christian. Since many make that claim, yet have widely differing views...

“Much interest in Dietrich Bonhoeffer” by Rev E Heres 15/6/13 translated from Eeininwaarheid

It is remarkable how much attention there is in our time for the German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945). This spring, guest lectures about Bonhoeffer...

“One Faith in the One Body of Christ” by Rev S de Marie

The following speech by Rev de Marie was presented at Hamilton 24 June 2013.1. IntroductionOne of the great misunderstandings we have among Christians and...

‘The Ongoing Revolution’: Characteristics and Lessons by Rev S de Marie

Prof Dekker of the synodical Reformed Churches of the Netherlands has written a book1 in which he traces the recent developments within the liberated...

Letter of The Reformed Churches – restored (DGK Hersteld) to Synod Carman 2013 of Canadian Reformed Churches

Deputies for Contacts with Churches Abroad of The Reformed Churches (restored) Secretary: A. van der Net, Het Kooistuk 5, 8061 AT Hasselt, The Netherlands General Synod...