Reformed Schools– a joint responsibility
At a recent school association meeting someone said that the School Board should focus less on the covenant and instead stress more that the...
Death, comfort and the glory that awaits
A death in the family, or the death of a close friend, can be a source of much grief. Suddenly, or perhaps after an...
Church History Narratives for Everyone
This will be a very brief article. Today, 31 October, is Reformation Day. We remember in particular the great deeds of the Lord in...
The great value of knowing church history
Reformed believers will know that the Great Reformation of the 16th century, which we remember each October 31st (next Monday), is just part of...
Expect persecution
Australia, like much of Western civilisation, has moved from a broadly Christian culture, through a post-Christian culture, to what is becoming an anti-Christian culture....
ARROWS IN A WARRIOR’S HAND
This is a short speech about the antithesis between church and world. Rev Clarence Stam held it for the Canadian Reformed High School Society...
Almost half the GKV no longer have afternoon services
It used to be the norm to attend church twice a Sunday. That’s past in the GKV (Reformed Churches of the Netherlands, our former...
A closer look at gender ideology
You may have read or heard about how men who identify as women have beaten real women in women’s sports, such as swimming races....
60 years John Calvin School in Albany
Earlier this month the Albany John Calvin School’s 60th anniversary was celebrated by our brothers and sisters in Albany. There was certainly much reason...
VanGurp’s experience of the Church Liberation of 1944 and the lie about Schilder
Today (11 August 2022) it is exactly 78 years ago that our Lord Jesus Christ liberated our forebears in the faith from synod decisions...
The prisoners and the free
“Christ … has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen” (Rev....
Christianity under siege
We’ve become used to reading about persecution of Christians by hard-line Muslim regimes in Africa and Afghanistan, communist dictatorships in Asia, and Hindu places...
The witnesses in “the rule of Matthew 18”
“… if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have...
Reformed Education 4 – What can the office bearers do?
Below is the final part of a speech Rev R Eikelboom delivered at a Canadian Reformed office bearers’ conference in 2002. having shown in...
Reformed Education 3 – What can the Office Bearers do?
Below is the third part of a speech Rev R Eikelboom delivered at a Canadian Reformed office bearers’ conference in 2002. In the earlier...