Jelte Numan
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Sola Scriptura (4) by Rev R M Retief
The Bible is God’s WordThere are still many theologians who will acknowledge, at least in a first encounter, that the Bible is God’s Word. But then, when you inquire...
The President Killed My Son (or How Spanking Saved Him) by Rev Ken Wieske
Under Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff children now have a “right to be educated without the use of corporal punishment.” That means no spanking. Our president thinks this is cruel...
Sola Scriptura 3
Hermeneutics and epistemologyThere is such a thing as Reformed epistemology (study of knowledge). We believe that God, who is the truth, has revealed the truth to us in such...
Observations on FRCA Synod Baldivis in Coming to a Decision on the RCN
In their report to Synod Baldivis 2015, Deputies for Sister Relations submitted two alternative recommendations in relation to the Reformed Churches of the Netherlands (RCN): Alternative 1 was for...
“In Loco Parentis – Covenantal Schools in Action” by Russel Dijkstra
Parents who send their children to schools providing reformed education have, over the decades, understood that teachers at these schools operate “in loco parentis” (in the place of the...