Today, 16 September, is the 100th birthday of Rev Dr Pieter van Gurp. Some readers may remember that he was the first Free Reformed...

Courtship and marriage is no place for evangelism Sometimes the “insider” decides to continue the courtship because she believes that she will (with the Lord’s...

What is mixed marriage? The term mixed marriage could easily be used to describe a marriage between two people of difference races, eg. between a...

We live in a time of moral decay. The once-Christian west has become a breeding ground for violence and debauchery. In Romans 1, we...

Earlier articles on this website critical of modern evangelism nowhere suggest that we don’t have a task to witness. Br Retief, for example, said...

What follows is the first part of a sermon on LD 21 by Rev. Mendel Retief. The way in which Satan attacks the church is...

There has been much debate on evangelism over the past months. In the October 2020 edition of the Contender, the article Rethinking Evangelism appeared....

We know the saying: ‘Dare to be a Daniel; dare to stand alone.’ Not: stand alone to do evil, but stand up for the...

As happens every few years—at great cost to the public—a newly revised Australian curriculum appears on the scene. It ought to have the concern...

'Reformed churches' tend to have the Belgic Confession (BC) whereas 'Presbyterian churches' tend to have the Westminster Confession (WC). Some, such as the RCNZ,...

This will be brief because I refer only to Friday evening’s sitting; synod does not sit Saturday. But first, a correction from a Canadian...

Greetings from, and prayers for, our sister churches in South Africa and from the GGRI Timor had synod’s attention in the first part of...

Yesterday evening Synod 2021 saw some more speeches from churches abroad being presented, this time from our sister churches in Canada and Korea, and...

Last night’s session commenced with speeches from some sister churches. I won’t elaborate on these because they will most likely be included as an...

Last night saw the commencement of Synod Albany 2021 of the Free Reformed Churches of Australia. Outside God showed His power by providing wild...